Physical Therapy Assistant

• Competitive pay based on experience
• Paid holidays (for qualifying shifts)
• Flexible scheduling with a supportive team environment
• Professional development opportunities
• Assistance in identifying and developing your unique clinical interests—such as sensory integration, neuro rehab, or pediatric specialization—with partial funding for related continuing education and training

• Performs therapeutic procedures by administering manual exercises; instructing, encouraging, and assisting patients in performing physical activities, such as non-manual exercises, ambulatory functional activities, and daily-living activities; and in using supportive devices, such as crutches, canes, and prostheses
• Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens; giving normal growth and development information; promoting wellness and health maintenance
• Contributes to physical therapist's effectiveness by identifying patient care issues; providing information and commentary; recommending options and courses of action; implementing physical therapy directives
• Assesses patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating, and studying therapy histories
• Assesses abnormal conditions by reviewing physical therapist's interpretations of patient evaluations and test results

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