Home Health PTA — Sign-On Bonus & Benefits

Amedisys; Walterboro (SC); Vor Ort; USD 50.000 - 65.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Sign-on bonus

Paid time off

Telehealth option

Wellness rewards

401(k) match

Family leave

Mileage reimbursement

Zusammenfassung

Join Amedisys as a Physical Therapy Assistant supporting patients at home. You will deliver PT services under the supervision of a licensed PT, monitor responses to treatment, and document progress in the patient record.

You will coordinate with clinical staff, promote wellness, and help plan follow-up care while maintaining patient confidentiality and contributing to quality improvement initiatives.

Qualifikationen

• Current license to practice as a physical therapy assistant, specific to the state you're assigned to work in.
• Graduate from an accredited physical therapy assistant educational program as set by CAPTE.
• One year related physical therapy experience for PTAs entering home health care to ensure that knowledge and skills are sufficient to safely provide physical therapy services to patients.
• If less than one year of experience, approval from regional clinical leaders is required as well as appropriate mentoring and/or participating in a residency program.
• Current CPR certification.

Aufgaben

• Provides physical therapy services and interventions under the direction and supervision of a physical therapist and in accordance with the physician approved plan of care.
• Observes, records and reports the patient's response to treatment and any change in the patient's condition to the supervising PT, physician and other appropriate clinical staff.
• Provides resources for future needs and promotes wellness and prevention.
• Includes documentation of supervisory activities in the patient's medical record.
• Monitors and documents the patient's response to physical therapy intervention.
• Participates in patient care conferences, in services, chart audit activities, quality improvement activities including OBQI and OBQM and peer-review activities.
• Maintains confidentiality of information relating to the physical therapist-client relationship.
• Makes recommendations for follow-up care in coordination with the agency that admitted the patient and utilizes other agency care providers to assist with referrals to community resources.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Kenntnisse

Physical therapy

Home health care

CPR certification

Patient education

Documentation

Ausbildung

CAPTE-accredited PTA program

Jobbeschreibung

Join Amedisys as a Physical Therapy Assistant supporting patients at home. You will deliver PT services under the supervision of a licensed PT, monitor responses to treatment, and document progress in the patient record.

You will coordinate with clinical staff, promote wellness, and help plan follow-up care while maintaining patient confidentiality and contributing to quality improvement initiatives.