Per Diem Physical Therapist

Join Innovive Health – Where Innovation Meets Compassion

We specialize in supporting complex and behavioral health populations, delivering high-quality care where it matters most - where they reside.

We are seeking passionate, experienced professionals who want to make a meaningful impact while enjoying the flexibility and autonomy that traditional healthcare roles often lack.

 

Why Innovive Health?

At Innovive, we believe that when our clinicians thrive, our patients receive the best care. That’s why we offer:

• No Weekend Mandates – Monday through Friday schedules available.
• Autonomy in Your Role – Practice independently while being supported by a collaborative team
• Patient-Centered Care Model – Spend meaningful time with patients and truly make a difference
• Work-Life Balance - A supportive structure designed to reduce burnout and promote well-being
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits - Rewarding your expertise and commitment

Join a team that is not only transforming healthcare but also prioritizing the people who make it possible

 

Physical Therapists administer Physical Therapy care to patients requiring professional therapy services. These services are performed in accordance with physician’s orders under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Director and in compliance with applicable laws and regulation and the policies of the organization.

 

$75 per visit 

 

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Conducts home physical therapy visits and perform evaluations, start of care, follow up visits, discharges and OASIS evaluation, re-cert and discharges.
• Meets the patient's goals and needs and provides quality care by assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results, determining physical therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians or by prescription.
• Helps patient accomplish treatment plan by instructing, encouraging, and assisting patients in performing physical activities, such as therapeutic exercises, gait/ambulation training, neuromuscular re-education, coordination, transfer training, and educating patients on safety and fall prevention in the home to improve patient’s ability to participate in activities of daily living.  
• Assess patient’s vitals BP, HR, SaO2 as needed for patient safety and report abnormal findings to Rehabilitation Director hand PCP.
• Educates and instructs patients on proper use of durable medical equipment (DME), such as walkers, grab bars, shower chairs, wheelchairs, crutches, canes, and prostheses, and order DME when appropriate.  
• Accurately and thoroughly documents patient response to physical therapy by observing, noting, and evaluating patient's progress; recommends adjustments and modifications as related to rehab potential.
• Completes discharge planning by consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care workers involved in patient care.
• Educates on importance of continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing home exercise programs; instructs patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs; recommends and/or providing assistive equipment; recommends outpatient or home health follow-up programs.
• Effectively communicates with supporting staff SN, OT, PT/PTA, SLP, MD.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects agency operations by keeping information confidential.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; follows manufacturer's instructions; troubleshoots malfunctions; calls for repairs.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviews professional publications; establishes personal networks; participates in professional 

• societies; Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipates future legislation; enforces adherence to requirements; advises management on needed actions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

 

WHAT YOU HAVE

• Possess a degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited university
• Valid license to practice Physical Therapy within the state of Massachusetts
• Possess and maintains current CPR Certification
• Valid Driver's License
• Home care experience required

 

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• 1 year of appropriate experience preferred

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Frequently required to stand.
• Frequently required to walk.
• Frequently required to sit.
• Frequently required to use hands and fingers. 
• Frequently required to climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel or crawl.
• Occasionally required to lift/push light weights (less than 25 pounds).
• Occasionally required to lift/push light weights (greater than 25 pounds).
• Moving, lifting, or transferring of patients may be required on occasion.
• Frequent exposure to bloodborne and airborne pathogens or infectious materials.