Physical Therapy Assistant

At ATC we believe in the strength of the family and its capacity to promote the health and development of children. This is a pediatric clinic in the heart of Butte, Montana. Our group of SLPs, OT's, PT's, counselors, and behavioral therapists work together in a fun, family-oriented environment. Our therapists are our key to great treatment, and we love our families.

We are looking for a physical therapy assistant to join our team. An ideal candidate will be:

  • Punctual, reliable, dependable, outgoing, happy and pleasant to be around.

  • Performs physical therapy procedures, to assist patients with physical or injury.

  • Performs delegated treatment procedures such as therapeutic exercises to maintain and restore strength, endurance, coordination and range of motion; gait training and functional training for transferring and wheelchair activities; and treatment procedures involving the use of therapeutic equipment, machines, and assistive or supportive devices.

  • Encourages and motivates patients to participate in the treatment program by discussing and explaining their treatment goals and objectives.

  • Progresses patient through treatment program, deciding when to advance the patient to more difficult activities, when to modify the level of activity, or when to interrupt the treatment based upon patient's reaction and response to the treatment program; reports observations to a physical therapist.

  • Demonstrates, trains, and directs patients in the use and care of wheelchairs, braces, and other special equipment.

  • Experience working with infants including torticollis, and plagiocephaly

  • Writes progress notes in patients' physical therapy records documenting reaction and response to treatment.

  • Maintains accurate records of therapy treatments performed and the duration and frequency of treatments that will be reviewed and countersigned by the physical therapist.

  • Instructs members of other health disciplines or caregivers in standard methods of performing transfers, ambulation, and positioning of patients.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Must have graduated from an accredited physician assistant curriculum. Must pass the National Physical Therapy Assistant Examination (NPTAE).,

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