Physical Therapists
1 month ago
Lithonia
Job Description Summary Pediatric Physical Therapist provides evaluation, treatment, and ongoing therapeutic services to infants, children, and adolescents with developmental, neuromuscular, orthopedic, and/or genetic conditions. The therapist works collaboratively with families, caregivers, and interdisciplinary teams to support each child’s functional independence, mobility, and quality of life. Key Responsibilities • Evaluate motor development, strength, balance, coordination, posture, and mobility in pediatric patients, • Develop and implement individualized treatment plans based on clinical findings and family goals, • Provide therapeutic interventions to improve gross motor skills, mobility, balance, and functional independence, • Use play-based, evidence-based therapy techniques appropriate for children, • Educate parents and caregivers on home exercise programs and strategies to support progress, • Monitor patient progress and modify treatment plans as needed, • Maintain accurate, timely documentation in compliance with regulatory and organizational standards, • Collaborate with occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, physicians, educators, and other professionals, • Participate in Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings when applicable, • Ensure a safe, supportive, and engaging therapy environment for children and families, • Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) or Master’s degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited program, • Current state licensure or eligibility for licensure as a Physical Therapist, • Experience working with pediatric populations preferred (clinical rotations or internships acceptable), • Knowledge of pediatric developmental milestones and conditions, • Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, • Ability to engage and motivate children of varying ages and abilities Duties • Plan, prepare, or carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients., • Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention., • Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit., • Administer manual exercises, massage, or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling., • Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home., • Confer with the patient, medical practitioners, or appropriate others to plan, implement, or assess the intervention program., • Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required., • Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer., • Obtain patients' informed consent to proposed interventions., • Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals., • Test and measure patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, or respiratory or circulatory efficiency and record data., • Identify and document goals, anticipated progress, and plans for reevaluation., • Provide information to the patient about the proposed intervention, its material risks and expected benefits, and any reasonable alternatives., • Direct, supervise, assess, and communicate with supportive personnel., • Administer treatment involving application of physical agents, using equipment, moist packs, ultraviolet or infrared lamps, or ultrasound machines., • Teach physical therapy students or those in other health professions., • Evaluate, fit, or adjust prosthetic or orthotic devices or recommend modification to orthotist., • Provide educational information about physical therapy or physical therapists, injury prevention, ergonomics, or ways to promote health., • Refer clients to community resources or services., • Conduct or support research and apply research findings to practice., • Participate in community or community agency activities or help to formulate public policy., • Construct, maintain, or repair medical supportive devices., • Direct group rehabilitation activities., • Inform patients and refer to appropriate practitioners when diagnosis reveals findings outside physical therapy. Requirements • Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members., • Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources., • Develop medical treatment plans., • Examine patients to assess general physical condition., • Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals., • Record patient medical histories., • Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments., • Evaluate patient outcomes to determine effectiveness of treatments., • Treat patients using physical therapy techniques., • Train patients, family members, or caregivers in techniques for managing disabilities or illnesses., • Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment., • Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals., • Enter patient or treatment data into computers., • Record patient medical histories., • Process healthcare paperwork., • Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources., • Process healthcare paperwork., • Test patient heart or lung functioning., • Examine patients to assess general physical condition., • Record patient medical histories., • Establish treatment goals., • Record patient medical histories., • Explain medical procedures or test results to patients or family members., • Supervise medical support personnel., • Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment., • Treat patients using physical therapy techniques., • Train medical providers., • Adjust prostheses or other assistive devices., • Advise medical personnel regarding healthcare issues., • Communicate health and wellness information to the public., • Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources., • Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues., • Fabricate medical devices., • Direct healthcare delivery programs. Nice To Haves • Medical condition coding software, • Medical procedure coding software, • MEDITECH software, • Microsoft Excel, • Microsoft Outlook, • Above-the-knee prosthetics, • Adjusting tables, • Advantage Software Physical Therapy Advantage, • Aquacisers, • Arm prosthetics, • Axial-resistance shoulder wheels, • Babinski hammers, • Balance beams, • Balance boards, • Below-the-knee prosthetics, • Biofeedback units, • Biomechanical ankle platform system BAPS systems, • Biometrics video game software, • Blood pressure cuffs, • Bolsters/wedges, • Canes, • Cedaron Dexter Evaluation Impairment Rating, • Cervical pivots, • Clinicient Insight, • Compression garments, • Computerized dynamic posturography (CDP) balance test systems, • Continuous passive motion CPM machines, • Crutches, • Cryotherapy equipment, • Diathermy equipment, • Digital cameras, • Digital inclinometer range of motion measurement instruments, • Digital video cameras, • Digital video equipment, • Electromyographs EMG, • Electronic blood pressure units, • Electronic manual muscle testers, • Exercise balls, • Exercise bicycles, • Exercise routine creation software, • Fitness machines, • Fluidotherapy equipment, • Force sensors, • Functional electrical stimulation FES equipment, • Gait belts, • Goniometers, • Hands On Technology TheraWriter.PT, • Heart rate monitors, • High-voltage Galvanic stimulation machines, • Hospital roto beds, • Hoyer lifts, • Hydraulic hand dynamometers, • Hydrocollator heating units, • Ice packs, • Infrared lamps, • Interferential electrical stimulation machines, • Inversion physical therapy tables, • Iontophoresis equipment, • Isokinetic lower body testing/rehabilitation equipment, • Isokinetic upper body testing/rehabilitation equipment, • Isotonic exercise equipment, • Knee braces, • Laptop computers, • Laser printers, • Low volt muscle stimulators, • Lumbar pivots, • Massagers, • Mechanical stethoscopes, • MediGraph, • Microsoft Office, • Microsoft Word, • Moist hot packs, • Multiaxial exercise equipment, • Muscle strength dynamometers, • Muscle testing equipment, • Neck braces, • Neurological hammers, • Neuromuscular stimulation equipment, • Occipivots, • Orthotics, • Otoscopes, • Paraffin baths, • Parallel bars, • Patient charting software, • Pelvic traction equipment, • Percussion hammers, • Personal computers, • Phonopheresis equipment, • Portable cardiac monitors, • Powder boards, • Prognosis Innovation Healthcare ChartAccess, • Pulley exercise systems, • Reachers, • Rebounders, • Recordkeeping software, • Rehab Documentation Company ReDoc Suite, • Resistive exercise bands, • Resistive tubing, • Rowing machines, • Sacro-illiac joint lumbar corsets, • Shoulder finger ladders, • Shoulder wheels, • Sliding boards, • SpectraSoft AppointmentsCS, • Standing tables, • Stepper exercisers, • Surface electromyography equipment, • Swiss exercise balls, • Therapeutic treadmill exercisers, • Thoracic pivots, • Tilt tables, • Total lift chairs, • Traction and mobilization physical therapy tables, • Traction belts, • Traction equipment, • Training stairs, • Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment, • Ultrasound machines, • Ultraviolet UV lamps, • Upper body ergometers, • Walkers, • Walking braces, • Wall pulleys, • Weights, • Wheelchairs, • Whirlpool therapy baths