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.

• Plans and administers medically prescribed physical therapy treatment for patients suffering from injuries, or muscle, nerve, joint and bone diseases, to restore function, relieve pain, and prevent disability
• Reviews physician's referral (prescription) and patient’s condition and medical records to determine physical therapy treatment required
• Tests and measures patient's strength, motor development, sensory perception, functional capacity, and respiratory and circulatory efficiency, and records findings to develop or revise treatment programs
• Plans and prepares written treatment program based on evaluation of patient data
• Administers manual exercises to improve and maintain function
• Instructs, motivates, and assists patient to perform various physical activities, such as non-manual exercises, ambulatory functional activities, daily living activities, and in use of assistant and supportive devices, such as crutches, canes, and prostheses
• Administers treatments involving application of physical agents, using equipment, such as hydrotherapy tanks and whirlpool baths, moist packs, ultraviolet and infrared lamps, and ultrasound machines
• Evaluates effects of treatment at various stages and adjusts treatments to achieve maximum
• Administers massage
• Administers traction to relieve pain
• Records treatment, response, and progress in patient’s chart or enters information into computer
• Instructs patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home
• Confers with physician and other practitioners to obtain additional patient information, suggest revisions in treatment program, and integrate physical therapy treatment with other aspects of patient’s healthcare
• Orients, instructs, and directs work activities of assistants and aides
• Performs other position-related duties as assigned, depending on assignment setting

• Completerequiredorientationasdirectedbyfacility
• Follow facility and OSHA safety rules and procedures while on assignment
• Follow facility and GHRU Unusual Occurrence Protocol
• Respect cultural and religious practices of patients
• Uphold HIPAA regulations
• Punctualanddependentforassigned/confirmed shifts
  
  Position Requirements

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

Evening and weekend work may be…