About Our Team:

Our organization is warm, friendly, and ready to welcome an enthusiastic, hard-working physical therapy assistant to our family. Our team offers experienced physical therapists willing to provide mentorship and leadership. We pride ourselves on our collaborative approach with occupational and speech therapy and our ability to offer quality therapy in our beloved community. Tucked in the rolling hills of the Palouse, Moscow is an ideal college town with terrific restaurants, shopping, live music, and one of the best farmers’ markets in the country. Moscow is a community that welcomes everyone. Moscow is surrounded by a beautiful natural landscape you won’t find anywhere else in the country and just minutes away from both mountains and prairie. Opportunities to hike, bike, run, ski, climb, paddle, fish, and more are less than an hour away.

Job Duties:

• Conducts therapy practices within defined standards of care.
• Practices established hospital and departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement programs, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
• Follows individualized treatment plans for patients based upon their functional needs and goals established by a physical therapist.
• Documents progress toward the patient’s functional goals. Regularly updates documentation and collaborates with the physical therapist to optimize the treatment plan.
• Provides direct patient care, evaluates functional needs and outcomes, and consults with other specialists as needed.
• Reviews patient’s functional needs and requests physical therapist re-evaluation of care plan as indicated to ensure optimal patient outcome.
• Manages their schedule responsibly to ensure departmental productivity goals are followed.
• Collaborates with colleagues to ensure inpatient coverage needs are met when census is high and inpatient staff are in need of assistance.
• Communicates effectively with other professionals and support staff to achieve positive patient outcomes.
• Directs the assistance of support staff to achieve the patient’s functional goals.
• Provides direction and leadership to staff and acts as a resource to promote physical therapy within the community.
• Enhances professional growth and development or self and other through participation in educational programs, in-service meetings, and workshops. Keeps up to date on current professional literature.
• Functions competently with multiple demands and tasks.
• Performs other services/duties as designated by the Department Director or Lead Physical Therapist.

Job Requirements

Minimum Education:

• • Graduate from an accredited Physical Therapist Assistant Program

Required Licenses and Certifications:

• • Current license to practice as a Physical Therapist Assistant in the State of Idaho.
  • Current BLS certification or completion of certification through the new hire process at Gritman Medical Center

Required Skills:

• • Highly effective communication with a wide range of individuals, including patients, physicians, nurses, and other therapists.

Preferred Qualifications:

• • One year of experience preferred
  • Driver’s license, dependable transportation, and auto insurance preferred

Functional Demands

POPULATION SERVED:

Pediatrics, adolescent, adult, and geriatric. All genders, race, ethnicity, sociopolitical and socioeconomic demographics, marital and sexual preferences groups, developmental and physical abilities, religions, and nationalities served.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:

Location: Therapy Clinic/Hospital

• Potential exposure to bio-hazardous patient care items and blood/body fluids.
• Occasional exposure to infectious diseases.
• Occasional exposure to outdoor environment.
• Rarely exposed to patient home environment.
• May be exposed to cleaning and pool chemicals.
• Occasional exposure to therapy pool environment.