Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury.
Plan, prepare, or carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
Identify and document goals, anticipated progress, and plans for reevaluation.
Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.
Obtain patients' informed consent to proposed interventions.
Test and measure patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, or respiratory or circulatory efficiency and record data.
Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required.
Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals.
Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
Administer manual exercises, massage, or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling.
Direct, supervise, assess, and communicate with supportive personnel.
Inform patients and refer to appropriate practitioners when diagnosis reveals findings outside physical therapy.
Provide information to the patient about the proposed intervention, its material risks and expected benefits, and any reasonable alternatives.
Confer with the patient, medical practitioners, or appropriate others to plan, implement, or assess the intervention program.
Provide educational information about physical therapy or physical therapists, injury prevention, ergonomics, or ways to promote health.
Administer treatment involving application of physical agents, using equipment, moist packs, ultraviolet or infrared lamps, or ultrasound machines.
Teach physical therapy students or those in other health professions.
Refer clients to community resources or services.
Evaluate, fit, or adjust prosthetic or orthotic devices or recommend modification to orthotist.
Conduct or support research and apply research findings to practice.
Participate in community or community agency activities or help to formulate public policy.
Direct group rehabilitation activities.
Construct, maintain, or repair medical supportive devices.
Calendar and scheduling software — SpectraSoft AppointmentsCS
Medical software — Clinicient Insight; Hands On Technology TheraWriter.PT; MEDITECH software ; Rehab Documentation Company ReDoc Suite (see all 6 examples)
Office suite software — Microsoft Office
Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
Word processing software — Exercise routine creation software; Microsoft Word
Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
Learning Strategies — Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Science — Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Operations Analysis — Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.