About This Role
The Physical Therapy Technician prepares patients for their treatment, assists therapists during sessions, and maintains the therapy area and supplies. This role suits someone with strong people skills who can provide patient care and support the smooth operation of a clinic.
Responsibilities
- Prepare patients for therapy treatment by welcoming, comforting, and assisting them into physical therapy apparel or apertures
- Provide information to patients by answering questions and requests and allaying fears
- Assist Therapists by applying heat packs and paraffin dips; assisting patients into whirlpool; helping patients onto exercise equipment, monitoring motion; tracking walking time and distance; measuring mobility; performing prescribed exercises and strengthening techniques
- Demonstrate proper use of equipment and exercise routines as established by Therapists
- Maintain patient confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential
- Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
- Provide equipment and supplies by sterilizing and delivering equipment and supplies to the treatment area; positioning equipment for therapist access; positioning patient on equipment
- Maintain therapy supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies
- Serve and protect the clinic by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures
- Enhance therapy department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
- Schedule future appointments for patients
Requirements
- Basic computer skills
- Ability to create a safe and effective environment
- Good verbal communication skills
- Listening skills
- Coaching skills
- Basic health care administration knowledge
- Ability to provide patient services
- Self-development orientation
- Ability to coordinate
- Displays and practices teamwork
- Able to multi-task
- Utilize supply management
- Ability to lift 40 lbs
- Ability to bend, squat, reach, hold, and stand up to 60% of the time
- Ability to work with all levels of healthcare providers: MD/DO, PA, NP-C, ATC, OTC, PT, OT, RN, LPN, CNA, MA, Techs – PT/Cast room, Imaging – x-ray
- Good people skills to work with patients and help care for their injuries
- Ability to stand or sit for long periods of time
