Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)
About the role
COME JOIN OUR HEALTHCARE FAMILY! Beaver Dam Health Care Center makes it top priority to care for seniors with the respect, compassion, and dignity they deserve. We understand that caring is what makes a community and without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community. It is what sets us apart from any other skilled nursing facility. At Beaver Dam, our nursing staff are overly courteous, respectful and maintain a high level of professionalism at all times. Our primary goal is to get you back in a condition to be independent once again while maintaining a friendly environment and providing nutritionally enhanced meals. We are currently recruiting for a Physical Therapist Assistant to join our team! Job location: Beaver Dam, WI. The purpose of this position is to treat and document care for residents with impaired ability to perform at an independent level due to disease process, under the supervision of a physical therapist; participate in the interdisciplinary team meetings as required.
Responsibilities
- Follow physicians’ orders for resident care, and follow directions of the physical therapist.
- Provide appropriate treatment to help residents maintain or attain the highest level of function possible within the confines of his/her physical abilities.
- Provide appropriate treatment, preventative measures and adaptive equipment to prevent decline in residents' function.
- Maintain timely and accurate resident reports as required by federal, state and local regulatory agencies and third-party payers.
- Provide adaptive equipment and preventative measures to prevent decline in residents' function.
- Observe infection control procedures.
- Be responsible for the safety of residents under his/her supervision.
- Consistently work cooperatively with residents, residents' representatives, facility staff, physicians, consultants and ancillary service providers.
- Observe all facility policies and procedures.
- Observe all facility safety policies