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