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Job Description

Assist physical therapists in providing physical therapy treatments and procedures. May, in accordance with State laws, assist in the development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, document the progress of treatment, and modify specific treatments in accordance with patient status and within the scope of treatment plans established by a physical therapist. Generally requires formal training.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 31-2021.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 56,850.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 27.00
Currently, there are 85,580 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Physical Therapist Assistants”.

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Tasks for “Home Health Physical Therapist Assistant”

Perform clerical duties, such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, or filling out forms.
Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment.
Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, or heat, light, sound, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound.
Prepare treatment areas and electrotherapy equipment for use by physiotherapists.
Administer traction to relieve neck or back pain, using intermittent or static traction equipment.
Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.
Attend or conduct continuing education courses, seminars, or in-service activities.
Perform postural drainage, percussions, or vibrations or teach deep breathing exercises to treat respiratory conditions.
Monitor operation of equipment and record use of equipment and administration of treatment.
Fit patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices, such as crutches.
Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.
Observe patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provide results to physical therapist in person or through progress notes.
Transport patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements.
Communicate with or instruct caregivers or family members on patient therapeutic activities or treatment plans.
Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.
Train patients in the use of orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices.
Assist patients to dress, undress, or put on and remove supportive devices, such as braces, splints, or slings.
Clean work area and check and store equipment after treatment.

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Notebook computers
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Standing tables
Paraffin baths
Ultraviolet UV phototherapy lamps
Automated external defibrillators AED
Free weights
Wheelchairs
Arm prosthetics
Plumb lines
Inclinometers
Whirlpool therapy baths
Upper-body isokinetic machines
High-voltage Galvanic stimulation machines
Splints
Quad canes
Pulse oximeters
Stationary bicycles
Swiss exercise balls
Safety goggles
Rotating bed
Medical nasal cannulae
Wrist splints
Posture grids
Hi-lo manipulation tables
Medicine balls
Reflex hammers
Reciprocating walkers
Functional electrical stimulation FES equipment
Above-the-knee prosthetics
Sequential compression devices
Ergometers
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Platform walkers
Personal computers
Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
Safety gloves
Standing cages
Hoyer lifts
Protective gowns
Desktop computers
Slings
Stretchers
Therapeutic hot packs
Ultrasound machines
Interferential electrical stimulation machines
Portable oxygen equipment
Back braces
Exercise trampolines
Patient positioning devices
Blood pressure cuffs
Mechanical stethoscopes
Below-the-knee prosthetics
Hand grips
Intermittent compression units
Parallel bars
Electromyographs EMG
Cold packs
Cardiac monitors
Front-wheel walkers
Crutches
Goniometers
Pelvic traction equipment
Balance boards
Mechanical percussors
Knee braces
Digital cameras
Gait belts
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
Balance beams
Total lift chairs
Hydrotherapy pools
Cervical traction equipment
Single point canes
Reachers
Ankle-foot orthotics
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