PTA Acute Care Hospital

Job Title

PTA Home Care

Location: Saint Louis, Missouri

Type: Rehabilitation Services

Schedule: Days, Full-Time

Salary: $10.63 - $21.26 / hour (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)

Job Description

Are you a licensed Physical Therapist Assistant looking for a 1:1 care opportunity? We are seeking a passionate and patient-centered PTA to join our home care team. If you are a licensed PTA we would love to hear from you!

Monday - Friday, Days

Primarily supporting areas surrounding Christian Hospital

Overview

BJC Home Care offers patients and their families a complete range of home care services including skilled nursing services, adult and pediatric hospice and supportive care, rehabilitation therapy, home infusion therapy, infusion treatment rooms, home medical equipment, and high-tech respiratory care. Specialty home care programs also are available including adult and pediatric asthma, cardiac, diabetes, orthopedic, and wound care programs.

BJC Home Care provides care to thousands of patients in both Missouri and Illinois. Serving more than 25 counties it has become the largest home care network in the region and one of the largest in the country.

The Metro St. Louis Intermittent Home Care Department of BJC Home Care Services provides home visits to patients in the metropolitan St. Louis area and several nearby counties with 24 hour on-call home care nursing supervision. Our JCAHO accredited multi-disciplinary approach combines leading edge technology with a firm belief in the powerful recuperative advantages of receiving home care.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose: Provides skilled treatments to patients as prescribed by the physician and directed by a licensed physical therapist as specified in their health care service setting.

Responsibilities

• Implements treatment plan as developed by the licensed physical therapist.
• Collaborates with the licensed physical therapist on an agreed upon frequency to assess and reassess patients plan of care, treatment goals, and interventions.
• Documents patient progress in daily notes and weekly notes (as applicable) as well as contributes recommendations to patients discharge note from physical therapy.
• Assists with guidance for clinical fieldwork students under the supervision of the physical therapist.
• Reports on interventions and patient progress during assigned meetings and contributes to the screening and evaluation process.

Minimum Requirements

Education: Associate's Degree - PT Assistant

Experience: No Experience

Supervisor Experience: No Experience

Licenses & Certifications: Valid Driver's License, PTA

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards At BJC we are committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being.

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution

401(k) plan with BJC match

Tuition Assistance available on first day

BJC Institute for Learning and Development

Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time

Adoption assistance

To learn more go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer