Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) | PRN | FM Home Health

Job description

Minimum Hiring Wage: From $22.86 per hour Job Details: Scheduled Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm Job Description: A Brief Overview Assist physical therapists in providing physical therapy treatments and procedures. In accordance with State laws, assist physical therapists in carrying out routine functions, direct activity programs, and document the progress of treatments. Assist in the education of patients, families and caregivers on prevention of further injury or impairment. What you will do: - Provides treatment as directed by a staff physical therapist. Adheres to standards of physical medicine practice. - Observes and assesses treatment effect and discusses observations and changes to the treatment plan with the staff physical therapist. Documents effectively and efficiently in electronic medical record. - Performs components of an appropriate assessment, daily treatment as well as tracking progress on patients as related to the therapy requested and provides findings to the staff physical therapist and documents findings appropriately in medical record. - Assists in formulating a teaching plan based on identifying learning needs and assesses effectiveness of learning. Family will be...