Physical Therapist Assistant

Competencies

• Service: We align our actions and decision making with the organization’s guiding platform keeping our patients at the center of all we do.
• Change
• Agent: We support and contribute to positive change in the organization.
• Communication and
• Interpersonal
• Relations: We communicate honestly and with compassion to build connections with our patients and each other.
• Effectiveness: We take ownership of work, doing the right thing for our customer and doing it well.

Organizational Culture

All OrthoIllinois employees focus on service by putting the mission, vision, and value statements into practice and using the guiding principles of Compassion, Respect, Trust, Integrity, Innovation, Education Fiscal Responsibility, Practice Independence, Accountability, and Empowerment to direct their interactions and decision making. Employees promote and model the service standards to create lasting impressions, extraordinary moments, exceptional on-stage experiences, and meaningful and compassionate connections.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Associate’s degree required
• Outpatient clinical or rehab technician experience beneficial
• Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant in the state of Illinois
• Working knowledge of Microsoft and Google Suites
• Familiarity with EMR and Physical Rehabilitation software

Environmental/Working Conditions

Working environment is in an office/clinic setting.

Physical/Mental Demands

• Stand for long periods of time, walk for periods of time, kneel, crawl, stoop, and climb stairs.
• Requires lifting, carrying, or moving heavier objects i.e., pushing or pulling up to 100 pounds and lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds.
• Possess full range of motion in shoulders and arms, including reaching above or below the shoulder.
• Finger dexterity, the ability to twist hands/wrists repetitively, pushing/pulling against stiff joints, using a variety of holds; demonstrating exercises, lifting/raising over shoulder height.
• Demonstrate exercises, perform manual therapy (i.e. soft tissue mobilization, dry needling), connecting E-stim electrodes; balance for patient guarding and demonstration.
• Vision (e.g., depth perception, color vision, strong vision up close). Rehabilitation staff must be able to watch/observe all patient exercise/movement in order to be able to prevent impro.er performance and maintain safety. Good vision will also assist in recognizing patients’ non-verbal pain responses.
• Hearing (e.g., high pitch sounds, soft or distant sounds). Rehabilitation staff must be able to hear patients’ potential verbalization of pain in response to care/treatment within (at times) a loud clinic.
• Operates the following: Modalities (e-stim, NMES, whirlpool), sharps (scalpels, tweezers, scissors).

This description is intended to provide only basic guidelines for meeting job requirements. Responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities and working conditions may change as needs evolve

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