Home Health- PTA- Full time

# Home Health- PTA
- Full time

Hot Job Glendale, AZ## Description
** Key Deliverables:
*** Assists the physician in evaluating the patient's level of function. ·* . Assess patient's home environment for safety hazards and architectural barriers identify equipment needs. ··
* Identifies functional problems and establishes goals and a plan of care designed to improve the patient’s functional status (revising as necessary),
* Performs patient tests, measurements, and evaluations, such as range of-motion and manual muscle tests, gait and functional analysis, and body parts measurement, and recor.ds and evaluates findings toaid establishing or revising specifics of treatment programs.
* Performs and completes start-of-care, and ongoing assessments and associated paperwork in accordance to agency policy.
* Periodically reevaluates and upgrades the patient's program to maximize functional improvement.
* Administers the exercise program utilizing specialized therapeutic exercise techniques and equipment.
* Plans and administers prescribed physical therapy treatment programs for patients to restore function,relieve pain and prevent disability following disease, injury, or loss of body parts,
* Recommends prosthetic/orthotic devices for patients or evaluates their devices and makes minor adjustments or recommends modifications by the prosthetist/orthotist.
* • Confers with the family, referring physician, and other agency professional staff to obtain information to promote coordinated, efficient, and quality patient care. ·
* Performs and submits required documentation of patient's evaluations, plan of care, clinical notes, and progress reports, summaries along with changes in orders.
* All patient visit notes must be turned in the next scheduled workday, not to exceed forty-eight (48)
· hours.
** Performance Responsibilities
** Although each position has its own unique duties and responsibilities, the following listing applies to every employee. All employees of the organization:
* Will exercise necessary cost control measures.
* Will strive to maintain positive internal and external customer service relationships.
* Must be able to demonstrate effective leadership skills.
* Must demonstrate effective communication skills by conveying necessary information accurately, listening effectively and asking questions when clarification is needed.
* Must be able to be depended upon to plan and organize work effectively and ensure its completion.
* Must be able to demonstrate reliability by arriving to work on time and taking breaks in expected time frames.
* Will be expected to meet all productivity requirements.
* Must be able to demonstrate team behavior and must be willing to promote a team-oriented environment.
* Is expected to represent the organization professionally at all times.
* Must be able to demonstrate initiative, strives to continually improve processes and relationships.  
** Tactical Deliverables:
*** Notifies patient/clients prior to the visit and communicates further visits scheduled.
* Drives responsibly and safely to and from the client's home.
* Schedules own time-based on priorities and maintain productivity utilizing time management.
* Provides appropriate and thorough service to patients/clients, ensuring proper completion of services in an accurate and timely manner and in accordance with agency policy.
* Makes the initial patient/client Start of Care (SOC) assessment within appropriate time as scheduled by the agency.
* Demonstrates respectable customer service and professionalism at all times.
* Establishes Home Bound Status and document.
* Provides skilled services and/or supervises, requiring substantial knowledge and skills in accordance with the Plan of Care (POC) and accepted standards of professional practice.
* Determines discipline frequencies according to physician order and/or assessed needs.
* Implement and adhere to physician's orders.
* Obtains physician order or verbal orders for Start of Care (SOC) or Resumption of Care (ROC) or Recertification (RECERT) within twenty-four (24) to forty-eight (48) hours from the time of service.
* Notify physician with any changes with the initial plan of care (POC) and obtain any appropriate orders.
* Provide teaching to patient/client and answer health-related questions and document patient/client/caregiver understanding of education.
* Complete Home Health Nursing Aide care plan and make supervisory visits on Home Health Aides and PTAs at least every fourteen days (14).
* Document…