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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”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Prepare treatment areas and electrotherapy equipment for use by physiotherapists.
- Administer traction to relieve neck or back pain, using intermittent or static traction equipment.
- 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.
- Attend or conduct continuing education courses, seminars, or in-service activities.
- Fit patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices, such as crutches.
- 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.
- 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.
- Train patients in the use of orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices.
- Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.
- Monitor operation of equipment and record use of equipment and administration of treatment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Ultrasound machines
- Tilt tables
- Balance beams
- Pulse oximeters
- Functional electrical stimulation FES equipment
- Gait belts
- Reflex hammers
- Cervical traction equipment
- Whirlpool therapy baths
- Body-fat calipers
- Therapeutic hot packs
- Lavage hydrotherapy equipment
- Digital video cameras
- Surgical masks
- Personal computers
- Digital cameras
- Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
- Pelvic traction equipment
- Pick-up walkers
- Front-wheel walkers
- Patient positioning devices
- Tablet computers
- Medical nasal cannulae
- Knee braces
- Quad canes
- Wheelchairs
- Stationary bicycles
- Reciprocating walkers
- Wrist splints
- Hemi walkers
- Standing tables
- Parallel bars
- Below-the-knee prosthetics
- Sacro-illiac joint lumbar corsets
- Balance boards
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Swiss exercise balls
- Platform walkers
- Cardiac monitors
- Hand grips
- Interferential electrical stimulation machines
- Plumb lines
- Safety goggles
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
- Total lift chairs
- Sliding boards
- Crutches
- Rotating bed
- Stretchers
- Protective gowns
- Sequential compression devices
- Ultraviolet UV phototherapy lamps
- Reachers
- Goniometers
- Cold packs
- Short wave diathermy devices
- Back braces
- Notebook computers
- Slings
- Safety gloves
- Arm prosthetics
- High-voltage Galvanic stimulation machines
- Free weights
- Hoyer lifts
- Single point canes
- Posture grids
- Iontopheresis equipment
- Standing cages
- Paraffin baths
- Electromyographs EMG
- Splints
- Blood pressure cuffs
- Upper-body isokinetic machines
- Medicine balls
- Exercise trampolines
- Inclinometers
- Above-the-knee prosthetics
- Ergometers
- Resistive exercise bands
- Lower-body isokinetic machines
- Hydrotherapy pools
- Intermittent compression units
- Powder boards
- Ankle-foot orthotics
- Desktop computers
- Massage equipment
- Portable oxygen equipment
- Therapeutic treadmill exercisers
- Hi-lo manipulation tables
- Mechanical percussors
- FileMaker Pro
- PhysioTools Tools RG
- Knees Software PT DocTools
- SpectraSoft AppointmentsPRO
- Summit Software CarePoint
- Beaver Creek Software The THERAPIST
- Scheduling software
- Client caseload management software
- Laboratory information system LIS
- Billing software
- Microsoft Windows
- Email software
- PhysioGraphic
- dBASE
- Word processing software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Office
- BioEx Systems Exercise Pro
- Bookkeeping software
- Video game software
- Eazy Application Systems QuickEMR
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Access
- Virtual reality game software
- Accounting software
- SpectraSoft DocuPRO
- Rehab Documentation Company ReDoc Suite
- Arena Health Systems Phys-X
- TherAssist
- Microsoft Excel