Physical Therapist Assistant PTA - Outpatient Ortho. / Neuro
$53,789–$53,789 year
On-siteUpper Marlboro, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Document patient care activities, ongoing communication, and discharge summaries under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist. Provide physical therapy services including reviewing historical information, administering modalities, and delivering interventions within the treatment plan's limits. Manage an accurate schedule, arrange re-evaluations, and determine equipment needs in collaboration with the supervising therapist. Recognize and document changes in patient condition to contribute to treatment plan modifications. Involve patients and families in treatment and discharge planning through education and training. Pursue continuing education and serve as a clinical instructor to assigned students as appropriate.
Required Qualifications
- Professional competency as a general practitioner in physical therapy
- Demonstrated independent use of varied treatment approaches
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Physical therapy services to patients including treatment, training, and equipment recommendations
- Supervision of a licensed physical therapist
- State requirements of which the provider is practicing
- Documents and charges for patient care activities
- Clear picture of the patient's course of care
- Ongoing communication with the physical therapist
- Effective time management
- Meets productivity expectations
- Manage an accurate schedule
- Professional commitment to provide frictionless patient access to care
- Flexibility
- Adaptability
- Creativity
- Actions/behaviors that display empathy
- Patient consumer driven environment
- Arranges schedule for re-evaluations and discharge summaries
- Collaboration with supervising physical therapist
- Completes appropriate discharge planning
- Follow-up care
- Determination of equipment needs
- Initiative in contributing innovative ideas for patient treatment
- Involves patient and family as appropriate in treatment and discharge planning
- Education and training
- Provides patient treatment services
- Review of pertinent historical information
- Safely administering modalities
- Providing interventions within the treatment plan's limits
- Collaborates interventions with other team members
- Interdisciplinary approach
- Recognizes and documents changes/response in patient's condition
- Modification of the treatment plan
- Collaboration with licensed physical therapist
- Verbal/written reports
- Patient progress conferences
- Takes initiative in pursuing and directing continuing education
- Professional growth and competency
- Serves as a clinical instructor to assigned students
- Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy Assistant school
- Associate degree as a Physical Therapist Assistant
- Maryland, District of Columbia (DC), and/or Virginia licensure
- American Heart Association's BLS (Basic Life Support) for Healthcare Providers CPR (Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation) certification
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