Physical Therapist Assistant PTA na Breakthrough Healthcare
Breakthrough Healthcare · Saint Louis, Estados Unidos Da América · On-site
- Escritório em Saint Louis
Description
Description
We are currently expanding our elite clinical team and are hiring for Full-Time, Part-Time, and PRN positions. To ensure professional stability and work-life balance, we require a 4-hour per week minimum for all staff.
The Physical Therapist Assistant at Breakthrough Healthcare provides skilled intervention and treatment under the supervision of a Registered Physical Therapist. You will implement the physician-signed plan of care, monitoring patient progress and ensuring the highest standards of safety and compliance in the home setting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implementation: Deliver services exactly as planned and delegated by the supervising PT.
- Proactive Reporting: Observe and record reactions to treatment, reporting any condition changes immediately to the PT and Clinical Manager.
- Documentation Excellence: Complete clinical notes and progress reports according to strict agency timeframes.
- Community Coordination: Attend care conferences and participate in quality improvement programs to ensure seamless service
- Treat Clients: to relieve pain, develop and restore function and maintain maximum performance using appropriate physical therapy treatments, modalities and procedures as stated in the physical therapy plan of care.
- Observe, record, and report: the client’s reactions to treatment and any changes in the client’s condition to the PT and/or Clinical Manager.
- Collaborate: with the PT in assisting the physician in assessing the client’s functional level by applying appropriate tests. Assist in the development and revision of the plan of care.
- Complete: clinical notes and progress reports according to agency policy and time frames.
- Attend and participate: with care conferences to ensure coordination of care.
- Participate: in the agency’s quality improvement program.
- Keep abreast of physical therapy trends and knowledge.
- Participate with in-service programs.
Requirements
Licensure: Licensed, registered, or certified as a Physical Therapist Assistant in the state of Missouri.
Education: Graduate of an APTA-approved PTA curriculum.
Examination: Successful completion of the national examination for Physical Therapist Assistants.
Environmental Flexibility: Comfortable traveling to and performing in varied patient home environments.
Experience: Two years of solid experience as a PTA
Benefits
- Sign-on Bonus
- 401K 3% Discretionary Match
- Paid Time Off
- Training & Development
- Performance Bonus
- Health, Vision, Dental Insurance
- Jury Duty Pay
- Bereavement
- Daily Pay options
- Employee Discount Program
- AAA Membership