# 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 Skilled Nursing Facilities. We treat a variety of 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. You will provide, monitor, and record therapy services to patients/residents/clients with physical, cognitive, developmental impairments, in line with related standard concepts, practices, and procedures.

Responsibilities:

- Select, implement, and make 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.

- Contribute 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.

- Be knowledgeable about the patient's/resident's/client's targeted physical therapy outcomes and provide information and documentation related to outcome achievement.

- Follow and adhere to accepted clinical practice guidelines of professional organization.

Qualifications:

- Appropriate education level required in accordance with state licensure.

- Must also be a graduate through an approved American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) program as a Physical Therapist Assistant.

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

- Conforms to the supervision and licensing standards of the state(s) where services are provided.

- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within six months of employment.

## Skills

### Required
- physical therapy
- patient care
- therapy activities
- exercise planning
- documentation

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