Physical Therapy Assistant
Listed on 2026-01-01
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Healthcare
Physical Therapy, Healthcare Nursing
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Description
Health Actions seeks a compassionate Physical Therapist Assistant to offer excellent care to our patients. Therapist owned since 1981, we are an expanding organization with a strong emphasis in helping you in the area of professional growth and development.
New Grads are welcome!
Full Time Position with Benefits.
Description
Health Actions seeks a compassionate Physical Therapist Assistant to offer excellent care to our patients. Therapist owned since 1981, we are an expanding organization with a strong emphasis in helping you in the area of professional growth and development. New Grads are welcome!
Full Time Position with Benefits.
Job Description
The physical therapist assistant assists physical therapists in the implementation of patient care rehabilitation programs to help reduce patient pain and increase mobility, function and strength.
Requirements
Essential Functions
- Contributes to physical therapist's effectiveness by identifying patient care issues; providing information and commentary; recommending options and courses of action; implementing physical therapy directives.
- Assesses patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating Plan of Care
- Assesses abnormal conditions by reviewing physical therapist's interpretations of patient evaluations and test results.
- Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
- Performs therapeutic procedures by administering manual exercises; instructing, encouraging, and assisting patients in performing physical activities, such as non-manual exercises, ambulatory functional activities, and daily living activities; and in using supportive devices, such as crutches, canes, and prostheses.
- Ensures appropriate documentation and billing
- Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens; giving normal growth and development information; promoting wellness and health maintenance.
- Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.
- Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations, adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
- Maintains production objectives by noting current treatment trends; monitoring actual physical therapy services rendered to production objectives.
- Maintains legal and accreditation compliance by adhering to policy internal and external; inclusive of all federal, state, and local regulations.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
- Enhances physical therapy and clinical reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests.
- Ensure patient satisfaction, inclusive of troubleshooting and handling complaints
Competencies
- Clinical Skills
- Customer/Client Focus.
- Quality Focus
- Health Promotion
- Persistence
- Energetic
- Flexibility
- Teamwork Orientation
- Time Management
This position has no supervisory responsibilities, however careful monitoring of clinic aides to ensure treatment quality is required.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The position walks, sits, stands, bends, lifts and moves continually during working hours. The position is subject to lifting objects weighing over 50 pounds, pushing wheelchairs, and transporting and supporting residents. The employee must be constantly alert for patient safety.
Required Education And Experience
- Associate Physical Therapist Degree
- Yearly maintenance of required CEU’s
- Seniority level
Entry level
- Employment type
Full-time
- Job function
Health Care Provider - Industries Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists
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