Physical Therapy Aide

Job Description

Job Description

Physical Therapy Aide

✨ Why Join Primary Care Partners? We Take Care of You While You Care for Others! ✨

At  Primary Care Partners , we believe that taking care of our team is just as important as taking care of our patients. That’s why we offer:

Base pay            $15.16-18.16

Benefits              $7-8

Combined with base pay our Robust Benefit coverage includes outstanding retirement including annual 401k contribution and profit sharing, 100% coverage for Health insurance, life, disability and multiple other benefits incl. Dental, vision, critical illness and injury coverage, long term care, pet insurance etc.

Job Summary:

The Physical Therapy Aide is an employee of The Physical Therapy Specialty Center (PTSC), a division of Primary Care Partners. The Aide is an active staff member and maintains the responsibility for assisting in the operational flow of the clinic needs as assigned.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Patient Direct care (all in supervision and per request of primary PT)
• • Escort patients upon arrival to areas identified by PTs
  • Assist patients in education and performance of exercises, providing written/copied materials as needed
  • Set up, perform and monitor modalities as directed by PT
  • Setup and perform initial VA pre-employment screens per protocol
  • Be able to coordinate and maintain multi-patient needs
  • Assist PTs in direct care with patients as requested
  • Inform PT (PT supervisor if needed) of patient concerns, complaints, noted observations
  • Assist patients out of the clinic if needed; assist in transfer of equipment for patients if needed
  • Maintain yearly competencies
• Patient Indirect care
• • Assist patients in checking in/scheduling appointments
  • Score and record index questionnaires, review paperwork as able to ensure completeness
  • Complete confirmation calls for follow up/reschedule appointments
  • Monitor changes in daily schedule, assist PTs/clinic staff in keeping informed of changes,
  • Complete calls to patients who no-show for follow up rescheduling
  • Complete and distribute cancellation/no show lists to all PTs weekly
  • Contact requested medical offices for support documents (ie diagnostic results, dictated notes, etc)
  • Review patient clinic documentation as needed to assist in treatment plan of care

• Equipment
• • Prepare designated equipment for patients (ie exercise balls, theraband, etc)
  • Monitor and perform daily cleaning as needed (ie Graston equipment
  • Weekly cleaning of clinic equipment (refer to cleaning schedule)
• Clinic
• • Perform clinic morning/evening functions (start-up/shut down computers, lights, etc)
  • Clean and stock (linens, brochures/handouts) all treatment rooms
  • Laundry of clinic linens
  • Follow safe handling procedures in all instances
  • Monitor and report supply needs

Work Experience:

• Health care setting, preferred
• Computer experience, preferred

Education Requirements:

• High school graduate, preferred

General Requirements:

Must be able to work under pressure; be detail oriented; have good work ethics and communication skills and must have the ability to work well with supervisor and other staff members.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position at 40 hours a week. Works primarily (-----). Expected hours of work may change at any time with or without notice.

Risk Level:

• High Exposure

Working Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment with outpatient medical exam rooms.

Physical Demands:

• This position requires frequent bending and lifting, and the ability to assist patients with a variety of therapy needs/activities
• Employee must be able to lift 50 pounds to the chest height and maintain good body mechanics
• Employee must be able to sit and provide computer input frequently
• Employee must be able to squat, kneel, bend frequently during course of the day

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Formally established in 1998, PCP is made up of 9 physician-owned practices partnering together to offer a team approach to healthcare. Our highly-trained providers are deeply embedded in the community and serve over 55,000 patients throughout western Colorado and eastern Utah.
We offer family medicine, physical and occupational therapy, pediatric care, diagnostics and mammography, nutrition therapy and diabetes education, care coordination, and after-hours care. Primary Care Partners is dedicated to providing high-quality, evidence-based patient care.

Company Description

Formally established in 1998, PCP is made up of 9 physician-owned practices partnering together to offer a team approach to healthcare. Our highly-trained providers are deeply embedded in the community and serve over 55,000 patients throughout western Colorado and eastern Utah. \r\nWe offer family medicine, physical and occupational therapy, pediatric care, diagnostics and mammography, nutrition therapy and diabetes education, care coordination, and after-hours care. Primary Care Partners is dedicated to providing high-quality, evidence-based patient care.