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