PT Aide

Proliance Surgeons•Bellevue, WA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

At Proliance Surgeons, we are seeking a full-time physical therapy aide for our busy outpatient orthopedic and sports clinic located in downtown Bellevue. This role is crucial to our physical therapy team, assisting therapists in delivering quality care to patients. The aide will handle various tasks including assisting therapists, cleaning, laundry, exercise supervision, and patient scheduling. This position offers an outstanding learning environment, with many aides progressing to successful acceptance into PT school and careers as Physical Therapists. The physical therapy office relies on an organized PT Aide to run smoothly and effectively.

Requirements

High School Diploma or the Equivalent is required.
Must be 18 years of age.
Ability to complete required on the job training.
Ability to multi-task, combining clerical skills with some hands on medical oriented and interpersonal patient tasks.
Organizational skills and the ability to be both reliable and flexible are essential.
Ability to be tactful and compassionate with keen listening skills.
Sense of altruism, emphasizing to patients how attention is focused on helping them to feel better.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in a medical and/or therapy setting is a plus.

Responsibilities

Use of therapeutic modalities, such as cold/hot pack application, ultrasound, electrical stimulation application, paraffin bath, fluid therapy or compression pump application.
Working knowledge of exercise equipment such as the shuttle, EFX, various stationary bikes, upper body ergometer treadmill, fitter or SABA pulleys.
Instruct, motivate, safeguard and assist patients practicing exercises as directed by medical staff.
Observe patients during treatment and report on patients' responses and progress to physical therapist.
Assisting patients in setting exercise equipment, use of dumbbells, thera-band, etc.
Help patients move from one area of therapy to another – Aides are there to help patients walk, push them in wheelchairs, or assist in sitting and standing.
Transcribing information in the charts (checking off the exercise flow sheet by recording reps/weights, writing the name/date/ICD-10 code on billing sheets after the initial evaluation of the patient and other pertinent activities as deemed necessary.
Prepare for upcoming therapy sessions by organizing the treatment locations based on the patient’s needs.
Perform laundry duties in accordance with the procedures outlined in the infection control manual. Wash, dry, and fold.
Clean and disinfect treatment tables in between patient use.
Stock carts with towels, pillowcases, etc.
Clean the exercise equipment at least once a day and more frequently as warranted.
Assist with the tidiness of the clinic as needed to include emptying trash, vacuuming, straightening up the waiting room and other duties as deemed necessary.
Answering phones/how to operate the phones.
Take a referral, and schedule patients.
Take co-payments and fulfill patient supply order.
Locate charts and necessary paper work is located.
Make up a new chart.
Check in with other team members for any needed side work.
Complete inspection sheets.
Participate in conferences and educational programs designed to improve patient care and staff performance (health and exercise programs for employees).
Complete duties and assist others as directed.
Must follow all policies as introduced during new associate On-Boarding, updated real-time and outlined in Associate Handbook.