Rehabilitation therapist vs physical therapist

Differences between rehabilitation therapist and physical therapist duties and responsibilities

Rehabilitation therapist example responsibilities.

• Provide PSR services to clients with mental illness in order to help them achieve the highest standard of living possible.
• Administer cognitive rehabilitation therapy to traumatic brain injure patients through exercises design to improve memory and other global functions.
• Maintain documentation of patients' participation and strength-base progress within group and individual therapy in accordance with regulatory standards.
• Write patient assessments, and develop patient rehabilitation programs that better monitor the patients progress by including individualize treatment goals/objectives.
• Implement management of assaultive behavior classes and CPR for staff, as well as proctoring new employees.
• Identify presenting/existing barriers that impede adequate social-functioning and goal-attainment with the purpose of connecting patients to adequate resources within a community.
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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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