Physical Therapist Assistant - FT Days - Osti Alamo - Full-time

pDHR Health  -  US:TX:Alamo - Days/ppSummary:br //ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt"POSITION SUMMARY:/span/u/b /ppspan style="font-size:11pt" /span /ppspan style="font-size:11pt"Responsible for administering physical therapy modalities of treatment as supervised by the staff physical therapist. Administers treatments and physical agents as directed by the staff physical therapist, after the physical therapist has evaluated the patient. The PTA assists with restoration of patient functioning to prevent disability following injury, disease or physical disability. Assists patients to reach their maximum performance and level of functioning, while learning to live within the limits of their capabilities. The PTA participates in operational aspects of the department, maintains performance improvement activities within the department and participates in CQI activities. Participates in all infection control, departmental equipment training, organizational safety and fire safety programs./span /ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt" /span/u/b /ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt"POSITION EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS­/span/u/bbspan style="font-size:11pt":/span/b /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Graduate of accredited physical therapy assistant school required/span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Current physical therapy assistant license in the State of Texas required/span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Current BLS certification required/span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Organizational skills is necessary/span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Good written and verbal communication skills/span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Ability to read, write and speak English/span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of nursing, administration, and physicians/span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Prefer outpatient rehabilitation experience/span /pp /ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt"JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE­/span/u/bbspan style="font-size:11pt":/span/b /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Additional languages preferred, Spanish preferred./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Strong written and verbal skills./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Basic computer knowledge./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Basic knowledge of physical medicine, physical therapy modalities, anatomy and physiology./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Basic knowledge of physical therapy machine operation, maintenance and repairs of same./span /pul/ulpResponsibilities:br //ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt"POSITION RESPONSIBILITES:/span/u/b /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practice/span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Responsible for providing treatment as directed by the staff physical therapist. Adheres to standards of physical medicine practice./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Ability to observe and evaluate treatment effect, discusses observations with staff physical therapist./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Ability to perform components of an appropriate assessment on all patients as related to the therapy requested and provided and reassessments as per policy. This includes geriatric patients and the general patient population./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Assists with formulation of a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and assesses effectiveness of learning, family is included in teaching as appropriate, and staff physical therapist is apprised of conclusions./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Demonstrates knowledge of physical therapy modalities./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity. Identifies and addresses psychosocial needs of patients and family./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Manages and operates equipment safely and correctly. Maintains department cleanliness and safety./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Interacts professionally with patient/family and involves patient/family in the care performed by the physical therapist./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Communicates appropriately and clearly to physicians, facility staff and members of the department./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Coordinates and assists with directing patient care to ensure patient’s needs are met and facility policy is followed./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Maintains records pertinent to personnel and operation of the department./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Demonstrates an ability to be flexible, organized and function under stressful situations./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Maintains a good working relationship both within the department and with other departments./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Consults other departments as appropriate to collaborate in patient care and performance improvement activities./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Documentation meets current standards and policies./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Participates in educational staff performance improvement in-services. Assists with orientation and in-service training for licensed department staff members, participates in guidance and educational programs./span /ppspan style="font-size:11pt" /span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Assists in ordering supplies, maintains adequate PAR levels to assure all supplies and equipment is readily available./span /pp· span style="font-size:11pt"Participates in infection control, departmental training equipment training and organizational CQI activities./span /ppspan style="font-size:11pt" /span /pul/ulpOther information:br //ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt"LINES OF REPSONSIBILITES/span/u/bbspan style="font-size:11pt": /span/b/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"(Chain-of-command)/span/p p1. uspan style="font-size:11pt"Associate Program Director/span/uspan style="font-size:11pt" → 2. uDirector/u /span/p pspan style="font-size:11pt" /span/p pbuspan style="font-size:11pt"CUSTOMER SERVICE: /span/u/b/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence through Knowledge and Safety amp; Social Conscience./span/p pbuspan style="font-size:11pt" /span/u/b/p pbuspan style="font-size:11pt"AGE SPECIFIC/span/u/buspan style="font-size:11pt":/span/u/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age. /span/p p/p pbuspan style="font-size:11pt"AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: (ADA)/span/u/bspan style="font-size:11pt": /span/p p/p p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"A. buEssential Duties/u/b: Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria./span/p p/p p style="text-align:justify"bspan style="font-size:11pt"The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position: /span/b/p p style="text-align:justify"/p table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"tbodytrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Light/moderate lifting up to 50 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height. /span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Kneeling/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /td/trtrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 50 lbs./span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Walking/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /td/trtrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Light/moderate carrying up to 30 lbs./span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Standing/Squatting/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /td/trtrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Straight pulling/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Sitting/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /td/trtrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Pulling hand over hand/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Pushing/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /td/trtrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Repeated bending/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Stooping/Bending/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /td/trtrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Reaching above shoulder/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Climbing Stairs/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /td/trtrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Simple grasping/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Climbing Ladders/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"No/span/p /td/trtrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Dual simultaneous grasping/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Depth Perceptions needed/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /td/trtrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Ability to see/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Identify Colors/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /td/trtrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Operating office equipment/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Twisting/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /td/trtrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Operating mechanical equipment/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Crawling/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"No/span/p /td/trtrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Ability to read and write/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Ability to Count/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /td/trtrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Ability to hear verbal communication without aid/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Operating Personal Vehicle/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /td/trtrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Ability to comprehend written/verbal communication/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Other: Ability to deal with stress/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"Yes/span/p /td/trtrtd width="279" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"OSHA Category/span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt"III/span/p /tdtd width="240" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt" /span/p /tdtd width="48" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:11pt" /span/p /td/tr/tbody/table p style="text-align:justify"/p p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"B. buWorking Conditions/u:/b The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents. /span/p p style="text-align:justify"/p pspan style="font-size:11pt"C. buOccupational Exposure:/u /bThis position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way. /span/p p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt" /span/p p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"D. buAptitudes/u: HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW/b/span/p p style="text-align:justify"/p p style="text-align:justify"bspan style="font-size:11pt"Intelligence:/span/bspan style="font-size:11pt" General learning ability: The ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. b3/b /span/p p style="text-align:justify"/p p style="text-align:justify"bspan style="font-size:11pt"Verbal: /span/bspan style="font-size:11pt" Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. b3/b/span/p p style="text-align:justify"/p p style="text-align:justify"bspan style="font-size:11pt"Numerical:/span/bspan style="font-size:11pt" Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. b2/b/span/p p style="text-align:justify"/p p style="text-align:justify"bspan style="font-size:11pt"Spatial: /span/bspan style="font-siz