Physical Therapy Aide
About The Position
A physical therapy technician is responsible for assisting the PT with non-clinical tasks and assisting in patient care. This may include keeping the treatment area organized and clean by sanitizing equipment, preparing treatment rooms, preparing patients for PT treatment, aiding in the application of heat packs, cold packs, and assisting with basic exercises. The role also involves aiding in the progression of therapeutic exercises with therapist’s discretion, pulling patient charts, educating patients on proper equipment use and exercise form, maintaining patient confidentiality, and assisting with front desk operations such as checking patients in/out and scheduling.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Students taking a gap year before PT school.
- 1 Year Commitment
- Must be willing to work the Grapevine and Keller location if needed.
Responsibilities
- Prepare treatment room for patient prescribed procedures and protocols.
- Prepare patients for PT treatment by welcoming patient, assisting them onto warm up equipment, assisting them to their treatment table.
- Aides in the application of heat packs, cold packs, and assisting with basic exercises.
- Aides in the progression of therapeutic exercises with therapist’s discretion.
- Pulls patient charts for the following treatment day.
- Educates patients by demonstrating proper use of equipment.
- Helps educate patients in proper form and technique as educated by the PT.
- Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential per HIPPA guidelines.
- Maintains a clean working environment by sterilizing equipment.
- Assists in checking patients in/out and scheduling patients.
- Assists in front desk opening and closing procedures.
- Assists in pulling charts for the PT for the next day.
- Enhances PT department by accepting responsibility for new tasks as deemed appropriate by therapists.
- Assists in maintenance and ordering of supplies.
- Cleans hydrocollator on a monthly basis.
- Cleans hot pack covers and sanitizes weights on a weekly basis.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
