Job Details

Job id : 6477-3637

Essential Job Responsibilities:
Each job responsibility is related to the MFB Pillars of Excellence. The responsibility is identified to a pillar by the following letters: Q (Quality), S (Service), P (People), G (Growth),   F (Financial).

• Staff will provide patient care, treatment, and services within the scope of their license, certification or registration and as required by law and regulation.

• Provides patient care. (Q)
  • Evaluates patient condition.
  • Establishes treatment goals in collaboration with patient and family as appropriate, and in collaboration with the treatment team. Treatment goals should be interdisciplinary and patient-centered whenever possible. Establishes written treatment plan, and administers treatment for each patient according to the stated goals.  Delegates responsibilities to physical therapist assistants and rehabilitation technicians as appropriate.
  • Re-evaluates patient's status and effects of treatment.  Revises treatment plan as necessary. Reviews revised goals with patient and family as appropriate.
  • Evaluates patient's need for medical equipment and orders the appropriate equipment as necessary.  Evaluates equipment upon delivery and instructs patient, patient's family and health care workers on its use.
  • Participates in planning for patient discharge by considering and communicating with patient, family, community support/services and environmental limitations.

• Demonstrates competence in relevant software and hardware required to meet job responsibilities. (Q)

• Documents patient's status and progress through initial evaluation, progress notes, and discharge summary according to established internal/external time standards and adherence to reimbursement guidelines. (Q)

• Communicates with others to integrate physical therapy treatment with all aspects of patient care. (Q,S)
  • Participates in conferences/discussions as needed and exchange of written records with other interdisciplinary team members to integrate physical therapy treatment plan.
  • Instructs the patient and the family in physical therapy procedures as part of  providing patient and family education including written instructions as necessary.

• Attends various meetings and in-services as designated. (Q,P)

• Follows all hospital policy and procedures including but not limited to patient confidentiality and infection control. (Q)

• Meets or exceeds program productivity expectations. (F)

• Provides discipline specific coverage (following cross training) within the Mary Free Bed system as requested.(F,S)

• Adheres to the Mary Free Bed Standards of Behavior when working with patients, coworkers and members of the community. (Q,S,P)

• Supports program operations as assigned. (Q, S, P, G, F)