Application For Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)-Full Time, Part Time

Qualifications

A successful candidate must:

• Hold a current physical therapy assistant’s license in the State of Texas
• Be a graduate of an accredited PTA program
• Have current CPR certification
• Possess at least 1 year of direct care experience within the United States
• Pass the competency test administered by Angel Leaf
• Demonstrate a professional and reasonable attitude
  

Responsibilities

• Providing direct patient care prescribed by a licensed physician under the direction of a physical therapist
• Documentation of patient treatments
• Educating and training of patient treatments
• Educating and training of patients, family members, and/or caretakers
• Maintaining clinical education, licensure, and CPR certification
• Supervising of physical therapy aides
• Providing a safe treatment environment and following all infection control policies as established by best practices and/or the Facility
  

Job Description

• Administers physical therapy treatments to patients, working under direction of and as assistant to Physical Therapist
• Administers active and passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, and heat, light, sound, water, and electrical modality treatments
• Instructs, motivates, and assists patients to learn and improve functional activities
• Observes patients during treatments and compiles and evaluates data on patients’ responses to treatments and progress and reports to Physical Therapist
• Performs clerical duties such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, and filling out forms