Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant - PRN

Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant - PRN

Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity to learn in an award-winning healthcare system? We're looking for qualified candidates like you to join our Texas Health family.

Work location:

Texas Health Arlington Memorial 800 W. Randol Mill Road in Arlington, TX 76012

Work hours:

PRN (As Needed) Saturday coverage, occasional weekdays

Qualifications

• Education:
  
  Associate's Degree completion of Physical Therapist Assistant program Required
• Experience:
  
  Acute care strongly preferred
• License and Certification: PTA
  - Physical Therapist Assistant Texas Physical Therapy Assistant License Upon Hire Required And BCLS
  - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required

What You Will Do:

• Obtain/verify physician order for therapy and validate for appropriateness.
• Review available medical records and obtain pertinent medical history from therapist documentation and patient report.
• Ensure that patient has given informed consent to treatment.
• Identify problems that need further assessment by therapist and possible change to treatment plan.
• Identify patient accomplishment of goals and report to therapist that goals need to be updated or revised.
• Follow plan for care, or appropriate therapeutic intervention to achieve stated goals.
• Participate in discharge planning for patient.
• Demonstrates competence in the performance of individualized care based on age specific needs.

Patient Treatment

• Uses therapeutic treatment techniques appropriate to patient age and desire for treatment.
• Performs treatment procedures that are within the scope of the professional license.
• Performs/delegates technical procedures appropriately and safely.
• Utilizes a variety of treatment techniques to achieve goals, if necessary.
• Determine patient response to treatment and evaluate progress (reassessment).
• Educates patient and family through instruction, demonstration, or appropriate handouts in treatment plan, safety issues, home programs/self management and assistive equipment.
• Patient safety maintained throughout treatment
• Communicates with physicians and other healthcare personnel as appropriate regarding patient care issues
• Demonstrates competence in the performance of age appropriate patient treatment and individualizes care based on age specific needs.

Accountability

• Utilizes available resources (equipment, support personnel, educational resources) to maximize efficiency and productivity and to meet personal developmental needs
• Participates in orientation and training of less experienced staff, students, volunteers and observers
• Meets established productivity targets
• Represents department in a positive manner to hospital/system/community
• Completes assigned work within scheduled hours and offers assistance to others to ensure departmental work is accomplished
• Seeks assistance/supervision/consultation as needed and reports to supervisor any problems and/or solutions regarding delivery of patient care
• Willing to be cross-trained to treat any diagnosis or level of care
• Participates in continuous improvement activities and/or teams
• Demonstrates commitment to the maintenance of a clean, safe work environment that is compliant with departmental, hospital and regulatory agency requirements
• Works in partnership with peers, other disciplines, and departmental personnel
• As required, participates appropriately in departmental safety drills / emergency procedures
• Maintains acceptable level of customer satisfaction from patients, physicians, coworkers and other departments

Documentation

• Documents all aspects of assessment and plan of care in accordance with departmental, TJC, Medicare, and other applicable regulatory guidelines.
• Documents all aspects of each treatment session in accordance with departmental, TJC, Medicare, and other applicable regulatory guidelines.
• Accurately submits patient charges and records procedures according to departmental policy.
• Documents assessments of education needs, education provided, and patient understanding of education provided in accordance with departmental, TJC, Medicare, and other applicable regulatory guidelines.
• Completes discharge summary for each patient in accordance with departmental, TJC, Medicare, and other applicable regulatory guidelines.
• All documentation is completed within established time frame.
• Accurate timely documentation and reporting of unusual occurrences, on the job injuries, and medical device malfunctioning.
• Completes required documentation tools for outpatients and for specialty units/programs (i.e. Lysholme, MDS, staffing reports, etc.)

Other Significant Activities in Addition to Job Responsibilities/Competencies

• Participates in strategies to meet business initiatives and unit/team, program, and department specific goals and targets

Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, a 369-bed acute-care, full-service medical center has been serving Arlington and the surrounding communities since 1958. Hospital services include comprehensive cardiac care, women's…