Physical Therapists

Company Description

Embrace Home-Health Care operates in Jamaica to provide quality medical and non-medical homecare services. We offer a wide range of services including nursing, doctors visit, phlebotomy, physiotherapy, live-in care and estate planning, all in the comfort of your home. Embrace Home-Health Care strives to provide exceptional service to all our patients. 

Are you interested in joining a highly motivated team who supports our vision in becoming the most reliable source for high-quality home-health care?

Job Description

We are seeking physiotherapists to enable clients to achieve and maintain optimal health outcomes with group and individual programs focused on maintaining and increasing physical activity, function and fall prevention through instruction and patient education while following the established plan of care.

Responsibilities

Provides physical therapy services to patients according to a written physician's plan of care. This may include, but will not be limited to:

• Assessing and evaluating therapeutic/rehabilitative/functional status, and participation in the development of the total plan of care.

• Evaluates home environment.

• Assesses for muscle strength, mobility, gait, ROM -- potential for rehab.

• Directing physical therapy treatment.

• Instructing patients and families/caregivers in the use and care of therapeutic appliances.

• Determining priority needs for physical therapy.

• Reporting to physician patient's reaction to treatment or changes in condition.

• Initiates physical therapy program and instructs other personnel and/or family/caregiver members in certain phases of physical therapy with which they may work with a patient, as well as instructing them as to the goals of the physical therapy program for the patient by participating in case conferences.

• May train patients in the use of prosthetic devices.

• Supervising homemaker/home health aides when such personnel participate in the patient's rehabilitation regime.

• Identifies patient and family/caregiver needs for other home health services and refers as necessary.

• Prepares and submits clinical and progress summaries based on the attainment of goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in physical therapy from an accredited program. 
• Previous Physical Therapy experience preferred.
• Excellent oral, written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Acceptance of the philosophy and goals of this company.
• Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgement.

Additional Information

Full-time and Part-time positions available