Outpatient Physical Therapy Assistant
Decatur, Illinois
Decatur Memorial Hospital

Outpatient Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)

Overview

• Specialty: Therapy/Rehabilitation
• Location: Decatur, Illinois
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Shift: Days, 5x8 hours, 0800-1700; open to 4x10s; Monday-Friday
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• First-timers accepted: No
• Weekend requirement: None
• On-call: No
• Float: Does not float within scope
• Schedule: M-F blocked
• Local candidates: Accepted, no radius
• RTO: Ideally no more than 5 days

Required Qualifications

• Valid Physical Therapy Assistant license in Illinois
• Physical Therapy Assistant (1 year of experience)
• Physical Therapy Assistant experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS - Basic Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• Outpatient Clinic work setting experience
• Required specialty/patient population experience: Neurology and Orthopedics
• Required age-specific competencies: Middle Adult and Older Adult

Preferred Qualifications

• EMR experience
• WebPT EHR familiarity

Required Skills / Experience

• Assessment: Adaptive Devices, AROM/AAROM/PROM, Assistive Devices, Body Mechanics, Identifying Environmental Barriers, Pain assessment, Sensory response, Skin integrity, Strength testing, Vital Signs
• Documentation: Discharge, Evaluation, Long Term Goals, Plan of Care, Reassessments, RUG Levels, Short Term Goals, Time Management
• Orthopedic cases: Ankle Sprains, Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD), Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD), Elbow injuries/tendinopathy, Extremity Mobilization, Frozen shoulder, Gait training, Hip fractures/injuries, Knee injuries/tendinopathy, Low back pain, Myofascial Release, Osteoarthritis, Post op cervical surgery, Post op shoulder repair, Post op spinal surgery, Spinal Conditions, Taping, Total hip replacement, Total knee replacement
• Neurologic case: Post Stroke Rehabilitation
• Professional skills: Home Exercise Program, Lifting and transfers, Patient family education, Scheduling appointments, Signs & Symptoms physical, sexual, psychological abuse, Telephone calls
• Billing: Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare A, Medicare B, Private Pay, Worker's Compensation

Facility Highlights

• Type of facility: Acute Care Hospital
• Trauma level: Level II Trauma center
• Staffed beds: 372
• Scrub color: Gray scrubs or professional attire
• Charting: Cerner
• Parking: Parking permit required, no cost