PACE/Home Health Physical Therapist - Edenbridge Health

Role: Physical Therapist

Organization: Edenbridge PACE at Skyland 

Location: Washington, DC SE

Status: Full-time

Mission:  To allow frail elderly people to age in the location of their choosing and continue to lead
connected, meaningful lives

The Physical Therapist role offers a unique opportunity to help build the first PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) program in the District of Columbia within the framework of a supportive, innovative, and expert leadership team and company. Together with our coalition of strong partners within the community, the Physical Therapist will work closely with the Director of Rehabilitation and Social Services to carry out our Skyland PACE’s clinical model of care, and have a transformative impact on a particularly under-served community in Wards 7 and 8.

Seven core principles drive our approach to care. These include:  

1. Create and Sustain Meaningful Lives: Our model aims to help elders create and sustain meaningful lives — from social relationships, spirituality, cultural life, work, or service. We support elders with cognitive and physical disability to sustain meaning in their daily lives. We form close community partnerships to help elders engage outside our centers.
2. Respect the Right to Independence:  Edenbridge aims always to follow our participants’ wishes. Wherever possible, participants maintain control over all decisions — from medical procedures to what to eat for dinner.
3. Pay Attention to What Is Working Well:  Our goal is to multiply the days each participant is glad to be alive. We encourage participants’ positive experiences of daily life, supporting the things that matter most to them.
4. Provide the Right Amount of Medical Care:  Elders often have many diagnoses, medications and specialists, involving complex care decisions. We help our participants understand their choices. We deliver thoughtful, appropriate and personalized care, doing what our participants want — nothing more and nothing less.
5. Guide All the Care Provided:  We always follow and guide our participants’ care — in their homes, at our center, in the hospital, and everywhere.
6. Live with Our Communities, Not Just in Them:  We work in communities where aging in place is valued and integrated care is a shared mission. We build deep relationships with community organizations (see video) beginning long before we open our doors. We aim to reach beyond the walls of the center to bring community members in and participants out for person-to-person connection.
7. Employ Technology Thoughtfully, Not Aggressively:  We use technology because it can enrich the lives of participants, improving care and connecting family members with their loved ones and their care providers. But we use technology only to complement — never replace — direct human interaction.

To help us achieve this mission, we are looking for an experienced Physical Therapist who will evaluate and treat our PACE participants, and carry out our PACE program’s clinical model of care.

Main Responsibilities:

• Delivery of appropriate physical therapy evaluation and treatment to PACE participants on acute, restorative, or maintenance levels as needed in the facility.
• Performs timely initial and annual assessments for all participants and corresponding plans of care. Performs semi-annual reassessments and unscheduled change of condition assessments for all participants receiving physical therapy services as well as corresponding plans of care
• Participates in home safety evaluations as directed for potential enrollees into the program
• Responsible for updating care plans and measuring the outcomes for physical therapy goals within the care plan at least every 90 days.
• Assists in the delegation of therapy plans for specific participants to Physical Therapy Assistants according to the complexity of participant’s needs and the nature of required physical therapy procedures.
• Trains family members, caregivers and other staff members in methods to enhance mobility, safety, and functional independence of participants
• Will support the success of the entire team by promoting a collaborative work environment
• Consistently contributes to problem-solving
• Completes annual trainings as required
• Serves as a required member of the Interdisciplinary Team and attends IDT meetings daily

Qualifications:

Edenbridge Health is committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization. For our Physical Therapist role, we are looking for the following qualifications:

• Graduate of a physical therapy program accredited by the American Physical Therapy Association is required
• Currently licensed as a Physical Therapist is the District of Columbia
• Must have a current Driver’s License and driving record must be in compliance with Company policy. Must maintain current automobile insurance.
• Up-to-date vaccinations, including COVID vaccine, required
   

Learn more at edenbridgehealth.org