Physical Therapy Aide I - LV Durango Family Medicine Clinic - Full Time 10 Hour Rotating Shift (Non-Exempt) (Non-Union)

University of Southern California • Las Vegas, NV

8h • Onsite

About The Position

The Therapy Aide assists in all aspects of direct and indirect delivery of care to patients under the direction of the Director of the Department. The role involves performing tasks delegated by therapists, chiefs, or the director, including patient scheduling, updating referrals, creating scheduling tags, transcribing and distributing schedules, setting up and cleaning treatment areas and equipment, stocking supplies, performing clerical functions, and effective communication and documentation. The position also involves assisting with patient treatment, managing clerical aspects of the job, orienting new staff, communicating with therapists regarding patient responses, organizing treatment areas, ordering supplies, and managing assigned aide responsibilities like temperature logs and equipment checklists. Specific duties vary depending on the practice area, such as outpatient (pulling charts, ensuring documentation is correct) or wound care (gathering supplies, preparing patients for treatment).

Requirements

• High school or equivalent
• Be able to relate to supervising therapist any problems with patients, department operations or problems from other areas.
• Capable of reading the policy and procedure manual and understanding the information that relates to listed job duties as well as general information available for all employees of the hospital.
• Capable of demonstrating compliance with safety, hazardous waste and infection control procedures.
• Utilizes proper body mechanics with patients in order to prevent injury to the patient or to self.
• Capable of working assigned shifts, overtime when approved and weekends if requested.
• Adheres to all hospital and departmental policies and procedures, including annual updates of emergency procedures
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
• Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) - If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only).

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Health Sciences field.
• 1 year experience in a Physical Therapy Department working in an aide position, utilizing modalities as indicated in the Major Functions, Duties and Responsibilities area.

Responsibilities

• Assisting the therapist with scheduling of patients
• Updating potential referrals from surgery schedule
• Creating scheduling tags for new referrals
• Transcribing the schedule
• Distributing schedules to the nursing units
• Set-up, clean up and assisting with patient treatment
• Departmental and equipment cleaning and maintenance
• Stocking linen and supplies
• Clerical functions
• Effective communication/documentation
• Activities as directed
• Documenting schedules, listing expected admits and keeping tags updated
• Completing daily schedules by time frames required in each area
• Locating surgery schedule and creating tags for possible admits or determining rehab admits and assigning to a team
• Managing all clerical aspects of job based upon area of practice
• Keeping forms current in area of practice
• Orienting new staff and registry to various forms required on a daily basis (billing, time logs, etc.)
• Assisting PT/OT in care per policy
• Communicating during treatment with therapist regarding patients’ responses and assist level during treatment
• Assisting PT/OT when scheduled as per scheduled time, seeking and providing information related to the treatment plan
• Adding cues to patients to facilitate treatment
• Organizing patient/treatment area independently before treatment begins and attending to set-up for patients needs after treatment
• Ordering supplies based upon department needs/requirements
• Managing all assigned aide responsibilities (i.e. Daily temperature logs, equip check list, cleaning of gym)
• Assuming responsibility for a special project as assigned by Department Director/Supervisor
• Pulling charts for next business day (Outpatient)
• Ensuring that appropriate documentation is in chart and prepared correctly (i.e- stamped with date on progress note, all documentation forms have patient name/acct #, etc.) (Outpatient)
• Ensuring that prescription and authorization is current and if not, bringing to attention of front office staff (Outpatient)
• Independently prepping discharged charts (i.e – Acct# and name on all documents, no staples, no paper clips) for scanning by medical records (Outpatient)
• Gathering all supplies needed and setting up a clean field (Wound Care)
• Correctly preparing, draping and positioning the patient for treatment (Wound Care)
• Performing other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits—including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Collaborative environment that emphasizes clinical excellence, operational support, and meaningful impact

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED