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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”.

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Tasks for “Per Diem Physical Therapist Assistant (Per Diem PTA)”

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.
Communicate with or instruct caregivers or family members on patient therapeutic activities or treatment plans.
Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, or heat, light, sound, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound.
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.
Attend or conduct continuing education courses, seminars, or in-service activities.
Train patients in the use of orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices.
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.
Prepare treatment areas and electrotherapy equipment for use by physiotherapists.
Administer traction to relieve neck or back pain, using intermittent or static traction equipment.
Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.
Assist patients to dress, undress, or put on and remove supportive devices, such as braces, splints, or slings.
Clean work area and check and store equipment after treatment.
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.
Transport patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements.
Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

Balance beams
Stretchers
Intermittent compression units
Hi-lo manipulation tables
Desktop computers
Interferential electrical stimulation machines
Cardiac monitors
Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
Whirlpool therapy baths
Sacro-illiac joint lumbar corsets
Arm prosthetics
Sequential compression devices
Standing tables
Sliding boards
Lavage hydrotherapy equipment
Mechanical percussors
Resistive exercise bands
Plumb lines
Hand grips
Safety goggles
Stationary bicycles
Exercise trampolines
Knee braces
Tilt tables
Free weights
Platform walkers
High-voltage Galvanic stimulation machines
Iontopheresis equipment
Therapeutic treadmill exercisers
Pick-up walkers
Above-the-knee prosthetics
Therapeutic hot packs
Patient positioning devices
Posture grids
Cervical traction equipment
Pelvic traction equipment
Short wave diathermy devices
Personal computers
Ultraviolet UV phototherapy lamps
Below-the-knee prosthetics
Blood pressure cuffs
Crutches
Swiss exercise balls
Reflex hammers
Ultrasound machines
Pulse oximeters
Cold packs
Inclinometers
Reachers
Medicine balls
Hydrotherapy pools
Massage equipment
Balance boards
Wrist splints
Automated external defibrillators AED
Gait belts
Safety gloves
Portable oxygen equipment
Hoyer lifts
Upper-body isokinetic machines
Ergometers
Notebook computers
Hemi walkers
Rotating bed
Tablet computers
Protective gowns
Front-wheel walkers
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
Surgical masks
Quad canes
Wheelchairs
Single point canes
Parallel bars
Paraffin baths
Back braces
Body-fat calipers
Mechanical stethoscopes
Medical nasal cannulae
Ankle-foot orthotics
Standing cages
Digital cameras
Slings
Total lift chairs
Splints
Lower-body isokinetic machines
Electromyographs EMG
Goniometers
Digital video cameras
Powder boards
Functional electrical stimulation FES equipment
Reciprocating walkers

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