# License Physical Therapist Assistant (LPTA) - Home Health

**Company**: Advocate Health
**Location**: Lincolnton, NC
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $26.55 - $39.85
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a License Physical Therapist Assistant (LPTA) to join our Home Health team in Lincolnton, NC. As an LPTA, you will play a crucial role in managing patient care, implementing therapy programs, and collaborating with our multidisciplinary team.

**Job Summary:** Manage assigned patient caseload daily, ensuring timely care and documentation per plan of care and MD orders. Collect health data from home assessments, telephonic contacts, and EMR. Implement care programs including modalities, procedures, exercise, and education per PT plan.

**Responsibilities:**

- Document and execute plan of care addressing patient/family needs, discharge planning, and resource use.

- Apply clinical reasoning and skills for accurate assessments, therapy effectiveness, and prioritization of needs.

- Provide and document patient/family education on deficits, goals, techniques, and home program with equipment use.

- Observe, record, and report treatment reactions or condition changes to physician/PT.

- Communicate updates on schedules, patient data, and orders with multidisciplinary team.

- Incorporate short- and long-term goals into therapy, documented in visit notes.

- Support collaboration with physician and PT leadership for timely feedback on patient condition or care changes.

- Ensure clear, timely, complete documentation per policy and standards; meet productivity targets.

- Perform treatments per State PT Practice Act, Home Health Conditions, JCAHO, Medicare, OASIS, and agency policy.

- Promote shared governance, decision-making, and research to improve outcomes.

- Maintain current PT knowledge and competence; integrate evidence and research into practice.

**Requirements:**

- Graduate of an approved Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) program.

- Current state licensure as a PTA.

- Maintain current state driver's license and auto insurance at all times.

- Personal vehicle must be well maintained and in safe driving condition.

- 1-year experience as a licensed PT in a clinical care setting or home health (preferred).

- Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) from AHA (required).

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary range: $26.55 - $39.85 per hour.

- Sign-On Bonus eligible, up to $7,500.00 for qualified applicants.

- Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.

- Paid Time Off programs.

- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.

- Family benefits, such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave.

- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.

## Skills

### Required
- Physical Therapy Assistant
- Licensure
- Documentation
- Communication
- Clinical Reasoning

### Nice to have
- Pediatrics
- Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP)

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