# License Physical Therapist Assistant (LPTA) - Home Health

**Company**: Advocate Health
**Location**: Rock Hill, SC
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $26.55 - $39.85 per hour
**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 Rock Hill, SC. As an LPTA, you will play a crucial role in managing patient care, implementing therapy programs, and collaborating with healthcare professionals.

**Responsibilities:**

- 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.

- 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 ($26.55 - $39.85 per hour)

- Sign-on bonus eligible up to $7,500.00

- 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

- Educational Assistance Program

## 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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