Physical Therapy Assistant PRN FLT Outpatient Ortho
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FMOLHS
Baton Rouge, LA, US
Summary
The Physical Therapy Assistant implements corrective exercise and treatment programs under the supervision of a licensed Physical Therapist. They are responsible for patient testing, maintaining accurate progress documentation, and ensuring quality healthcare services.
Job Description
Under the supervision of licensed staff Physical Therapist, the Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant carries out a program of corrective exercise and treatment for assigned patients. The Assistant helps the Physical Therapist during patient testing, evaluations, and procedures, and provides treatment, exercise, instruction, and demonstration for patients. Additionally, the Assistant maintains accurate documentation on patient progress, discusses patient status with Physical Therapists, transports patients to and from examination areas, participates in educational programs, and maintains departmental records and reports in an effort to keep management informed of the department's operating status and ensure the provision of quality health care services by the department and hospital. The Assistant demonstrates compassion, understanding, and respect for the physical and psychological needs relevant to the age of the patient served.
Our Lady of the Lake Health provides care for a full range of illness or injury, including those that are extremely complex, for both pediatric and adult patients. We are a nonprofit, Catholic healthcare ministry based in Baton Rouge with more than 7,500 employees and more than 2,900 active physicians, including more than 600 employed physicians.
We are committed to building a healthy community through excellence in patient care and education. Being our best earns us the trust and loyalty of our community, and our culture of excellence is directly tied to our mission. We believe in the value of receiving a broad range of healthcare from one trusted provider, and we pursue and provide a comprehensive range of advanced programs, treatments and technologies.
FMOL Health is a bold, connected health system that delivers care that prioritizes people – every patient, every community, every time – while honoring the unique character of each market we serve.
We are continuously evolving, raising the standard for what healthcare can be and shining a bright light on the power of compassionate, coordinated care. This light reflects a system that is locally grounded yet regionally strong, trusted by communities, respected by peers and indispensable to the people we are privileged to serve.
Our team members are more than just their job descriptions and titles, and we provide a unique Total Rewards package to meet the needs of team members and their families: compensation, benefits, personal growth and development, recognition, health and well-being, and purpose.
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Baton Rouge, LA
FMOL Health is a bold, connected health system that delivers care that prioritizes people – every patient, every community, every time – while honoring the unique character of each market we serve.
We are continuously evolving, raising the standard for what healthcare can be and shining a bright light on the power of compassionate, coordinated care. This light reflects a system that is locally grounded yet regionally strong, trusted by communities, respected by peers and indispensable to the people we are privileged to serve.
Our team members are more than just their job descriptions and titles, and we provide a unique Total Rewards package to meet the needs of team members and their families: compensation, benefits, personal growth and development, recognition, health and well-being, and purpose.
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Baton Rouge, LA
