Pediatric Physical Therapist

Job Purpose: To treat infants and children facing various health conditions or developmental delays. To improve children’s motor development, strength, range of motion, endurance, balance, gait difficulties, and delayed motor response; 

Responsibilities:

· Assess and evaluate patient;

· Review medical records, as appropriate;

· Coordinate a child’s care with other health care professionals

· Communicate and counsel weekly with patients and parents/guardians of patients;

· Develop and implement treatment plans;

· Completes clinical notes documenting activities, progress and improvement within 48 hours of a therapeutic session.

· Complete required billing records;

· Attends all mandatory training;

· Maintain all licensing and insurance credentialing;

· Assist patients to improve motor development, strength range of motion, endurance, balance,mcoordination, gait difficulties, heart and lung endurance, and motor development;

· Help children to learn to move their bodies correctly, make movements less painful, and increase the functions of the body;

Requirements 

· Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy school

· A state license to practice Physical Therapy 

· Ability to handle stress

 · Excellent communication and interpersonal skill

 · Attention to detail, patience, and empathy

 · Physical endurance and dexterity to lift patient, and therapeutic equipment

 · Previous experience preferred.