Physical Therapist

Salary Not Available Position range in Southwestern Region $81k

• $133k Per Year Physical Therapist Empower Professionals

Occupation:

Physical Therapists

Location:

Silver City, NM

• 88061

Job Type:

Contract, Full Time (30 Hours or More)

Posted:

07/02/2026 Positions available: 1

Source:

Dice.com

Web Site:

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• PT
• Physical Therapist
• DPT
• Doctor or physical Therapy

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Summary Role:

Physical Therapist Duration:

10-15

Weeks Payrate:

$45/hr on W2

Location:

340 DeSoto Ave Ext, Clarksdale, MS 38614

• 3514 Fowler Ave, Silver City, NM 88061 6710 Mallery Dr, Lanham, MD 20706 340 DeSoto Ave Extended, Clarksdale, MS 38614 22 Hunt Street, Nashua, NH 03060 1575 Skyline Drive, Monterey, CA 93940 2540 Carmichael Way, Carmichael, CA 95608-5314 15005 Health Center Drive, Bowie, MD 20716 1650 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87505 12-15 Saddle River Rd, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 119 Livermore Falls Road, Farmington, ME 04938 2070 Clinton Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501-4399 22 Northbrook Drive, Falmouth, ME 04105 3533 Motor Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90034 23 Cedar Ridge Drive, Skowhegan, ME 04976 1919 112th St, Everett, WA 98204-3784 2216 Lester Drive, Albuquerque, NM 87112-2607 24 Old Etna Road, Lebanon, NH 03766 350 Iris Drive, Salinas, CA 93906

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Physical Therapist will primarily provide outpaent rehabilitaon services in an in-home seng for the older adult populaon. The in-home seng could be a paent s private residence or in a paent s room in an independent living facility. Powerback Rehabilitaon To You allows the Physical Therapist to evaluate and treat in the most funconal environment which is the paent's home. The Physical Therapist assesses the need for, develops, and delivers physical therapy programs to facilitate rehabilitaon. The Physical Therapist idenfies the need for and makes referral(s) to other disciplines to address the comprehensive needs of paents. They implement individualized therapy programs designed to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance. In addion, the Physical Therapist instructs, educates and trains paents and caregivers in those skills and funcons essenal for promong independence and producvity, in order to diminish or correct pathology. They direct acvies to promote and maintain health. This posion provides a flexible schedule and work environment in various sengs.

RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. As necessary or applicable, supervision of Physical Therapy Assistants, temporary licensees, students and support personnel in accordance with state licensure requirements and professional standards. 2. Responsible for adherence to department and paent treatment schedule, mely clinical and billing documentaon requirements as well as work related meengs. 3. Aends and contributes to paent care, staffing conferences and other related meengs. 4. Makes referrals to other disciplines and agencies in order to address the comprehensive needs of the paent. 5. Consults with other members of the rehabilitaon team to select the most appropriate therapeuc regimen consistent with the needs and capabilies of each paent. 6. Adapts program and/or plan of care according to the needs of the individual paent. 7. Promotes a safe environment and enforces the eliminaon of fire and safety hazards. 8. Orders supplies and equipment as necessary 9. Cleans, maintains, idenfies, and reports the need for repair of equipment as necessary. 9.

Puts paent service first:

ensures that paents and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring and compassionate atmosphere which recognizes the individuals' needs and rights. 11. Screens, examines and evaluates paents, including history, systems review, and applicaon of appropriate tests and measures, synthesis informaon and interprets examinaon findings in order to establish a diagnosis, idenfy impairments, determine the predicted level of improvement and the me required to achieve it, idenfy precauons/contraindicaons and design and plan of care. Develops appropriate treatment goals and methods in collaboraon with the paent and caregivers, implements the physical therapy treatment plan, and completes all related documentaon and record keeping regarding these services. Services include but are not limited to applicaon of therapeuc techniques in areas such as:

• Therapeuc exercise including aerobic capacity condioning, balance coordinaon, agility training, body mechanics and postural stabilizaon, flexibility exercises, gait and locomoon training, neuromotor development training, relaxaon, strength, power, and endurance training
• Funconal training
• Manual therapy
• Airway clearance techniques
• Integumentary repair and protecon
• Use of electrotherapeuc, physical agent and mechanical modalies
• Health and Wellness
• Educaon on Chronic Disease Management
• Falls Assessment and Intervenons to reduce fall risk
• Case Management in the home and community 12.

Designs, fabricates, fits and/or applies adapve devices, and trains paents in the use of adapve devices included orthocs and prosthecs. 13. Selects appropriate acvies suited to the individual s physical and mental capacity, intelligence level and interest. 14. Instructs paent in the skills and techniques required for parcipaon in mobility acvies and evaluates paent progress, atudes, and behavior as related to rehabilitave potenal. 15. Performs roune reexaminaon as needed/required to modify/progress plan of treatment. 16. Incorporates health and wellness programming into treatment plans for paents. 17. Performs home and community mobility assessments and provides recommendaons for safe mobility in the home and community space. 18. Performs other related dues as required. Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools ("AI") that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.