Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant

Company: Willcare
Location: Jamestown
Posted on: November 17, 2024

Job Description:

Job DescriptionWe are hiring for a full-time Home Health Physical Therapist Assistant to join our team at Willcare in Jamestown!
Compensations for full-time based on experience, skillset, and types of cases seen. Minimum starting salary averages around $52,000 per year. Please ask recruiter for more details!
At Willcare, a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people.
We strive to offer benefits that reward the whole you!
As a Physical Therapy Assistant, you can expect:

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• employee wellness programs
  
• flexibility for true work-life balance
  
• holidays & paid time off
  
• continuing education & career growth opportunities
  
• company-wide support & resources to help you achieve your goals
  
  Take your career to a new level of caring. Apply today!
  The Home Health Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA, LPTA) performs treatment and provides exercise instruction and patient education aimed at improving/enhancing the patient's well-being while following the established plan of care.
  
  
  
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  • Responsible for following all state specific laws governing the provision of physical therapy in home care, to follow the treatment set only as defined by the supervising PT; to perform only those procedures that he/she is qualified and trained to perform and to make all recommendations for changes in the plan of care to the supervising Physical Therapist.
    
  • Instructs and aids patients in active and passive exercise, muscle re-education, gait, functional, ADL, transfer, safety, and prosthetic training.
    
  • Observes, records, and reports to the supervising PT, the nurse supervisor, and/or the physician the patient's response to treatment and changes in the patient's condition. Coordinates care with the other members of the healthcare team as appropriate.
    
  • Instructs patient, family, caregiver, and other members of the health care team in the areas of therapy within the scope of the physical therapy assistant.
    
    License Requirements
    
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    • Current licensed, registered, or certified to assist in the practice of physical therapy in state of NY
      
    • Current CPR certification
      
    • Current driver's license, vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation
      
    • Two years direct clinical experience
      

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