Physical Therapy Assistant

Description TITLE: Physical Therapy Assistant

• It is our goal to provide the finest Orthopaedic care possible.
• This philosophy requires that all office staff and providers be sensitive and responsive to patients’ needs and preferences.
• To ensure that we hire and retain the quality of staff needed for implementing our philosophy of service, we have adopted the following job description for this position.
• The position requires that the employee be available approximately forty hours per week and that also the employee be flexible in his/her schedule to provide efficient service for the group and work additional hours as needed.
• The employee however, will be expected to work no more than five days per week.
• Many of the responsibilities require that you have a working knowledge of computers and the ability to learn the proper use of the programs utilized in this office, or those that which may be necessary to meet the needs of the practice.
• The hours, pay scale, and benefits will be defined as shall be agreed to.

Basic function

Under the supervision of the Director of Physical Therapy, the Physical Therapy Assistant shall provide all responsibilities necessary for the successful operation of the Physical Therapy Department for Arrowhead Orthopaedics.

Responsibilities

Work is primarily performed in the Physical Therapy Department front office located on the first floor of Seven Oaks Medical Plaza’s offices. There will be contact on a daily basis with confidential files pertaining to patients’ care, and the Physical Therapy Assistant must be able to handle this information with the highest degree of privacy, discretion, and professionalism. The Physical Therapy Assistant is responsible for accomplishing the duties set forth below:

• General Activities (There may be other duties required of this position not listed below): 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.