RFA FY25.pdf

Ellisville State School RFx 3150005584

Dr. Rinsey McSwain Agency Director

Request for Applications (RFA) – Physical Therapist Contract Physical Therapist Ellisville State School is seeking one or more contractors for the agency to assist the Ellisville State School (ESS) with providing licensed Physical Therapist(s) to provide evaluations and treatment programs for Persons served of the Agency in the Community Homes and on Campus as needed. Ellisville State School is a state operated regional program providing comprehensive services to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The program is under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Board of Mental Health. Administratively, it is in the Bureau of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities division of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. Ellisville State School offers services to people in a residential setting and provides an array of programs and services in the community through the Community Services System. Ellisville State School serves approximately 240 people on the main campus and additional persons in the community. It is the goal of Ellisville State School to provide each person with the appropriate services so that each will develop to the maximum of his or her potential. The program desires through treatment and training to place each person in his or her least restrictive environment. This goal is consistent with state and national policy regarding service programs for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The term of the contract shall be for one year beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2025, the agency reserves the right to renew the contract for up to four

(4) additional one (1) year terms, at the discretion of the Agency. The rate of pay shall be sixty-five dollars ($65.00) per hour for up to twenty-eight (28) hours per week, including travel.

The Contract Worker shall report directly to the Director of Therapy at Ellisville State School.

Scope of Services

• Provide physical therapy evaluation and treatment programming for persons served per FNP and/or physician order.

• Preserve and improve abilities for independent function, such as range of motion, strength, tolerance, and coordination and activities of daily living;

prevent, insofar as possible, irreducible or progressive disabilities through means such as the use of orthotic and prosthetic devices, positioning and sensory stimulation.

• Work closely with staff physicians and other medical specialists.

• Evaluate periodically the treatment training process and will use the treatment training process as the basis for continuation or change in the person served program where deemed appropriate by the Physical Therapist in conjunction with each Habilitation Team.

• Provide in-service training on topics mutually agreed upon.

• Perform other duties as deemed appropriate for a Physical Therapist.

• Services provided by the Therapist must meet or exceed the professional standards established by the applicable governing authority for a specialist in his/her occupation.

• The Contractor shall be governed by the policies and procedures of the Agency.

Minimum Qualifications

Applicants must possess a Masters Degree from an accredited college or university in Physical Therapy. And, a minimum 10 years of experience.

Application Information

Ellisville State School will accept applications until April 30, 2024, for the purposes of hiring a contract worker(s). Applications can be obtained online with this request on the Ellisville State School’s website, www.ess.ms.gov, in person at Ellisville State School’s Human Resources Department, 1101 Highway 11 South, Ellisville, MS 39437 or by contacting Heather Rozar-Abney, Procurement Officer by phone at (601) 477-5615, or via email heather.rozarabney@ess.ms.gov.

Applications can be submitted to ESS via electronic mail to heather.rozarabney@ess.ms.gov or by hand delivery to 1101 Highway 11 South, Ellisville, MS 39437, Administration 1 Building. Hand delivered applications shall be in an envelope marked with; Contract Physical Therapist, Ellisville State School, To: Heather Rozar-Abney, Procurement Officer. For more information please contact Heather Rozar-Abney, Procurement Officer.

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