What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physical Therapy Assistant position at Home Health & Hospice Care?
Why Work For Us?
Are you a Physical Therapist Assistant who likes to care for one patient at a time having ample time to provide exceptional therapy? Would you like to see them progress in their own home? Do you like to work autonomously and have variety in your day? Consider our dynamic homecare team!
Our engaging culture offers training, reimbursement for mileage, respect, generous benefits package, state of the art equipment and so much more. We are offering virtual or in person interviews. If you are interested in having more time for 1:1 patient care with an organization that is committed to employee success, please contact us and apply today.
Service Areas: Merrimack, Nashua, Hudson communities. Consider working closer to home!
Why You'll Love Us:
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefits starting the 1st of the month following your start date!
- Accrued Earned time (PTO)
- 403b with matching (fully vested) and discretionary annual core contributions!
Responsibilities
- Implements physical therapy treatment plans in consultation with supervising physical therapist.
- Reinforces therapeutic plan following discharge by instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs.
- Communicates need for changes in patients goals to supervising physical therapist.
- Effectively communicates all aspects of patient care to appropriate team members; contacting team manager as needed.
- Communicates patient’s progress or need for discharge to supervising physical therapist.
- Takes lead role in educating patient and caregivers on proper body mechanics.
- Documents in patient electronic records by assigned deadlines.
Qualifications
- Associate’s degree in Physical Therapy.
- Registered as Physical Therapy Assistant with New Hampshire’s Board of Nursing.
- A minimum of two years therapy assistant experience, either hospital or clinic experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Homecare Experience.
Required
- Registered as Physical Therapist Assistant with New Hampshire’s Board of Nursing.
- CPR Certification.
- Satisfactory criminal record.
- Satisfactory motor vehicle record, reliable vehicle and auto insurance.
- Must be able to work one weekend a month and share in holiday rotation working one winter and one summer holiday a year.
We value diversity — in backgrounds and in experiences. Healthcare is a universal concern, and we need people from all backgrounds and swaths of life to help build the future of healthcare.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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