Physical Therapist Assistant (Outpatient)

This position is for our East 38th Street Eskenazi Health Center

Physical therapist assistants (PTAs) work as part of a team to provide a wide range of medically prescribed physical therapy treatments to patients experiencing orthopedic, musculoskeletal and neurological conditions under the direction and supervision of the physical therapist.

PTAs implement selected components of patient / client interventions (treatment), obtain data related to the interventions provided, and make modifications in selected interventions either to progress the patient / client as directed by the physical therapist or to ensure patient / client safety and comfort.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Treatment :
• Adapts treatment appropriately based on the age and cultural background of patient
• Implements appropriate and timely treatment based on evaluation of patients’ physical and psychosocial needs
• Provides client-centered education
• Treatments are creative and effective
• Documentation :
• Accurately and timely documents patient evaluation and treatment per documentation standards
• Obtains appropriate signatures
• Justifies charges, reflects skilled therapeutic need, functional improvement and progress towards goals
• Productivity :
• Works at or above established productivity level
• Volunteers to take walk-in patients
• Volunteers to float to other teams as needed
• Adjusts schedule according to caseload
• Administrative :
• Completion of ancillary tasks that affect patient care
• E-learning and other assigned tasks are completed by the required due dates without reminders
• Authorization requests and insurance requirements are submitted without delaying patient care
• Professional Communication / Collaboration :
• Demonstrates effective communication and teamwork with peers and other staff
• Consults appropriately with physicians and caregivers regarding patient management
• Delegates routine aspects of care as appropriate
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills with staff, patients, family members
• Provides meaningful patient education materials and completes available interdisciplinary forms
• Attends rounds and care conferences
• Responsive when asked to assist co-workers
• Performance Improvement :
• Actively embraces opportunities and ways of improving services, patient care and / or productivity by impacting cost, outcomes and / or patient satisfaction
• Participates in committees and activities and takes an active role in improving processes for the hospital and department
• Promotes change and assists coworkers to transition in a changing work environment
• Student Education :
• Effectively and efficiently manages the student’s learning experience.
• Adequately orients student
• Assures student compliance with Policies & Procedures and HIPAA regulations
• Gives constructive feedback on regular basis
• Observes students with various patient types and adjusts supervision levels accordingly
• Communicates appropriately with educational / school program coordinator
• Represents Eskenazi Health in a professional manner to the student
• Clinical Competence :
• Serves as instructor for orientations and competencies as appropriate
• Attends continuing education and pursues opportunities to improve skills
• Attends and participates in in-services
• Seeks out expertise from co-workers and shares own knowledge with others
• Treats a variety of patient diagnoses effectively
• Time and Priority Management :
• Prioritizes multiple tasks to maximize time spent in direct patient care
• Reports to work on time and on a consistent basis
• Is not in the disciplinary process per the hospital attendance policy guidelines
• Completes assigned tasks and projects on time without reminders
• Minimizes delays with patient care and appointments
• Triages patients to minimize functional decline and facilitate throughput

Job Requirements

• Licensed / Certified in State of Indiana as a COTA or PTA
• Graduate of approved curriculum with Associate’s Degree
30+ days ago