Provides physical therapy evaluation, management, and treatment services to patients referred by physician departments. Provides services in a manner that is consistent with the departments mission statement and responsive to unique needs of customers including favorable clinical outcomes, quality of service and access, and fiscal accountability.

• Evaluates patients, families and home environment on admission to home health and subsequent home visits.


• Determines if home environment is safe and appropriate for provision of home health services.


• Assesses patients physical, functional and psychosocial status. 


• Establishes reasonable/measurable goals.


• Develops and/or revises an appropriate plan of care. 


• Communicates and coordinates plan of care with physician, patient, caregivers, and other health care providers.


• Determines whether other services such as nursing, OT, SLP, HCA or MSW are indicated.


• Establishes discharge planning in conjunction with the care planning process.


• Provides physical therapy services as prescribed by patients physician .


• Evaluates patient response to interventions.


• Recognizes and interprets significant physiological and behavioral changes in patients condition.


• Modifies/updates/changes plan of care when indicated by patients condition and/or physicians orders.


• Determines, in conjunction with physician, when patient care needs to be shifted to another setting and/or patient denial of home health, if warranted.


• Provides case management.


• Coordinates all necessary services to be provided to patients. 


• Documents according to Home Health standards, Federal and State regulations.


• Maintains medication profile (as case manager).


• Documents communication in care planning/coordination.


• Completes daily visit log.


• Supervises care provided by Home Care Aide (HCA) and Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA). Reevaluates patient per Home Health standards; performs and documents supervisory visits.


• Understands and applies infection control procedures.


• Maintains clean and safe environment for patient care supplies and/or equipment.


• Identifies and presents improvement opportunities to the organization and implements the Quality Improvement process (es).


• Assists with development and implementation of departments work plan.


• Prepares weekly schedule of patient visits.


• Follows all applicable laws, rules and recommendations for safe driving while on duty.