Physical Therapy Aide Job at HealthActions Physical Therapy and Fitness, Dothan, AL

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  • HealthActions Physical Therapy and Fitness
  • Dothan, AL

Job Description

Description

Classification

Full time, hourly position with benefits

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer, Director of Operations, Administrative Executive, Quality Executive, Marketing and Outreach Executive, Clinical Director, Managing Physical Therapist, Staff therapists, Staff Physical Therapist Assistants.

Job Description

To manage the patient’s plan of care, ensuring that patients are able to meet their health and wellness goals in a caring, legal and ethical manner, serving both the patients and the clinics best interests; creating a raving fan that will refer future patients to HealthActions.

Requirements

Essential Functions

  • Prepares treatment area for patient by following prescribed procedures and protocols.
  • Prepares patients for physical therapy treatment by welcoming, comforting, providing and/or assisting patient
  • Provides information to patients by answering questions and requests
  • Helps treat patients by applying heat/ice packs, helping patients onto exercise equipment, monitoring motion; tracking walking time and distance; measuring mobility; performing prescribed exercises and strengthening techniques.
  • Educates patients by demonstrating proper use of equipment and exercise routines.
  • Follows company policy and procedures.
  • Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
  • Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
  • Provides equipment and supplies by sterilizing and delivering equipment and supplies to treatment area; positioning equipment for therapist access; positioning patient on equipment.
  • Ensures operation of physical therapy equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instruction; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs.
  • Maintains physical therapy supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies and advising necessary staff.
  • Serves by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, inclusive of all federal, state, and local requirements.
  • Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities
  • Participates in outreach and marketing programs.
  • Maintains daily stat measure sheets/graphs.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Competencies

  • Customer/Client Focus.
  • Quality Focus
  • Health Promotion
  • Persistence
  • Energetic
  • Flexibility
  • Teamwork Orientation
  • Time Management

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The position walks, sits, stands, bends, lifts and moves continually during working hours. The position is subject to lifting objects weighing over 50 pounds, pushing wheel chairs, and transporting and supporting residents. The employee must be constantly alert for patient safety. There will be a physical assessment performed at time of hire to ensure that you can safely meet these demands.

Expected Hours of Work

Expected to work a minimum of hours a 40 hours per week.

Typically Monday through Thursday 7:50 to 5:00 and Friday 6:50 to 1:30 pm.

These times may vary depending upon patient schedule.

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Full time, Local area, Monday to Thursday,

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