Licensed PTA - Physical Therapist Assistant

About the role

DFW Home Health is hiring for a full-time Home Health Physical Therapist Assistant - PTA to join our passionate team in Arlington, Texas - covering the Burleson area! Explore opportunities with DFW Home Health, a part of LHC Group, a leading post-acute care partner for hospitals, physicians and families nationwide. As members of the Optum family of businesses, we are dedicated to helping people feel their best, including our team members who create meaningful connections with patients, their families, each other and the communities we serve. Find a home for your career here. Join us and embrace a culture of Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for following all state specific laws governing the provision of physical therapy in home care, to follow the treatment set only as defined by the supervising PT; to perform only those procedures that he/she is qualified and trained to perform and to make all recommendations for changes in the plan of care to the supervising Physical Therapist
• Instructs and aids patients in active and passive exercise, muscle re-education, gait, functional, ADL, transfer, safety, and prosthetic training
• Observes, records, and reports to the supervising PT, the nurse supervisor, and/or the physician the patient's response to treatment and changes in the patient's condition.
• Coordinates care with the other members of the healthcare team as appropriate
• Instructs patient, family, caregiver, and other members of the health care team in the areas of therapy within the scope of the physical therapy assistant
• Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client

Requirements

• Current, licensed, registered, or certified to assist in the practice of physical therapy in state of practice
• Current driver's license and vehicle insurance, access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation
• Available to work a weekend rotation

Qualifications

• Current CPR certification or ability to complete within 90 days of hire
• Ability to perform physical tasks required for patient care, including lifting, transferring, and assisting with mobility

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution

Pay

Pay Range $58,241 - $87,361 annual total cash target pay; $28.00 - $42.00 hourly rate; $33.60 - $50.40 per visit point. Annual total cash compensation assumes full-time employment (40 weekly hours) at full productivity and includes earnings from per visit point pay and hourly pay, based on local labor markets, education, work experience and may increase over time based on productivity and performance. The role receives two types of compensation: per visit point rate for visits (calculated by multiplying per visit point rate by productivity points accrued for various visit types) and hourly rate for certain non-visit activities such as orientation. Minimum wage laws are complied with.

Schedule

Available