Ozark Total Healthcare
Physical Therapist Assistant (Clinic)
Ozark Total Healthcare, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, us, 63902
Description
We are looking for a committed Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant to act as the patient's partner throughout the trip of restoring motion and ensuring that the client will function at their personal best. You will maximize the quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment or intervention, and rehabilitation.
Duties:
Provide skilled Physical Therapy services on an intermittent basis to patients in accordance with physician orders.
Responsibilities:Provide initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments of the patient's needs.Establish a treatment plan in consultation with the physician and revises it with the approval of the physician as necessary.Assist in development and implementation of the interdisciplinary patient care plan as it pertains to Physical Therapy.Assist the physician in evaluating patients by applying diagnostic and prognostic muscle, nerve, joint and functional ability tests.Treat patients to relieve pain, develop or restore functional and maintain maximum performance, using physical means, such as exercise, massage, heat, water, light and electricity.Instruct patient in care and use of wheelchairs, braces, crutches, canes and prosthetic and orthotic devices.Provide the equipment required to carry out the plan.Record on a timely basis all evaluation data, treatments, and patient's response to therapy intervention Also records quality assurance data.Prepare an assessment of the patient's condition and periodic evaluations and summaries.Supervise Physical Therapy Assistants and paraprofessionals as per agency policy.Record and report to the physician the patient's reaction to treatment and /or any changes in the patient's condition.
Requirements
Certified Physical Therapy Assistant
We are looking for a committed Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant to act as the patient's partner throughout the trip of restoring motion and ensuring that the client will function at their personal best. You will maximize the quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment or intervention, and rehabilitation.
Duties:
Provide skilled Physical Therapy services on an intermittent basis to patients in accordance with physician orders.
Responsibilities:Provide initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments of the patient's needs.Establish a treatment plan in consultation with the physician and revises it with the approval of the physician as necessary.Assist in development and implementation of the interdisciplinary patient care plan as it pertains to Physical Therapy.Assist the physician in evaluating patients by applying diagnostic and prognostic muscle, nerve, joint and functional ability tests.Treat patients to relieve pain, develop or restore functional and maintain maximum performance, using physical means, such as exercise, massage, heat, water, light and electricity.Instruct patient in care and use of wheelchairs, braces, crutches, canes and prosthetic and orthotic devices.Provide the equipment required to carry out the plan.Record on a timely basis all evaluation data, treatments, and patient's response to therapy intervention Also records quality assurance data.Prepare an assessment of the patient's condition and periodic evaluations and summaries.Supervise Physical Therapy Assistants and paraprofessionals as per agency policy.Record and report to the physician the patient's reaction to treatment and /or any changes in the patient's condition.
Requirements
Certified Physical Therapy Assistant