# Physical Therapist Assistant

**Company**: Sanford Health
**Location**: Algona
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $24.00 - $38.50
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We're seeking a Physical Therapist Assistant to join our Skilled Rehab team at Good Samaritan Algona and Forest City. The position is full time, 30-35 hours per week, M-F, covering the Skilled Nursing Facilities. We treat various conditions, including orthopedic, weakness, balance/falls/gait, cervical/back pain, general deconditioning, and others.

As a Physical Therapist Assistant, you will assist patients/residents/clients with therapy activities and exercises scheduled in a treatment plan, under the supervision of a physical therapist, to improve patients'/residents'/clients' quality of life and ability to perform daily activities.

Responsibilities:

- Provides, monitors and records therapy services to patients/residents/clients with physical, cognitive, developmental impairments, in line with related standard concepts, practices and procedures.

- Selects, implements, and makes modifications to therapeutic activities and interventions that are consistent with demonstrated competency levels, patient's/resident's/client's goals, and the requirements of the practice setting and/or state licensure.

- Contributes to this process by exchanging information with and providing documentation to the physical therapist about the patient's/resident's/client's responses to and communications during intervention.

- Responsible for being knowledgeable about the patient's/resident's/client's targeted physical therapy outcomes and for providing information and documentation related to outcome achievement.

Qualifications:

- Appropriate education level required in accordance with state licensure.

- Must be licensed in the state(s) of practice as a Physical Therapist Assistant.

- When applicable, may require valid driver's license.

- Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.

- Basic Life Support (BLS) for health care providers required or within the first 60 days of employment.

## Skills

### Required
- physical therapy
- patient care
- documentation
- communication
- teamwork

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