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