# Physical Therapist Assistant

**Company**: Advocate Health
**Location**: Macon, GA
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $25.30 - $37.95
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Physical Therapist Assistant to join our team at Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center in Macon, GA. As a Physical Therapist Assistant, you will play a crucial role in carrying out physical therapy programs as planned and directed by the physical therapist.

**Responsibilities:**

- Train patients in exercises, ambulation, and activities of daily living

- Collect clinical assessment scores, radiographic scores, and health-related quality of life information

- Perform a wide range of tests and evaluations in a clinical or research setting

- Maintain supplies and equipment

- Assist with research protocol and treatment development

- Participate in staff meetings, forums, committees, and in-service training activities

**Requirements:**

- Successful completion of a two-year college program for Physical Therapy Assistants approved by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)

- Current license in the State of Georgia to practice as a Physical Therapy Assistant

- CPR certification every two years

- Good physical strength and condition

- Research experience

- Ability to work with infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and older adult patients

**Work Environment:**

- Exposure to hazardous substances, infectious diseases, body fluids

- Subject to many interruptions

- Contact with patients, family members, visitors, coworkers, and medical staff under a wide variety of circumstances

**Physical Requirements:**

- Lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling: 20 lbs. maximum, 50 lbs. maximum, 100 lbs. maximum

- Standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching with arms, finger and hand dexterity, talking, hearing, seeing

**Benefits:**

- Competitive compensation: $25.30 - $37.95 per hour

- Comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, health and welfare benefits, flexible spending accounts, and retirement plans

## Skills

### Required
- Physical Therapy Assistant
- CPR certification
- clinical assessment
- research experience

### Nice to have
- Good physical strength and condition
- Ability to work with diverse patient populations

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