In-Home Physical Therapy Assistant | Weekend Rotations

Optum; Seaside Heights (NJ); Remote; USD 64.000 - 96.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Optum, in partnership with UnitedHealth Group, seeks a Physical Therapist Assistant to deliver in-home therapy under a supervising PT. You will follow the plan of care, educate patients and families, and help enhance well-being in a home-care setting.

Primary responsibilities include complying with state PT laws, guiding patients through exercises, documenting responses, coordinating with the care team, and teaching caregivers in therapy techniques.

Qualifikationen

• Current, licensed, registered, or certified to assist in physical therapy in state of practice.
• Current driver's license and vehicle insurance, access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation.
• Available to work a weekend rotation.
• Current CPR certification or ability to complete within 90 days of hire.
• Ability to perform physical tasks required for patient care, including lifting, transferring, and assisting with mobility.

Aufgaben

• Following all state-specific laws governing provision of physical therapy in home care, to follow the treatment set only as defined by the supervising PT; to perform only those procedures that you are qualified and trained to perform and to make recommendations for changes in the plan of care to the supervising PT.
• Instructs and aids patients in active and passive exercise, muscle re-education, gait, functional, ADL, transfer, safety, and prosthetic training.
• Observes, records, and reports to the supervising PT, the nurse supervisor, and/or the physician the patient's response to treatment and changes in the patient's condition.
• Coordinates care with other members of the healthcare team as appropriate.
• Instructs patient, family, caregiver, and other members of the health care team in therapy within the scope of the physical therapy assistant.
• Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client.

Kenntnisse

Licensed PTA

Driver's license

Weekend availability

Jobbeschreibung

Optum, in partnership with UnitedHealth Group, seeks a Physical Therapist Assistant to deliver in-home therapy under a supervising PT. You will follow the plan of care, educate patients and families, and help enhance well-being in a home-care setting.

Primary responsibilities include complying with state PT laws, guiding patients through exercises, documenting responses, coordinating with the care team, and teaching caregivers in therapy techniques.