Per Diem PTA – Home Health Care Impact (Sign-on)

UnitedHealth Group; Kennewick (WA); On-site; USD 61,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group seeks a Per Diem Physical Therapist Assistant to provide skilled PTA services in patients' homes under the supervision of a licensed PT. You will implement treatment plans to improve mobility, strength, balance, and independence, while promoting safety in home settings.

Working with patients, caregivers, and an interdisciplinary team, you will help recovery and enhance quality of life, with a focus on compassionate, personalized home health care.

Qualifications

• 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 the CAPTE.
• One year related physical therapy experience for PTAs entering home health care.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

PTA license

CPR certification

Driver's license

Education

CAPTE-accredited PTA program

Job description

UnitedHealth Group seeks a Per Diem Physical Therapist Assistant to provide skilled PTA services in patients' homes under the supervision of a licensed PT. You will implement treatment plans to improve mobility, strength, balance, and independence, while promoting safety in home settings.

Working with patients, caregivers, and an interdisciplinary team, you will help recovery and enhance quality of life, with a focus on compassionate, personalized home health care.