Physical Therapist Assistant

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation; Stroudsburg (Monroe County); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation is seeking a qualified Physical Therapist Assistant to join our team in Pennsylvania. The PTA will deliver therapeutic services to patients with functional impairments, supporting healing and functional restoration.

The role emphasizes collaboration with supervising therapists, accurate documentation, and adherence to care plans while promoting patient education and wellness during treatment and discharge planning.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in Physical Therapist Assistant program.
• Licensure as a Physical Therapist Assistant (required).
• Basic Life Support/CPR per American Heart Association required.

Responsibilities

• Provides services to patients with impairments, functional limitations, or disabilities resulting from injury or disease.
• Restores function, provides prevention education, and promotes health and wellness.
• Communicates treatment results with supervising PT/OT and follows care plans.
• Completes timely documentation and ensures regulatory standards.

Skills

Delivers quality care

Uses variety of techniques

Discharge planning

Patient communication

Team collaboration

Education

Associate's Degree in Physical Therapist Assistant program

Job description

• Provide services to patients/clients who have impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or changes in physical function and health status resulting from injury, disease or other causes. Restores function, provide prevention education, promote health, wellness and fitness, alleviate pain and prevent/ minimize disability.
• ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• CLINICAL SKILLS
• Delivers quality care
• Pursues educational opportunities
• Shares knowledge with others
• Uses a wide variety of techniques & technologies
• Customizes treatment & communications to individual patient needs (IE cultural & cognitive)
• Plans for discharge appropriate to setting & circumstances in a timely manner (IE HEP, equipment, family teaching)
• Routinely communicates results of treatments and issues with supervising PT/OT
• Follows care plan as developed and consults supervising therapist regarding changes or deviations prior to adjustment if appropriate.
• DOCUMENTATION
• Uses objective measurements appropriate to substantiate care
• Completes documentation on the date of service
• Interventions selected match treatment delivered & meet regulatory standards (IE 3 hr. rule, 8 min. rule)
• Documentation substantiates charges selected
• Documentation meets clinical policy & procedure guidelines (frequency, timeliness-weekly/monthly notes & discharge instructions)
• TEAM EFFORT
• Adheres to productivity standard
• Efficiently & effectively schedules patients
• Demonstrates flexibility to help others (IE provide coverage @ other sites, adjust work schedule to meet needs, assist others to cover patients)
• Embraces change and promotes positive work environment
• COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• By understanding and adhering to current standards of practice for physical therapy, guide for professional conduct including the code of ethics and practice guidelines established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
• By providing appropriate supervision to physical therapy aides and students.
• PROTECTS PATIENT INFORMATION
• By securing all information in confidential space, following facility confidentiality policy.
• QUALIFICATIONS
• Education
• Associate's Degree in a Physical Therapist Assistant program required
• Work Experience
• Previous clinical experience preferred
• Licenses / Certifications
• Physical Therapist Assistant license required
• Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required