Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant - PRN

Education · Associate's Degree completion of Physical Therapist Assistant program Required Experience · No experience required License and Certification · PTA - Physical Therapist Assistant Texas Physical Therapy Assistant License Upon Hire Required And BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required What You Will Do: · Obtain/verify physician order for therapy and validate for appropriateness. · Review available medical records and obtain pertinent medical history from therapist documentation and patient report. · Ensure that patient has given informed consent to treatment. · Identify problems that need further assessment by therapist and possible change to treatment plan. · Identify patient accomplishment of goals and report to therapist that goals need to be updated or revised. · Follow plan for care, or appropriate therapeutic intervention to achieve stated goals. · Participate in discharge planning for patient. · Demonstrates competence in the performance of individualized care based on age specific needs. Patient Treatment · Uses therapeutic treatment techniques appropriate to patient age and desire for treatment. · Performs treatment procedures that are within the scope of the professional license. · Performs/delegates technical procedures appropriately and safely. · Utilizes a variety of treatment techniques to achieve goals, if necessary. · Determine patient response to treatment and evaluate progress (reassessment). · Educates patient and family through instruction, demonstration, or appropriate handouts in treatment plan, safety issues, home programs/self management and assistive equipment. · Patient safety maintained throughout treatment · Communicates with physicians and other healthcare personnel as appropriate regarding patient care issues · Demonstrates competence in the performance of age appropriate patient treatment and individualizes care based on age specific needs. · *Patient goals achieved within established time frames · Patient/family demonstrates understanding of treatment · Equipment operated in a safe manner · Emergency situations responded to efficiently and effectively · Appropriate infection control measures used with each patient · Two patient identifiers used when providing patient care · Cultural/religious beliefs are considered in delivery of care. Identifies physiologic and developmental normal for patient's age. · Speaks distinctly if patient has hearing loss. · Adult-provides information and instruction at a level of understanding appropriate to comprehension level of the patient. · Adolescents-encourages questions regarding fears, included in care decisions with involvement of parents. · Elderly-entity specific competency · Pediatric-entity specific competency Accountability · Utilizes available resources (equipment, support personnel, educational resources) to maximize efficiency and productivity and to meet personal developmental needs · Participates in orientation and training of less experienced staff, students, volunteers and observers · Meets established productivity targets · Represent