Physical Therapist Assistant
SSM Health
**It's more than a career, it's a calling**
WI-St. Agnes Hospital Home Care & Hospice
**Worker Type:**
Regular
**Job Highlights:**
+ **_Department: Home health_**
+ **_Sign on Bonus: $5,000_**
+ **_Schedule: Fulltime, Days shift, 8am-4:30pm Mon-Fri_**
+ **_Location:_** **_239 Trowbridge Drive_** **_FDL, WI_**
Benefits
+ SSM Health offers competitive compensation and Comprehensive Benefits Package
+ Medical, Dental, Vision, Life
+ Income based medical insurance premium discounts
+ HSA/FSA options
+ Short and Long-Term Disability
+ Generous PTO Bank
+ 403b/401k retirement plans
+ Daily Pay: Get paid daily doing the work you love in a way that fits your life.
+ Tuition reimbursement, continued education, discounts, and participations in the Federal Loan Forgiveness Program
+ Professional development days and opportunities for career advancement
+ Employee Relief Fund to help with life’s unexpected financial emergencies
+ Commitment to employee wellness through our EAP
**Job Summary:**
Conducts medically prescribed physical therapy under the supervision of a physical therapist. Travels to patient's residence to provide care.
**Job Responsibilities and Requirements:**
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
+ Provides physical therapy interventions under a plan of care written by a physical therapist.
+ Performs therapy interventions utilizing techniques and skills as appropriate for the patient population.
+ Documents treatment interventions given.
+ May coordinate activities of physical therapy aides, students and other support personnel.
+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
+ Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
+ Associate's degree in Physical Therapist Assistant program
EXPERIENCE
+ No experience required
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
+ Constant standing.
+ Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
+ Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
+ Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
+ Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more).
+ Frequent walking, reaching, gripping and keyboard use/data entry.
+ Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, sitting, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
+ Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
+ Occasional lifting/moving patients.
+ Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships and to identify and distinguish colors.
+ Occasional driving.
+ Rare crawling.
**Work Shift:**
Day Shift (United States of America)
**Job Type:**
Employee
**Department:**
2900000116 HOME CARE FDL
**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**
40
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