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Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant - Home Health Job Details

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Company:  Community Health Systems
Job Code:  1025676
Categories:  Home Healthcare / Home Care
Job Role:  Physical Therapist (PT)
Job Type:  Part Time
Region/Province:  Texas (TX)
City:  Alpine (West Texas)
Job Description:  Our Home Care Company is a rapidly growing community-based healthcare provider. We care for the needs of community residents by collaborating with other healthcare providers, offering patients primary treatment programs and disease management programs beyond the walls of the hospital; in their home.
We are CHAP accredited and we are dedicated to quality care and excellence in all of the services we provide. We are located in the high desert mountains of far west TX, just 90 minutes from Big Bend National Park. Please go to visitbigbend.com to learn more about this wonderful and still somewhat undiscovered part of our country.
To learn more about our Home Care Company and becoming a part of our committed team of health care professionals, see us at
http://www.chs.net/career_openings/corporate.html

Delivers a wide range of physical therapy treatment under the supervision of a licensed Physical Therapist.



Under the direction of the individual physician's plan of care and supervision of a physical therapist, the PTA will perform home physical therapy modalities and treatments, with accompanying clinical documentation and patient follow-up.


The Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant performs duties in accordance of and under the direction/supervision as defined by the Agency's organizational chart.




Education: Graduate of a 2 year college level program approved by the American Physical Therapy Association; or has 2 years of appropriate experience as a physical therapy assistant, and has achieved a satisfactory grade on a proficiency examination conducted, approved, or sponsored by the U.S. Public Health Service, except that these determinations of proficiency do not apply with respect to persons initially licensed by a State or seeking initial qualification as a physical therapy assistant after December 21, 1977 (Medicare Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies).



Experience:

One or more years experience in an acute care facility or in home healthcare.


Licenses/Certificates:

Licensed by the state of practice as a Physical Therapist Assistant. Possession of reliable transportation, current driver's license, and proof of current auto insurance. Possess current CPR card.

Post Date:  05/05/2012
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