Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) for Home Health

FeldCare Connects • Salinas, CA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

FeldCare Connects is seeking a self-motivated Physical Therapist Assistant to provide home health services to adults of all ages in the Salinas area. This independent contractor role focuses on delivering high-quality care that helps patients improve mobility, reduce pain, restore function, and prevent disability. The role involves assessing and evaluating patient care needs, carrying out treatment interventions, and monitoring patient progress. The posting describes determining a treatment plan based on assessment and evaluation, while also requiring the assistant to recognize when a plan or protocol may need modification and report this to the therapist.

The position offers schedule and location flexibility, administrative support for assignments, communication, scheduling, care coordination, and quality assurance, and the opportunity to work independently. FeldCare Connects also describes above-average compensation and the ability to write off expenses.

Requirements

• Knowledge of physical therapy principles, theories, and methods as applied in a rehabilitation environment.
• Skill in providing a variety of treatments.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to understand the role of therapy in the context of patients’ ages, needs, and environments.
• Ability to prepare and maintain records accurately and discreetly.
• Sound clinical reasoning in treatment planning, implementation, and monitoring patient progress.
• Ability to recognize when patient protocols or treatment plans need modification to meet patient needs and report this to the therapist.
• Ability and enthusiasm to work with patients of all ages.
• Physical Therapist license and registration by the state.
• Completion of a Physical Therapist curriculum approved by The American Physical Therapy Association, The Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association, or The Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual ability.

Responsibilities

• Assess and evaluate patient care needs to support mobility, pain reduction, restoration of function, and prevention of disability.
• Carry out treatment interventions intended to improve and enhance patients’ well-being.
• Monitor patient progress effectively.
• Recognize when patient protocols or treatment plans may need modification and report this to the therapist.
• Prepare and maintain records accurately and discreetly.
• Coordinate with administrative support for assignments, communication, scheduling, care coordination, and quality assurance.

Benefits

• Flexible scheduling and ability to work in the area of preference.
• Independence to be one’s own boss.
• Above-average compensation.
• Ability to write off expenses.
• Administrative support for assigning, communication, scheduling, care coordination, and quality assurance.

What This Job Offers

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