What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physical Therapy Aide position at Stride PT?
Work hours: Must be able to work Monday and Wed. afternoons 1:40 to 6:40 more hours available
Job duties and expectations:
- Maintain HIPAA standards
- Maintain safety at all times
- Follow guidance of PT
- Ensure safety standards are followed and executed for all patients
- Front desk assistance
- Welcoming patients when they arrive
- Scheduling patient for future appointments (within auth limits)
- Answering phones as needed
- Understanding insurance basics
- Collecting copays/deductible payments
- Ensure sign-in at front desk before appointment or event
- Clinic appearance
- Cleaning treatment area, tables
- Maintaining treatment area - proper set up/take down
- Assisting general cleaning: bathrooms, floors, front desk, etc
PT/PTA daily tasks
- Home Exercise Program handouts and scanning to chart
- Stand-by assist
- Chaperone
- Assist with preparing documentation
- Grade and record scored for Outcome Measures
- Ensure appropriate measure is collected from patient
- Unusual circumstances
- Assist with communicating with physician/offices
- Assist with medical emergency/change in symptom management
- Check heart rate/blood pressure as needed
- Late patient management
- Extended appointment management
- Check in with patients that have been left independent at the conclusion of their appointment
Patient Care
- Collect and document daily subjective information from patient
- Assist with walking patients through exercise program
- Demonstrate proper performance, cueing through exercises
- Explain purpose of exercise
- Ask questions of PT/PTA as appropriate
- Identify safety concerns, red flags**
- Assist in ensuring a clear follow up plan/ goals are in place for patient
Modalities
- Demonstrate safe measures with application of ice, heat
- Demonstrate proper set up with Estim, ultrasound
- Proper administration as appropriate
- Other duties as assigned
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $12.00 - $14.00 per hour
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $12 - $14