Physical Therapy Asst - PTA (Home Health)

UnitedHealth Group•Oxford, MS

2d•$23 - $42

About The Position

Full-Time Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA, LPTA) Explore opportunities with Baptist Home Care, a part of LHC Group, a leading post-acute care partner for hospitals, physicians and families nationwide. As members of the Optum family of businesses, we are dedicated to helping people feel their best, including our team members who create meaningful connections with patients, their families, each other and the communities we serve. Find a home for your career here. Join us and embrace a culture of Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Physical Therapist Assistant performs treatment and provides exercise instruction and patient education aimed at improving/enhancing the patient's well-being while following the established plan of care. You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Requirements

License Requirements Current licensed, registered, or certified to assist in the practice of physical therapy in state of practice
Current CPR certification
Current driver's license, vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation

Responsibilities

Under the supervision of a Physical Therapist, is at all times responsible to follow all state specific laws governing the provision of physical therapy in home care, to follow the treatment set only as defined by the Physical Therapist; to perform only those procedures that he/she is qualified and trained to perform and to make all recommendations for changes in the plan of care to the supervising Physical Therapist
Following the plan of care, instructs and aids patients in active and passive exercise, muscle re-education, gait, functional, ADL, transfer, safety, and prosthetic training
Observes, records, and reports to the supervising PT, the supervising nurse, and/or the physician the patient's response to treatment and changes in the patient's condition
Instructs patient, family, caregiver, and other members of the health care team in the areas of therapy in which they can participate to assist the patient
Visits patient according to Plan of Treatment; complete a progress note for each visit and submits progress notes per LHC policy
Participates in developing the Plan of Treatment
Participates in staff conferences and committees as necessary
Adheres to LHC Therapy Standards of Practice in provision of services to all patients
All other duties as assigned