What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physical Therapy Assistant position at The Estates at Carpenters?
he Estates at Carpenters is a not-for-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) located in North Lakeland, FL. The Estates offers competitive benefits, tuition reimbursement, a retirement plan, and additional employee resources that makes us one of Polk County's Best Places to work for over 12 years!
You get paid to create memories for our residents and provide exceptional care to seniors!
We are currently hiring for PRN Physical Therapist.
Essential Functions
- Evaluate Part A patients within 24 hours of the physician referral and Part B/other payor types within 48 hours.
- Develop effective treatment plans and obtain approval for services from referring physicians.
- Supervise physical therapy assistants in direct patient care and patient related activities. Supervision of PTAs includes a minimum of one time per week co-treatment for each patient assigned to the PTA. All progress notes written by a PTA must be cosigned by the supervising PT.
- Treat patients according to a treatment plan developed by or approved by the attending physician.
- Communicate with supervisor and other health team members regarding patient progress, problems, and plans.
- Participate in patient care conferences, utilization review meetings, and weekly rehabilitation meetings.
- Participate in inservice training programs for other staff in the facility.
- Record clinical documentation according to accepted regulatory, corporate, and professional guidelines.
- Record daily treatment charges per facility policy.
- Instruct families and nursing staff in maintenance programs.
- Participate in discharge planning.
- Secure necessary durable medical equipment and adaptive equipment for patients to facilitate independence.
- Report any problems with department equipment and adaptive equipment for patients to facilitate independence.
- Record treatments given and progress notes in medical record. All progress notes must be co-signed by supervising physical therapist at least weekly.
- Assist with cleaning and maintenance of treatment area and department.
- Participate in quality assurance program as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Must successfully pass the mandated criminal background checks.
- Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen.
- Must be able to pass the pre-employment reference checks.
- Must be able to provide official grade transcripts of the education level provided on the employment application.
- Must be able to provide a copy of his/her own social security card for W-4 documentation.
- Must be able to provide applicable documentation(s) for I-9 in order to establish identity and authorization to work in the U.S
Pay: $33.00 per hour
Medical Specialty:
- Geriatrics
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person
Salary : $33
