Physical Therapist Assistant
VNA-TIP HomeCare (St Louis, Missouri)

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Job Purpose: Promotes and maintains health by providing physical therapy services under the supervision of a physical therapist. Branch locations Alton, Belleville, Benton, Cairo, Carlyle, Carlinville, Centralia, Granite City, Marion, Highland, Metropolis, Mt. Carmel, Murphysboro, Illinois and then Bridgeton, Farmington, Washington and St. Peters Missouri. Duties: * Contributes to physical therapist's effectiveness by identifying patient care issues; providing information and commentary; recommending options and courses of action; implementing physical therapy directives. * Assesses patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating, and studying therapy histories. * Assesses abnormal conditions by reviewing physical therapist's interpretations of patient evaluations and test results. * Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records. * Performs therapeutic procedures by administering manual exercises; instructing, encouraging, and assisting patients in performing physical activities, such as non-manual exercises, ambulatory functional activities, and daily-living activities; and in using supportive devices, such as crutches, canes, and prostheses. * Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens; giving normal growth and development information; promoting wellness and health maintenance. * Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans. * Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; adhering to infection-control policies and protocols. * Maintains production objectives by noting current treatment trends; monitoring actual physical therapy services rendered to production objectives. * Maintains legal and accreditation compliance by adhering to policy positions concerning federal, state, and local regulations, and jacho standards; anticipating emerging issues. * Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations. * Enhances physical therapy and hospital reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments. Skills/Qualifications: Physiological Knowledge, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Creating a Safe, Effective Environment, Motivating Others, Organization, Bedside Manner, Patient Services, Health Care Administration, Documentation Skills, Listening, Verbal Communication