Physical Therapist

West View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has been providing consistent quality care to the residents of Rhode Island since 1978.

We are more than just a nursing home or rehabilitation center. We are a community of friends, staff and residents alike, who share ideas and develop meaningful activities and programs to enhance everyone’s quality of life.

Our team of health care professionals carries on the tradition of excellent rehab and nursing care each day, partnering with each resident and their family to achieve maximum recovery and satisfaction, all in a warm and caring setting.

Our commitment is to treat every resident with the respect and dignity that he or she deserves. We achieve this by recruiting and retaining the very best caregivers and team members who wish to make a positive difference in the lives of those we serve.

Physical Therapists (PTs) provides a variety of medical services to help individualswhohavebeeninjuredorphysicallyaffectedbyillnesstorecover orimprovefunction.

Aphysicaltherapistmustbeabletoevaluateapatient's conditionanddeviseacustomizedphysicalrehabilitationandtreatmentplan. The PTs' goal is to develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and functionalability,inordertomaximizequalityoflife.

Physical Therapistsprovidecaretopatientsbasedontheapplicationof scientific physical therapy principles. Responsibilities of the Physical Therapist include (but are not limited to):

• Plansandadministersmedicallyprescribedphysicaltherapytreatment for patients suffering from injuries, or muscle, nerve, joint and bone diseases,torestorefunction,relieve pain,andpreventdisability
• Reviews physician'sreferral(prescription) and patient'sconditionand medicalrecordstodeterminephysicaltherapytreatmentrequired
• Tests and measures patient's strength, motor development, sensory perception, functional capacity, and respiratory and circulatory efficiency,andrecordsfindingstodeveloporrevisetreatmentprograms
• Plansandprepareswrittentreatmentprogrambasedonevaluationof patient data
• Administersmanualexercisestoimproveandmaintainfunction
• Instructs, motivates, and assists patient to perform various physical activities, such as non-manual exercises, ambulatory functional activities,daily-living activities,andinuseofassistantandsupportive devices,suchascrutches,canes,and prostheses
• Administerstreatmentsinvolvingapplicationofphysicalagents,using equipment, such as hydrotherapy tanks and whirlpool baths, moist packs,ultravioletandinfraredlamps,andultrasoundmachines
• Evaluateseffectsoftreatmentatvariousstagesandadjuststreatments to achieve maximum
• Administers massage
• Administerstractiontorelievepain
• Records treatment,response,andprogressinpatient'schartorenters information into computer
• Instructspatientandfamilyintreatmentprocedurestobecontinuedat home
• Confers with physician and other practitioners to obtain additional patient information, suggest revisions in treatment program, and integratephysicaltherapytreatmentwithotheraspectsofpatient's healthcare
• Orients,instructs,anddirectsworkactivitiesofassistantsandaides
• Performsotherposition-relateddutiesasassigned,depending on assignment setting

Other Responsibilities

• Completerequiredorientationasdirectedbyfacility
• FollowfacilityandOSHAsafetyrulesandprocedureswhileon assignment
• FollowfacilityandGHRUnusual Occurrence Protocol
• Respectculturalandreligiouspracticesofpatients
• Uphold HIPAAregulations
• Punctualanddependentforassigned/confirmed shifts
  
  Position Requirements

• GraduateofanaccreditedPTprogram
• CurrentPTlicense,ingoodstandingwiththeStatelicensingboard
• Minimumofone(1) yearPTexperience,incorrespondingsetting
• Federal-,State-andGHR-requiredcredentialscurrentandonfile
• Cognitiveskillsasrelatedtotheposition

Eveningandweekendworkmayberequiredinordertofitpatientschedules. Thejobisphysicallydemanding.

Physical Therapistsarerequiredtostandfor long periods of time. They spend considerable time stooping, kneeling and crouching.

PTsmoveheavyequipment.

Theyassistwithpatienttransfersand liftsorhelpthemturn,standorwalk.

So,toguardagainstbackinjury,they must follow proper body mechanics and procedures for lifting/moving patients. Physical Therapists that work in sub-acute or long-term care settings,havepatientsthatneedmoreassistance;therefore,thejobismore physically demanding,comparedtoPTsthatworkinout-patient settings.

• Abilitytoliftfifty(50) pounds.
  
  Moving,liftingortransferringofpatients mayinvolveliftingofupto
  100pounds.
• Abilitytostandforextendedperiods
• Fine…