PTA: Impactful Care with 401K & PTO

Recover-Care; Gardner (KS); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K Matching

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

Recover-Care is seeking a Physical Therapist Assistant to support Physical Therapists in providing treatment plans and procedures. The role may involve assisting in treatment plan development, documenting progress, and adapting treatments within scope defined by a supervising therapist.

The PTA will engage in patient instruction, data collection, equipment handling, and coordination with caregivers to ensure optimal therapy outcomes. A state license and accredited associate degree are required.

Qualifications

• 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

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.
• 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

Patient care SNF

Problem solving

Verbal/written communication

Organizational skills

Customer service

Team communication

Travel as needed

Education

Associate degree in physical therapy

State licensure

Tools

Electronic Documentation

Job description

Recover-Care is seeking a Physical Therapist Assistant to support Physical Therapists in providing treatment plans and procedures. The role may involve assisting in treatment plan development, documenting progress, and adapting treatments within scope defined by a supervising therapist.

The PTA will engage in patient instruction, data collection, equipment handling, and coordination with caregivers to ensure optimal therapy outcomes. A state license and accredited associate degree are required.