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Adventist Health Care
Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA), Day Shift, Outpatient Rehabilitation
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What they do
A Physical Therapy Assistant assists physical therapists to help patients with disabling injuries or conditions improve their range of motion and manage their pain. Helps patients learn exercises and teaches them to use therapeutic equipment. Works in the office of a physical therapist or in a healthcare facility.
$61,714 / year median in Maryland
+13% projected growth
Job Description
AHC Rehabilitation - FWMC If you are a current Adventist HealthCare employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account. Fort Washington Medical Center seeks to hire a Physical Therapy Assistant for our Outpatient Rehabilitation department who will embrace our mission to extend God's care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.
- Qualified candidates will be eligible for a $10,000 sign-on bonus. (Current AHC employees not eligible - see below under additional details.) As a Physical Therapy Assistant, you will:
- Perform an initial examination and evaluation to establish an impairment/diagnosis, prognosis, and plan of care prior to intervention for all persons served with basic and some complex rehabilitation needs in acute care, outpatient, or inpatient rehabilitation settings (flex to any Rehab site as needed)
- Provide, or direct and supervise, the therapy intervention consistent with the results of the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and plan of care.
- In consultation with appropriate disciplines, plan for discharge of the patient/client taking into consideration achievement of anticipated goals and expected outcomes, and provide for appropriate follow-up or referral.
- Communicate, coordinate, and document all aspects of patient/client management including the results of the initial examination and evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, plan of care, interventions, response to interventions, barriers to progress, changes in patient/client status relative to the interventions, reexamination, and discharge/discontinuation of intervention and other patient/client management activities with members of the care team as indicated.
- Manage schedule to accommodate range in census and patient load and inform management of any issues with caseload management
- Attend team meetings and effectively communicate patient status, using, if needed, the medical record or other treating therapists to ensure sufficient knowledge of the case
- Be responsible for individual and assigned hospital performance improvement and professional development activities
- Educate and provide consultation to consumers, healthcare professionals, and the public regarding the purposes and benefits of therapy Qualifications include:
- Associate's degree from an accredited PTA program
- Minimum 2 years of experience (at least 1 year in setting preferred)
- Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
Work Schedule:
Employment Type:
Full-time Hours perWeek:
40 hrs/weekTypical Daily Schedule:
Monday-Friday Shift Type:
Day $10,000 sign-on bonus over 3 installments (paid at 90 days, 1 year, & 2 years of hire date)- Current AHC employees are not eligible for a sign-on bonus who are transferring from one entity to another and/or transferring within their entity.