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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 “Physical Therapist Assistant and Nurse Aide”

Clean work area and check and store equipment after treatment.
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.
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.
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.
Transport patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements.
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.
Perform postural drainage, percussions, or vibrations or teach deep breathing exercises to treat respiratory conditions.
Assist patients to dress, undress, or put on and remove supportive devices, such as braces, splints, or slings.
Perform clerical duties, such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, or filling out forms.
Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment.
Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.
Fit patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices, such as crutches.
Train patients in the use of orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices.
Prepare treatment areas and electrotherapy equipment for use by physiotherapists.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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