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