VOLUNTEER GUIDELINES
The following guidelines will be followed if you wish to be a volunteer with Results Physiotherapy. The guidelines established are to protect the safety of our patients, our staff, and you. They are in keeping with HIPPA standards and the laws/rules/regulations of the Physical Therapy Board of Tennesse
- Results Physiotherapy has set the following guidelines on the number of hours a volunteer can be in the clinic: a maximum of 2 hour blocks for a maximum of 3 days per week for a maximum of 6 weeks*
- Volunteers must wear a name-tag identifying themselves as a Volunteer at all times.
- Volunteers must obtain the HIPPA form and sign recognition of it. The volunteer will also be expected to read/understand the company’s policies and procedures.
- Therapist must obtain permission from patients before a volunteer can be present for an evaluation or treatment.
- Volunteers may interact with patients as long as patients have given consent.
- Volunteers must dress in clinic dress-code at all times.
- Volunteers must call the clinic if they are going to be late or unable to be present. It is up to the discretion of the therapist if the time will be made up.
- The therapist has the right to ask the volunteer not to come in on a certain day or to alter their schedule to best meet the clinic needs.
- A volunteer may be asked to “float” from one clinic to another to better accommodate the company’s best interests.
- Volunteers can not perform any physical therapy modality or treatment including, but not limited to, independent supervision of exercises, placement of hot/cold packs, application of electrical stimulation/ultrasound, manual treatments, etc.
- Volunteers are allowed to participate in the following clinic activities: cleaning beds/changing linens, folding laundry, wiping down equipment, filing charts, shadowing therapists and techs (with patient permission), getting supplies for the therapist/tech, sitting in on staff meetings (with lead therapist permission), any other activity not forbidden by rules/regulations of the state.
*There may be special cases for certain volunteers and exceptions may be made with the permission of the lead therapist of the clinic and the Education Coordinatore.
