Physical Therapist Assistant - PTA
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Job Location:
De Pere, WI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Details
DePere WI
Description
Job Summary:
The Physical Therapy Assistant will assist in planning organizing developing and directing the Physical Therapy Services of the facility.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Instructs motivates safeguards and assists patients as they practice exercises or functional activities
- Observes patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provides results to the physical therapist in person or through progress notes
- Confers with physical therapy staff and others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning modifying and coordinating treatment
- Communicates with and instructs caregivers and family members on patient therapeutic activities and treatment plans
- Transports patients to and from treatment areas lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements
- Secures patients into or onto therapy equipment
- Administers active and passive manual therapeutic exercises therapeutic massage aquatic physical therapy and heat light sound and electrical modality treatments such as ultrasound
- Measures patients range-of-joint motion body parts and vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations
- Monitors operation of equipment and records use of equipment and administration of treatment
- Fits patients for orthopedic braces prostheses and supportive devices such as crutches
- Additional duties as assigned
Qualifications
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Excellent customer service and resident care skills
- Basic understanding of physical therapy and medical terminology
- Professionalism accuracy and dependability
Education and Experience:
- Must possess an Associates Degree in Physical Therapy Assistant Program from an accredited college or university
- Must possess a current unencumbered license to practice as a Physical Therapy Assistant in the State of Wisconsin
We are an equal employment opportunity employer!
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Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Early Intervention
- Acute Care
- Communication skills
- HIPAA
- Physiology Knowledge
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Computer Literacy
- Pediatrics Experience
- Home Care
- Patient Service Experience
- Medicare
