Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) - full-time

BJC HealthCare; Belleville (IL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Memorial Hospital in Belleville is seeking a full-time Physical Therapist Assistant for outpatient care. The role involves implementing treatment plans, collaborating with physical therapists, and providing skilled treatments. New graduates are welcome, and mentorship opportunities are available.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance

Disability insurance paid for by BJC

Pension Plan/403(b) Plan funded by BJC

401(k) plan with BJC match

Tuition Assistance

Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off benefit

Adoption assistance

Qualifications

• Provides skilled treatments as prescribed by the physician.
• Implements treatment plans developed by licensed physical therapists.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with licensed physical therapist to assess patient care.
• Documents patient progress and contributes to discharge notes.

Skills

Compassion

Respect

Excellence

Safety

Teamwork

Education

Associate's Degree - PT Assistant

Tools

PTA

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

Memorial Hospital in Belleville is seeking a full-time Physical Therapist Assistant to work in our outpatient setting. Our state-of-the-art facility offers a diverse patient population that includes opportunities for experience in orthopedic, sports medicine, neurologic, vestibular/balance and oncology rehab as well as specialty programs in lymphedema and hand therapy. Memorial Rehab in Shiloh offers excellent mentorship opportunities for new graduate PTAs and provides a culture that reflects the BJC values of Compassion, Respect, Excellence, Safety and Teamwork. You will have support from leadership to develop skills and clinical interests while promoting work-life balance.

• 5 days a week with a weekend rotation in acute care
• BJC Benefits
• New grads are welcome

Overview

Memorial Hospital Belleville is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care including Children’s at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial, offering medical and surgical services plus critical care, is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition, Memorial Belleville recently was accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been designated as a Magnet-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Memorial Hospital Shiloh , a 94-bed, all-private suite hospital was recognized with Magnet status in 2018 and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical and surgical services plus critical care.

Memorial Rehabilitation Services offers to inpatients and outpatients all state of the art modalities, manual therapy, supervised exercise and home exercise programming, electro-diagnostic testing, ADL training, cognitive testing, fitting of orthotic, prosthetic and other protective devices, sports medicine and hand therapy.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Provides skilled treatments to patients as prescribed by the physician and directed by a licensed physical therapist as specified in their health care service setting.

Responsibilities

Implements treatment plan as developed by the licensed physical therapist.

Collaborates with the licensed physical therapist on an agreed upon frequency to assess and reassess patient?s plan of care, treatment goals and interventions.

Documents patient progress in daily notes and weekly notes (as applicable), as well as contributes recommendations to patient?s discharge note from physical therapy.

Assists with guidance for clinical fieldwork students under the supervision of the physical therapist.

Reports on interventions and patient progress during assigned meetings and contributes to the screening and evaluation process.

Minimum Requirements

Education

Associate's Degree

- PT Assistant

Experience

No Experience

Supervisor Experience

No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

PTA

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Pension Plan*/403(b) Plan funded by BJC
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

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*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer