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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 “Outpatient Physical Therapist Assistant”

Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.
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.
Train patients in the use of orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices.
Perform clerical duties, such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, or filling out forms.
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.
Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, or heat, light, sound, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound.
Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.
Attend or conduct continuing education courses, seminars, or in-service activities.
Monitor operation of equipment and record use of equipment and administration of treatment.
Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.
Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment.
Fit patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices, such as crutches.
Perform postural drainage, percussions, or vibrations or teach deep breathing exercises to treat respiratory conditions.
Administer traction to relieve neck or back pain, using intermittent or static traction equipment.
Prepare treatment areas and electrotherapy equipment for use by physiotherapists.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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