Physical Therapist Assistant

What does it mean to be a team member at Iroquois Memorial Hospital? It means that the patient is truly at the center of everything we do. It means that the quest for excellence is not just a goal, but a given. It means building an environment where our providers and our employees can deliver the best in healthcare. It also means that each employee or volunteer is vital to the healing process, because we can only achieve the extraordinary together.

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Job Title: Physical Therapist Assistant

Department: Rehab Services

Status: PRN

Schedule: as needed

Summary/Objective

Provides physical therapy treatment supervised by and under the written treatment plan of a licensed physical therapist. Provides high quality professional health care to patients in their home environment. Under the direction of the inpatient/outpatient physical therapist, provides and directs physical therapy services to a caseload of patients and their families through direct care and interdisciplinary coordination.

Essential Functions

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

• Provides professional physical therapy services to patients/families in the home/ inpatient environment directed by and under the supervision of a registered physical therapist.
• Provides medically prescribed physical therapy services to patients who require such care in a hospital setting; therapy services may include performing physical therapy procedures, ongoing evaluations and diagnostic tests.
• Conducts an ongoing assessment of the patient and the patient's home, if applicable, resulting in proper development of therapy plans, modification of equipment, appliances and the physical environment as directed by the physical therapist.
• Serves to plan and implement comprehensive therapy programs and evaluates results by: interprets the prescribed physical therapy program to patients and families.
• Observes patient progress towards goals in collaboration with the patient and family.
• Assists the families to accept responsibilities for providing the prescribed care whenever possible.
• Teaches appropriate treatment procedures and supportive activities to patients, family members, IMH Home Health aides and other professional paraprofessionals involved in the patient's care; utilizes established, available patient education, principles, guidelines, and resources; assesses effectiveness of patient/family teaching toward fostering independence in self care.
• Instructs and supervises the operations necessary equipment such as traction, crutches, splints, wheelchairs, etc.
• Participates in ongoing patient assessments; shares professional opinion of patient's progress, with the physical therapist and CSE manager through care conferences, provides input to the physical therapists to modify the care plan as necessary.
• Cooperates with IMH Home Health and inter-department services, medical care, community resources and resources within the home in executing the patient/family care plan.

Experience/Education Requirements

• Associate of Arts degree in Physical Therapy.
• One year experience in hospital, home health or geriatric physical therapy experience preferred.

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant, new graduate eligible for next testing cycle.

Benefit

• 401K
• Paid Time Off

Iroquois Memorial Hospital is a 25 bed hospital located in Watseka, Illinois. The hospital facility is comprised of clinical and diagnostic services which are dedicated to providing high quality health care services to the community. These services include but are not limited to an Emergency Room, full service OR suites, an inpatient care unit, therapy services, advanced medical imaging, Home Health, and Hospice Care. The hospital operates rural health clinics in Watseka, IL, Gilman, IL, Milford, IL, Saint Anne, IL and Kentland, IN. The hospital also operates a skilled nursing facility, Iroquois Resident Home, which is attached to the hospital property.