Weekend Physical Therapist (PT) - Per Diem Float - Lake Sunapee VNA

Our core values of Community, Compassion, Empowerment, and Excellence are at the heart of our culture and everything we do.

We are seeking to hire a Weekend Physical Therapist (PT) - Per Diem Float to provide trusted, compassionate, and expert home care to the community.

This is a weekend position, Saturday and Sunday, scheduled for 8-hour shifts.

**WEEKEND PREMIUM PAY**

As a Weekend Homecare Physical Therapist - Per Diem Float, you will work with clients one on one in their home environment focusing on functional mobility, fall prevention, and home safety. You will develop and implement creative and evidenced based individual care plans that will enhance clients’ quality of life in their own home. Homecare is the leading edge of Geriatric Physical Therapy and must be comfortable implementing evidence-based interventions to this unique demographic.

Benefits for a Weekend Physical Therapist (PT) - Per Diem Float:

• Retirement Account
• Longevity Benefit
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Continuing Education
• Cell Phone Discount
• Gym Discount
• AAA Membership

Job Highlights as a Weekend Physical Therapist (PT) - Per Diem Float:

• Get to know your individual patients
• Flexible workday, with an option to start and end your day from home
• Highly autonomous
• Travel time and mileage reimbursement given.
• Become an integral part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team
• Work in an environment where agency culture fosters teamwork and excellence

Responsibilities for a Weekend Physical Therapist (PT) - Per Diem Float:

• Assess client’s rehabilitation needs and potential to develop a physical therapy program which may include therapeutic exercises, gait training, use of adaptive equipment and management on orthotic and prosthetic devices
• Collaborate with appropriate members of the health care team to provide physical therapy as well as other services determined necessary
• Regularly participate in interdisciplinary case conference and document patient information as needed
• Instruct clients and family members regarding rehabilitative therapy as part of the plan of care resulting in the client/family assuming increased responsibility for care when appropriate
• Provide educational programs as required to prepare other corporation personnel to assist in client’s plan of treatment
• Delegate appropriate tasks/assignments to PTA’s
• Maintains a productivity average of 4.5 visits a day including completion of all necessary and accompanying documentation within 24 hours

Qualifications for a Weekend Physical Therapist (PT) - Per Diem Float:

• Proof of Flu vaccination

• NH PT License (DPT preferred)
• Reliable Transportation
• Automobile insurance
• Home Care experience beneficial, although we will train the right individual
• Physical within the last year
• Two-step TB test

Lake Sunapee Region VNA & Hospice is a mid-sized agency, providing home health care, hospice, palliative and personal care services to people of all ages in 32 towns in the Lake Sunapee, Connecticut Valley and Upper Valley regions of New Hampshire.

Lake Sunapee Region VNA & Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer.