**Job Title:** Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant
**Job Specialty:** Rehabilitation Therapy
**Job Duration:** 13 weeks
**Shift:** 8-hour days, starting at 8:00 am. Shifts may fluctuate, weekend and holiday coverage required.
**Guaranteed Hours:** 40 hours per week
**Experience:** Minimum 2 years in current specialty with inpatient experience required. At least one successfully completed 13-week travel assignment preferred.
**License:** Active state or compact license
**Certifications:** Not specified
**Must-Have:**
- Team player
- Flexibility
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
**Job Description:**
- Apply a wide variety of therapeutic interventions for rehabilitation of physical and developmental disorders under the supervision of a Physical Therapist.
- Demonstrate knowledge of growth and development principles across the lifespan of patients.
- Oversee a comprehensive rehabilitation program focused on the physical, psychosocial, and immediate environmental well-being of patients.
- Promote patient and caregiver self-determination and optimize outside resource utilization to achieve independence.
- Coordinate and communicate with various disciplines involved in patient care.
- Coordinate efforts towards achieving discharge goals set at initial evaluation and during the episode of care.
- Provide standardized, evidence-based care to achieve optimal outcomes and patient experiences, supporting organizational and departmental objectives.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and involve patients/significant others to promote optimal and realistic outcomes.
- Advocate for patients/significant others in resolving ethical and clinical issues impacting their situations.
- Use a holistic approach in care provision, incorporating cultural, spiritual, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic, age, and value differences.
Additional Information:
- No holiday time off will be approved for travelers.
- Travelers must not have been employed for 12 months from their last worked day to be eligible for travel positions.
- Floating within the facility and to alternate locations within 20 miles is expected.