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