Full-time Physical Therapist Assistant, PTA (Home Health)
Full-time Physical Therapist Assistant, PTA (Home Health)
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Physical Therapist Assistant PTA Full Time
A Physical Therapist Assistant is a licensed professional who implements care and interventions to improve patients mobility. They provide exercise instruction demonstrate empathy and document treatment outcomes. They assist physical therapists in enhancing patients physical abilities and wellbeing.
Description:
The Physical Therapist Assistant is responsible for delivering quality care to help patients attain maximum functional level. The therapist needs to demonstrate knowledge in caring for orthopedic and neurological involved patients.
Physical therapist Assistant helps patient(s) accomplish treatment plan and accept therapeutic activities by administering manual physical exercises; instructing encouraging and assisting patients in nonmanual exercises ambulatory functional activities and dailyliving activities as well as applying assistive and supportive quality care. PTA will assess and interpreting evaluations and test results; determining physical therapy treatment plans in consultation by physician(s). PTA will document patient care services by charting in patient and department records in compliance with federal state and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions. Your duties will include:
- Follow Up visits home health orthopedic patients
- Continues to meet eligibility requirements for home health services
- Helps patients in using supportive devices such as crutches canes and prostheses.
- Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens giving normal growth and development information and promoting wellness and health maintenance.
- Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures rules and regulations and adhering to infectioncontrol policies and protocols.
- Maintains production objectives by noting current treatment trends and monitoring actual physical therapy services rendered to production objectives.
- Driving is a requirement
- Masters degree in physical therapy
- 1 year of home health experienceas a physical therapist
- Currently licensed to practice as a physical therapist within the state of agency operation and compliant with accepted professional standards and practices
- Must possess and maintain valid CPR certification while employed in a clinical role
- Must be a licensed driver who can travel to all business locations
Employment Type
Full-Time
