Physical Therapy Assistant - Full-time

Min: USD $24.04/Hr. Max: USD $37.26/Hr. Overview: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"strong***Sign-on Bonuses up to $5,000.00***/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"The Physical Therapist Assistant is a licensed professional whom provides physical therapy services to the patient as prescribed by the ordering physician and determined by the evaluating Physical Therapist./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Schedule/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Full Time, Days/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"$5,000 Sign-On Bonus /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Contact me if intersted at Watson.Kari@mhsil.com or schedule a call with me to discuss at/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"  a href="https://MemorialHealthIL.as.me/KariWatson" target="_blank" rel="noopener"https://MemorialHealthIL.as.me/KariWatson/a/span/p Qualifications: p style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"emLicensure/Certification/Registry:/em/span/strong/pulli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Illinois licensed/licensure eligible as a Physical Therapist Assistant/span/lili style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Certified in BLS CPR or complete certification within 30 days of employment/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"emExperience:/em/span/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Previous PTA experience preferred./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"emOther Knowledge/Skills/Abilities/Working Conditions-Physical Requirements Atmosphere:/em/span/strong/pulli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Ability to work professionally, effectively, and efficiently in a team environment with customers, management, co-workers and physicians. /span/lili style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Strong organizational skills a must. /span/lili style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Strong verbal communication skills /span/lili style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Must be able to multi-task effectively./span/lili style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"General office, health care setting – exposure to infectious disease. /span/lili style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Requires moderately heavy physical exertion on a regular and reoccurring basis such as assisting patients in transfer activities (wheelchair to bed, to tub, to commodes) and providing substantial support to individuals in ambulation therapy. /span/lili style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. /span/lili style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Occasionally required to sit. /span/lili style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Occasionally lift and/or move over 100 pounds./span/lili style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Specific vision abilities include close, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;" /p Responsibilities: p style="margin: 0px;" /polli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Carry out a program of treatment and education as determined by the evaluating Physical Therapist for assigned patients/span/li/olp style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pol start="2"li style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Instruct patients on the segments of program including proper use of wheelchairs, crutches, canes, braces, prosthetic appliances and devices /span/li/olp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pol start="3"li style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Completes timely and accurate clinical documentation to include therapeutic approach as well as administrative/billing documentation/span/li/olp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pol start="4"li style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity/span/li/olp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pol start="5"li style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic, and religious/spiritual needs of patients and their families/care givers/span/li/olp style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pol start="6"li style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"The clinician will need to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to ages specific to the patient population for the clinician. This could include the following groups:  infants (0-12months), children (1 year – 12 years), adolescents (13 years -18 years), adult (18 years-65 years), older adults (65 years +).  /span/li/olp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pol start="7"li style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Assists in maintaining department policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control programs /span/li/olp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pol start="8"li style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Assist in care and maintenance of department equipment and supplies/span/li/olp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pol start="9"li style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Attend and participates in meetings as required/span/li/olp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pol start="10"li style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Enhance professional development through participation in continuing education programs and in-service meetings/span/li/olp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pol start="11"li style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Meets productivity and utilization expectations as established by the facility. /span/li/olp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pol start="12"li style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"May supervise rehabilitation aides, volunteers, and students in regards to patient care techniques and needs/span/li/olp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pol start="13"li style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Performs other related work as required or requested./span/li/olp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"em /em/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"em /em/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"em /em/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"emThe intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job.  Incumbents may be requested to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description./em/span/p