Physical Therapist - Home Healthcare Full-Time

Physical Therapist – Home Healthcare

Full-Time

Chicago, IL

Total Rewards Package:

• Unit Rate: $60.00 per unit
• Mileage rate $0.55 a mile
• Job Type: Full-time
• Paid Time Off

Why Assure Home Healthcare

Providing the right service at the right time to remain healthier at home is our priority. Assure Home Healthcare (AssureHHI) is a privately held Medicare-certified agency, headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois, founded with a deep desire to create a company with a greater purpose. Our clients receive high-quality and patient-driven home health care services, improved functionality, and live independently, furthering optimal well-being and ensuring everyone is healthier at home. We are an equal opportunity employer (EOE). Learn more about us at https://www.assurehomehealth.com/.

Mission

The AssureHHI mission is to revolutionize the home healthcare delivery model nationwide using innovative and leading-edge technology solutions to WOW our patients, employees, and provider partners.

Vision

We are pioneers focused on persistently improving the home healthcare sphere for better patient care outcomes and consumer experience while at the same time caring for the work-life balance of our clinicians.

Our Blue Ocean

Embracing the 'blue ocean' approach, we strive to stand out by offering distinctive products, services, or value propositions that resonate with both our team and clients. At AssureHHI, a prime example of our unique 'blue ocean' initiative is our provision of a dedicated Virtual Assistant. This resource is exclusively available to our clinicians, aimed at streamlining patient charting and documentation. To our knowledge, we are pioneers in delivering this exceptional benefit within the home health agency sphere. By affording our clinicians more time for themselves, we empower them to savor both the little and significant moments in their personal lives. Moreover, this initiative's ripple effect extends to our patients, as they experience enhanced and empathetic care, resulting in improved quality outcomes, reduced hospital readmissions, and contributing to lower healthcare costs. This endeavor truly sets us apart from any other home health agency nationwide.

Values

At AssureHHI everyone assists in creating an environment where integrity, respect, innovation, initiative, and empowerment are valued and encouraged. We will be an open, innovative, and continuous learning company that compassionately supports the individuals we serve. In supporting our mission, vision, and teamwork approach, we place a high value on:

• Integrity, Honesty, and Ethical Behavior
• Dedication to the Empowerment of others and personal responsiveness
• Professional Excellence High Performance
• Mutual Respect, Individual Dignity, and Diversity
• Team Member Participation, Contribution, and Teamwork
• Growth, Development, and Leadership

Physical Therapist - Home Healthcare

As a Physical Therapist (PT) in home healthcare with AssureHHI, you shall provide services that help restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent/minimize permanent physical disabilities of patients suffering from injuries or disease. A successful Physical Therapist teaches and trains patients and caregivers to be an active participant in their recovery to restore, maintain, and/or promote overall fitness and health. Their patients include accident victims and individuals with other disabling conditions such as low back pain, arthritis, heart disease, fractures, hip and knee replacements, head injuries, strokes, and other neurodegenerative diseases and gait disorders.

Responsibilities:

• Provide skilled physical therapy in accordance with the physician’s plan of treatment.
• Assist the physician in the evaluation and assessment of the client’s level of functioning by applying appropriate tests and assisting in the development and revision of the plan of care.
• Treat clients to relieve pain, develop and restore function and maintain maximum performance using appropriate physical therapy treatments, modalities, and procedures as stated in the physical therapy plan of care.
• Observe, record, and report the client’s reaction to treatment and any changes in the client’s condition to the physician, Clinical Manager, and Case Manager.
• Educate client/caregiver and health care team in the phases of physical therapy in which they may assist the client, in the use of prosthetic and orthotic devices, and durable medical equipment, as appropriate. Provide staff in-service education as directed by the Clinical Manager.
• Assess and regularly reevaluate the needs of the client. Develops implements and revises the client’s plan of care.
• Initiate diagnostic, preventive, and rehabilitative procedures as appropriate to the client’s care safety.
• Assist with a plan of care and maintain continuity of and/or multidisciplinary clients whenever needed to ensure good coordination of care.
• Promote coordination of care through …