Home Health Physical Therapist Assistant – PTA
Elara Capital
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Edwardsville • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $28 - $34 per hour
Job Level
About the role
- Promotes Elara Caring’s philosophy, mission statement and administrative policies to ensure quality of care
- Performs direct physical therapy services in accordance with accepted standards of practice and certified by the patient’s physician to ensure quality and continuity of care.
- Follows Plan of Care as established by Physical Therapist/being supervised by the Physical Therapist and immediate reporting of any changes in status back to Physical Therapist.
- Adheres to the State Practice Act Guidelines.
- Verifies the Plan of Care prior to each visit and provides care according to physician’s orders, assessment data, and established standards and guidelines.
- Incorporates patient care goals established in the Plan of Care, into therapy care.
- Instructs patients and/or their families in the appropriate and safe use of prosthetic, orthotic and assistive devices (canes, walkers, wheelchairs, etc.).
- Instructs the patient and/or caregiver in the therapy home program
- Physically demanding, high stress environment
- Full range of body motion including handling, lifting and transfer of patients
- Potentially work irregular hours including call hours if applicable
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy assistant program approved by the American Therapy Association
- Current, unrestricted PTA license valid for the state of work
- 6+ months experience as a Physical Therapist Assistant is preferred
- Able and willing to travel within branch/office coverage area
- Must have a dependable vehicle, valid driver’s license, and current auto insurance in accordance with state laws.
- Must be able and willing to travel 50%
- Able to sit, stand, bend, lift and move intermittently and be able to lift 50-100 lbs.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Tuition reimbursement for full-time staff and continuing education opportunities for all employees at no cost
- Opportunities for advancement
- Comprehensive insurance plans for medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401(K) with employer match
- Paid time off, paid holidays, family, and pet bereavement
- Pet insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
physical therapy servicesPlan of Careprosthetic devicesorthotic devicesassistive devicestherapy home programlifting patientstransferring patientspatient assessmentpatient instruction
Soft Skills
communicationinterpersonal skillsdependabilityadaptabilityteamworkproblem-solvingstress managementattention to detailpatient caretime management
Certifications
PTA licenseaccredited physical therapy assistant program