PTA Physical Therapist Assistant

Explore opportunities with LHC Group, a leading post-acute care partner for hospitals, physicians and families nationwide. As members of the Optum family of businesses, we are dedicated to helping people feel their best, including our team members who create meaningful connections with patients, their families, each other and the communities we serve. Find a home for your career here. Join us and embrace a culture of Caring. Connecting. Growing together. Our Optum family of companies is hiring in Thomasville GA. This position is in Home Health with coverage options in Thomas, Brooks, and Colquitt $5,000 Sign on bonus for full time PTAs As the Physical Therapist Assistant PTA you will perform treatment and provide exercise instruction and patient education aimed at improving/enhancing the patient's well-being while following the established plan of care. Primary Responsibilities: Responsible for following all state specific laws governing the provision of physical therapy in home care, to follow the treatment set only as defined by the supervising PT; to perform only those procedures that he/she is qualified and trained to perform and to make all recommendations for changes in the plan of care to the supervising Physical Therapist Instructs and aids patients in active and passive exercise, muscle re-education, gait, functional, ADL,