Orthopedic physical therapist vs physical therapist

Differences between orthopedic physical therapist and physical therapist duties and responsibilities

Orthopedic physical therapist example responsibilities.

• Demonstrate working knowledge of community mental health services identify in the Medicaid guidelines and attain contractual outcomes within designate time frames.
• Restore functional mobility for patients and prevent or lessen disabilities following disease or injury.
• Provide physical therapy services to a vast patient base, including individuals with physical impairments requiring use of specialize adaptive equipment.
• Supervise PTAs and therapy techs daily in the administration of therapeutic interventions and patient care.
• Develop and implement an activity checklist for post-operative patients to reduce incidence rate of pneumonia.
• Supervise treatment conduct by physical therapist assistants and delegate appropriate tasks to rehabilitation technicians on a daily basis.
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Physical therapist example responsibilities.

• Conduct in-services and train colleagues in effective techniques for safely managing the CVA patient.
• Achieve high level of patients satisfaction due to sound clinical management, quality of care and compassion.
• Perform physical therapy evaluation and treatment of orthopedic patients and supervise PTAs.
• Progress patients' functional mobility during treatment sessions by modifying task, intensity, and adaptive equipment utilize.
• Motivate patients to participate in treatment sessions by educating them on the benefits of early mobility following cardiac and thoracic surgery.
• Experience include IFSP and IEP writing and implementation
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