Physical Therapist Assistant - Impactful Rehab Team

Wathenahrc; Wathena, Northern (KS, KY); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K (Matching up to 2%)

Annual Performance Evaluations

Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Electronic Documentation

Employee Appreciation Events

Job summary

Wathenahrc in Kansas seeks a Physical Therapist Assistant to support Physical Therapists in delivering treatments in a skilled nursing facility setting. You will implement treatment plans and document patient progress under supervision, ensuring safety and compliance.

Responsibilities include guiding exercises, communicating with patients and families, transporting and positioning patients, applying therapeutic modalities, and assisting with equipment and devices.

Qualifications

• Associates degree from an accredited physical therapy program.
• Current license from the state Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.
• Proficiency with applicable state, federal, and professional standards

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 timely
• Fits patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, and supportive devices.

Skills

SNF Care

Problem Solving

Verbal & Written Communication

Organizational Skills

Customer Service

Travel as Needed

Education

Associate degree in Physical Therapy

State PT licensure

Job description

Wathenahrc in Kansas seeks a Physical Therapist Assistant to support Physical Therapists in delivering treatments in a skilled nursing facility setting. You will implement treatment plans and document patient progress under supervision, ensuring safety and compliance.

Responsibilities include guiding exercises, communicating with patients and families, transporting and positioning patients, applying therapeutic modalities, and assisting with equipment and devices.