PHYS THERAPY ASST

Overview: Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville, Tennessee is part of Covenant Health, East Tennessee’s largest nonprofit health system and a Becker’s “Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare.” The hospital offers comprehensive care including cardiology, orthopedics, maternity, cancer treatment, and wound care, with specialized programs such as imaging, cardiac rehab, sleep disorder care, and hyperbaric medicine.

Responsibilities

• Administers treatment programs, including specialized treatment, under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist.
• Adheres to the "Definition and Utilization of the Physical Therapist Assistant" as stated in the current American Physical Therapy Association policy.
• Monitors patient progress and makes recommendations to the physical therapist in accordance with patient needs and evidence-based practice.
• Documents patient progress in medical records for assigned patients.
• Provides input for patient care and discharge planning with other health professionals.
• Meets established targets for passive/active treatment ratios.
• Involves patient and family in treatment, education, and goal setting.
• Coordinates with other medical personnel regarding patient’s progress, needs, and discharge planning.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competency, including providing for age-specific needs of the population served.
• Serves as a resource person for support staff and other health system staff.
• Assists with training, orientation, and supervision of support staff.
• Assumes responsibility for the educational development of assigned PTA students.
• Maintains and updates patient documentation in accordance with professional, departmental, organizational, and payer guidelines and timeframes.
• Maintains established targets for compliance with chart audits.
• Meets established targets for:
  • Quality/outcome measures
  • Service/patient satisfaction measures
  • Financial/productivity measures
  • Growth/patients-per-day measures
• Demonstrates leadership including:
  • Supervision of support staff
  • Participation in professional organizations/meetings (TPTA, APTA)
  • Volunteering for Covenant Health activities such as the marathon, golf tournament, sports physicals, employee education, etc.
  • Completing partnering activities per established targets per month
  • Conducting physician office visits, community lectures/volunteer work, case manager visits/marketing, and in-services
• Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards.
• Completes required education assignments annually.
• Works toward achieving goals and objectives and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Current Tennessee Physical Therapist Assistant license.
• CPR certification required.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the required license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
• Minimum Experience: One (1) year of experience preferred.

Schedule

• Full Time, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift