Staff Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) - Pawtucket Health

Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)

Pawtucket Falls Health Care is looking for a Director of Nursing to join their wonderful team!

About us: Pawtucket Falls Health Care is tucked into a quiet and relaxing community. Pawtucket Falls provides top of the line care and rehabilitation services, designed around our guests' needs. Through personalized care plans our guests experience quality care in a close-knit community. 

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Supportive, growth oriented work environment

Summary of the Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA):

A PTA is responsible for assisting Physical Therapist in helping patients recover and rehabilitate from the effects of a serious illness, injury or medical event, regaining their own best possible level of functional ability, well-being and independence.

Job Requirements of Registered Physical Therapists (PTA):

• Current Florida License as a PTA (Physical Therapy Assistant)
• Current CP
• At least one (1) experience working in a Skilled Nursing Facility preferred. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities of the Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA):

• Promotes and maintains health by providing physical therapy services under the supervision of a physical therapist.
• Contributes to a physical therapist’s effectiveness by identifying patient care issues.
• Administers treatment programs for patients.
• Assesses patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, and obtaining updating, and studying therapy histories.
• Evaluates abnormal conditions by reviewing physical therapist’s interpretations of patient evaluations and test results..
• Performs therapeutic procedures by administering manual exercises and instructing, encouraging, and assisting patients in performing physical activities, such as non-manual exercises, ambulatory functional activities, and daily-living activities.
• Helps patients in using supportive devices, such as crutches, canes, and prostheses.
• Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens, giving normal growth and development information, and promoting wellness and health maintenance.