What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) position at Recover-Care Healthcare?
Job Title: Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)
Job Location: Marysville, Kansas
Company Name: Cambridge Place Senior Village
Organization Name: Cambridge Place Senior Village
Company Slogan: The Best Team Provides the Best Care!
Job Summary:
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Physical Therapy Assistant to join our team at Cambridge Place Senior Village. As a Physical Therapy Assistant, you will work closely with Physical Therapists to provide high-quality physical therapy treatments and procedures to our residents. Your expertise and dedication will play a vital role in helping our residents achieve their rehabilitation goals.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Job Location: Marysville, Kansas
Company Name: Cambridge Place Senior Village
Organization Name: Cambridge Place Senior Village
Company Slogan: The Best Team Provides the Best Care!
Job Summary:
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Physical Therapy Assistant to join our team at Cambridge Place Senior Village. As a Physical Therapy Assistant, you will work closely with Physical Therapists to provide high-quality physical therapy treatments and procedures to our residents. Your expertise and dedication will play a vital role in helping our residents achieve their rehabilitation goals.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients as they practice exercises or functional activities
- Observe patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress
- Confer with physical therapy staff and others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, and coordinating treatment
- Communicate with and instruct caregivers and family members on patient therapeutic activities and treatment plans
- Transport patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements
- Administer active and passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, and heat, light, sound, and electrical modality treatments
- Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, and vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations
- Monitor operation of equipment and record use of equipment and administration of treatment timely
- Fit patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, and supportive devices such as assistive devices
- Knowledge and skills to care for patient needs of the SNF population
- Must possess problem-solving skills to successfully perform job
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong customer service orientation
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with other employees, patients, and family members
- Ability to travel as needed to perform job
- Associates degree from an accredited physical therapy program
- Current license from the state Board of Physical Therapy Examiners
- Proficiency with all applicable state, federal, and professional standards
- Prolonged periods of standing and walking
- Requires lifting, positioning, pushing, and/or transferring patients
- Frequent reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching
- 401K (Matching up to 2%)
- Annual Performance Evaluations
- Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Electronic Documentation
- Employee Appreciation Events