Physical Therapist Assistant Part-timePRN

Enjoy realistic scheduling serving clients in a brandnew fullyequipped center. If you ve ever felt limited in your ability to provide effective and progressive balance training our safety overhead system (S.O.S.) will offer endless options. You can provide training that is safer for both patient and therapist. Plus FYZICAL offers countless options for CEU credits and extensive Balance and vestibular training programs.

Summary: Administers physical therapy treatments to patients working under the direction of and as an assistant to the Physical Therapist by performing the following duties. Special consideration will be given to clinicians with experience treating Vestibular/Balance conditions and pelvic health concerns.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provides patient care following established protocols and patient care guidelines.
  
• Responsible for conduct that follows FYZICAL s values statement and social contract.
  
• Responsible for a firm understanding and the implementation of our behavioral model (ARC) at all times while practicing.
  
• Responsible for timely documentation including but not limited to daily notes weekly workers compensation reports progress reports and incident reports.
  
• Responsible for assuring that patients are treated promptly following their scheduled appointments.
  
• Responsible for conveying to patients the importance of complying with established plans of care including home exercise programs and minimizing cancellations and noshows of appointments. This is tracked independently with the expectation of achieving a 90% appointmentkept rate.
  
• Responsible for the provision of comprehensive patient care administers active and passive manual therapeutic exercises therapeutic massage and heat light sound water and electrical modality treatment such as ultrasound electrical stimulation ultraviolet infrared and hot and cold packs.
  
• Administers traction to relieve neck and back pain.
  
• Instructs motivates and assists patients to learn and improve functional activities such as perambulation transfer ambulation and daily living activities.
  
• Observe patients during treatments and compile data on patients responses to treatments and progress and report orally or in writing to the Physical Therapist.
  
• Fits patients for adjusts and trains patients in use and care of orthopedic braces prostheses and supportive devices such as crutches canes walkers and wheelchairs.
  
• Confers with members of physical therapy staff and other health team members individually and in conference to exchange discuss and evaluate patient information for planning modifying and coordinating treatment programs.
  
• Gives orientation to new Physical Therapist Assistants and directs and gives instructions to Rehab Techs.
  
• Performs clerical duties such as taking inventory ordering supplies answering telephone calls taking messages and filling out forms.
  
• Measures patient s rangeofjoint motion length and girth of body parts and vital signs to determine effects of specific treatments or to assist Physical Therapist in compiling data for patient evaluations.
  

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and stoop kneel crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this Job the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.