Physical Therapists Assistant

Gem City Nursing & Rehab; Riverdale (OH); In loco; USD 52.000 - 66.000; Tempo pieno

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Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Electronic Documentation

Employee Appreciation Events

Descrizione del lavoro

Gem City Nursing & Rehab is seeking a Physical Therapist Assistant to assist licensed Physical Therapists in delivering patient care and rehabilitation services. The role involves executing treatment plans, documenting progress, and adjusting activities within the PT scope.

The PTA will collaborate with therapists, caregivers, and families to support patient goals, transport patients, and apply therapeutic modalities while ensuring safety and compliance with standards.

Competenze

• 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.

Mansioni

• Instructs, motivates, safeguards, and assists patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.
• Observes patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data and provides results to the physical therapist.
• Confers with therapy staff to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, and coordinating treatment; communicates with caregivers and family.
• Transports patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them per positioning requirements; secures patients onto therapy equipment.
• Administers active and passive manual therapies, aquatic therapy, and modalities such as ultrasound.
• Measures range of motion, body parts, and vital signs to determine treatment effects.
• Monitors operation of equipment and records use and administration of treatment.
• Fits patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, and supportive devices.

Conoscenze

Patient care

Problem solving

Verbal/written comms

Organizational skills

Customer service

Professionalism

Formazione

Associates degree in physical therapy

Current PT license

Knowledge of state/federal standards

Descrizione del lavoro

Physical Therapist Assistant

• Disability Insurance

• Life Insurance

• Electronic Documentation

• Employee Appreciation Events

Job Summary:

The Physical Therapist Assistant will help Physical Therapists provide physical therapy treatments and procedures.

The Physical Therapist Assistant may, in accordance with state laws, assist in the development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, document the progress of treatment, and modify specific treatments in accordance with patient status and within the scope of treatment plans established by a physical therapist.

Duties/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 such as assistive devices.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge and skills to care for patient needs of the SNF population

• Must possess problem solving skills to successfully perform job

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Strong customer service orientation.

• Must be able to communicate effectively and professionally with other employees, patients, and family members

• Ability to travel as needed to perform job

Education and Experience:

• Associates degree from an accredited physical therapy program

• Current license from the state Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.

• Proficiency with all applicable state, federal, and professional standards

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of standing and walking.

• Requires lifting, positioning, pushing, and/or transferring patients.

• Frequent reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching.