# Physical Therapist Assistant

**Company**: Intermountain Health
**Location**: Ogden, Utah
**Salary**: $29.43 - $45.39 per hour
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Physical Therapist Assistant provides assistance to the physical therapist in developing and implementing physical therapy treatment, procedures, and related activities for direct patient care.

The role involves consulting, educating, and training patients, families, and caregivers, as well as collaborating with care teams and stakeholders to deliver quality, patient-centred care.

**Essential Functions**

- Promotes the mission, vision, and values of Intermountain Health, and adheres to service standards.

- Provides skilled physical therapy services under the direction and supervision of a licensed physical therapist, staying updated on standard practices for different patient groups.

- Conducts treatments according to professional standards (APTA).

- Meets established productivity standards for the department or service line.

- Keeps thorough and timely patient records as required by regulations and facility policies.

- Completes patient billing accurately and promptly.

- Communicates effectively with patients, families, physicians, and healthcare providers about patient needs and goals.

- Ensures smooth operations and optimal use of rehabilitation services.

- Communicates patient assessments, progress, and concerns with the physical therapist.

- Participates in and promotes continuing education opportunities for self and staff, seeking new learning opportunities according to licensure requirements.

- Engages in quality improvement processes, including safe equipment use, improving clinical outcomes, patient access, patient experience, and all aspects of the Intermountain Operating Model.

- Participates in utilization review audits.

- Contributes to program development and marketing strategies to grow the physical therapy program to achieve department goals.

**Physical Requirements**

- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.

- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.

- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.

- Expected to lift and utilise full range of movement to transfer patients.

- Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment.

- Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment.

**Benefits** We offer a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

**Salary** $29.43 - $45.39 per hour

## Skills

### Required
- Quality Improvement
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Patient Engagement
- Critical Thinking
- Time Management
- Care Planning
- Compassion

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