Physical Therapist

Duties

• Perform a range of complex physical therapy duties requiring an advanced practical knowledge of physical therapy, evidence-based medicine, and data collection.
• Provide evaluation and therapeutic interventions to a full range of wounded, ill, and injured service members and other eligible adult patients
• Develop and implement complex, goal-oriented treatment plans for patients presenting with a multiplicity of dysfunction and impairments in physical, functional, and adaptive areas.
• Responsible for making professional decisions and adapting methods to achieve the best possible outcome for the patient.
• Apply the use of therapeutic modalities and new integrative techniques and technologies for the purpose of evaluation and ongoing treatment.
• Design, fabricate, or recommend adaptive equipment and/or orthotic devices to improve function.
• Use independent clinical reasoning, sound professional judgment, and collaboration with patients to navigate treatment, which often requires resourcefulness to work within various constraints.
• Serve as a member of various integrated, interdisciplinary/planning teams that plan, direct, coordinate, and evaluate individual care plans for and progress of patients participating in the program.