Physical Therapist Assistant

Physical Therapist Assistant

Presbyterian is seeking a PTA to join the Outpatient Rehab team! The PTA helps coordinate efforts to achieve discharge goals by enhancing mobility and activities of daily living, ensuring patients reach their highest level of function. Through collaboration with the Physical Therapist and other healthcare disciplines, the PTA promotes self-management of care, empowering patients and caregivers. As a patient advocate, this role prioritizes compassionate and effective treatment to enhance overall quality of life.

How you grow, learn and thrive matters here:

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system

Type of Opportunity: Full time

FTE: 1.00

Job Exempt: No

Work Shift: Weekday Schedule Monday-Friday (United States of America)

Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of a licensed Physical Therapist, the Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) plays a vital role in delivering therapeutic interventions to support patients in overcoming physical or developmental challenges. This position focuses on improving safety in the home, reducing hospitalizations, and educating patients and caregivers on diagnoses, treatments, available resources, and necessary equipment.

Additional Duties:

• Treats patients in routine visits using the application of a wide variety of therapeutic interventions for improvement of physical or developmental dysfunction and independence in activities of daily living as set forth by the Physical Therapist Plan of Care.
• Requires detailed knowledge of physical therapy in terms of what and how work is to be done as well as why it is done
• Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of patients served.
• Follows the established comprehensive rehabilitation program designed to meet the physical, psychosocial, and immediate environmental well-being of the patient.
• Coordinates efforts toward discharge goals established by the Physical Therapist at initial evaluation and during episode of care.
• Educates and instructs regarding home programs and preventive measures as appropriate to patient, family, and others.
• Initiates documentation and completely records all care delivery for routine visits as required by the profession and the department as per agency policy.
• Communicates with the primary physical therapist regarding unexpected changes in patient status, response to treatment, or patient concerns that may indicate need for physician intervention or formal re-assessment from primary physical therapist.
• Communicates with patient, family, physician, other disciplines and other healthcare providers as indicted regarding patient care.
• Promotes patient/caregiver self-determination by optimizing outside resource utilization to achieve the highest level of independence.
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Participates in weekly team conferences, educational programs, in-services and other meetings as required. Participates on special project teams
• Participates in agency continuous quality improvement activities as required
• Maintains a department-defined productivity standard for routine visits and caseload management.
• Precepting newly hired assistants or students as needed.
• Responsible for holiday and weekend coverage for agency and patient home visits as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Associate Degree in Physical Therapy
• Certificate Physical Therapy Assistant
• BLS Required at time of Hire
• Requires detailed knowledge of physical therapy in terms of what and how work is to be done as well as why it is done, this level includes interpretation of data.
• Basic computer skills required.
• Basic understanding of the rules and regulations of the specific setting

We're all about well-being, starting with yours. Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more.

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.Compensation Disclaimer The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.