Physical Therapist Assistant – PRN
Sanford Health
part-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Watertown • South Dakota • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $21 - $33 per hour
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Assists patients/residents/clients with therapy activities and exercises scheduled in a treatment plan, under the supervision of a physical therapist, to improve patients'/residents'/clients' quality of life and ability to perform daily activities.
- Provides, monitors and records therapy services to patients/residents/clients with physical, cognitive, developmental impairments, in line with related standard concepts, practices and procedures.
- Selects, implements, and makes modifications to therapeutic activities and interventions that are consistent with demonstrated competency levels, patient's/resident's/client's goals, and the requirements of the practice setting and/or state licensure.
- Contributes to this process by exchanging information with and providing documentation to the physical therapist about the patient's/resident's/client's responses to and communications during intervention.
- Responsible for being knowledgeable about the patient's/resident's/client's targeted physical therapy outcomes and for providing information and documentation related to outcome achievement.
- Follows and adheres to accepted clinical practice guidelines of professional organization.
- As needed, performs other related duties as requested.
Requirements
- Appropriate education level required in accordance with state licensure.
- Must also be a graduate through an approved American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) program as a Physical Therapist Assistant.
- Must be licensed as a Physical Therapist Assistant in the state(s) of practice.
- Conforms to the supervision and licensing standards of the state(s) where services are provided.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within six months of employment.
- When applicable, may require valid driver's license.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
therapy activitiestherapeutic interventionsdocumentationpatient assessmentexercise implementationmodification of therapyclinical practice guidelinesoutcome achievement
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationpatient interactioninformation exchange
Certifications
Physical Therapist Assistant licenseBasic Life Support (BLS) certification