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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 “Staff Physical Therapy Assistant”

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.
Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment.
Assist patients to dress, undress, or put on and remove supportive devices, such as braces, splints, or slings.
Communicate with or instruct caregivers or family members on patient therapeutic activities or treatment plans.
Prepare treatment areas and electrotherapy equipment for use by physiotherapists.
Perform clerical duties, such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, or filling out forms.
Attend or conduct continuing education courses, seminars, or in-service activities.
Monitor operation of equipment and record use of equipment and administration of treatment.
Fit patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices, such as crutches.
Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, or heat, light, sound, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound.
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.
Administer traction to relieve neck or back pain, using intermittent or static traction equipment.
Clean work area and check and store equipment after treatment.
Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.
Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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