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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”.
Also Known As…
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Staff Physical Therapy Assistant
- Physical Therapy Technician (Physical Therapy Tech)
- Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)
- Physical Therapist Assistant and Nurse Aide
- Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)
- Per Diem Physical Therapist Assistant (Per Diem PTA)
- Outpatient Physical Therapist Assistant
- Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant (LPTA)
- Home Health Physical Therapist Assistant
- Certified Physical Therapist Assistant (CPTA)
- Rehabilitation Assistant
- Rehabilitation Aide
Tasks for “Physiotherapy Assistant”
- Train patients in the use of orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices.
- Attend or conduct continuing education courses, seminars, or in-service activities.
- Assist patients to dress, undress, or put on and remove supportive devices, such as braces, splints, or slings.
- 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.
- Perform postural drainage, percussions, or vibrations or teach deep breathing exercises to treat respiratory conditions.
- Fit patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices, such as crutches.
- Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment.
- Monitor operation of equipment and record use of equipment and administration of treatment.
- Communicate with or instruct caregivers or family members on patient therapeutic activities or treatment plans.
- Transport patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements.
- Clean work area and check and store equipment after treatment.
- Prepare treatment areas and electrotherapy equipment for use by physiotherapists.
- Perform clerical duties, such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, or filling out forms.
- Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.
- Administer traction to relieve neck or back pain, using intermittent or static traction equipment.
- Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.
- Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.
Related Technology & Tools
- Interferential electrical stimulation machines
- Posture grids
- Short wave diathermy devices
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Inclinometers
- Resistive exercise bands
- Ankle-foot orthotics
- Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
- Upper-body isokinetic machines
- High-voltage Galvanic stimulation machines
- Digital video cameras
- Iontopheresis equipment
- Stretchers
- Powder boards
- Therapeutic hot packs
- Wrist splints
- Cold packs
- Electromyographs EMG
- Swiss exercise balls
- Balance boards
- Medical nasal cannulae
- Hoyer lifts
- Exercise trampolines
- Personal computers
- Below-the-knee prosthetics
- Sacro-illiac joint lumbar corsets
- Quad canes
- Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
- Arm prosthetics
- Single point canes
- Tablet computers
- Free weights
- Above-the-knee prosthetics
- Knee braces
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Whirlpool therapy baths
- Blood pressure cuffs
- Massage equipment
- Balance beams
- Reachers
- Intermittent compression units
- Wheelchairs
- Ergometers
- Back braces
- Hi-lo manipulation tables
- Medicine balls
- Surgical masks
- Pick-up walkers
- Protective gowns
- Hemi walkers
- Sliding boards
- Hand grips
- Standing tables
- Ultrasound machines
- Gait belts
- Rotating bed
- Reflex hammers
- Sequential compression devices
- Lavage hydrotherapy equipment
- Reciprocating walkers
- Paraffin baths
- Therapeutic treadmill exercisers
- Lower-body isokinetic machines
- Desktop computers
- Hydrotherapy pools
- Front-wheel walkers
- Parallel bars
- Safety gloves
- Pulse oximeters
- Functional electrical stimulation FES equipment
- Tilt tables
- Body-fat calipers
- Stationary bicycles
- Platform walkers
- Cardiac monitors
- Safety goggles
- Ultraviolet UV phototherapy lamps
- Portable oxygen equipment
- Patient positioning devices
- Standing cages
- Splints
- Plumb lines
- Pelvic traction equipment
- Total lift chairs
- Digital cameras
- Notebook computers
- Cervical traction equipment
- Crutches
- Goniometers
- Slings
- Mechanical percussors
- Scheduling software
- dBASE
- Word processing software
- TherAssist
- Microsoft Excel
- PhysioGraphic
- Beaver Creek Software The THERAPIST
- Summit Software CarePoint
- Microsoft Windows
- SpectraSoft AppointmentsPRO
- Microsoft Office
- Accounting software
- Virtual reality game software
- Video game software
- Microsoft Access
- Spreadsheet software
- PhysioTools Tools RG
- Billing software
- Client caseload management software
- Arena Health Systems Phys-X
- Microsoft Outlook
- FileMaker Pro
- Email software
- BioEx Systems Exercise Pro
- Laboratory information system LIS
- SpectraSoft DocuPRO
- Knees Software PT DocTools
- Eazy Application Systems QuickEMR
- Rehab Documentation Company ReDoc Suite
- Bookkeeping software