Outpatient Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapist Assistant (Fulltime)

This is a unique outpatient job opportunity to work in the cardiac and pulmonary setting with mentorship.

The cardiopulmonary rehab center is staffed with 1 nurse, 1 PT, 2 PTAs, 1 RT, and 1 rehab aides/techs. The PTA duties include taking patients through their POC for 70–90-minute sessions. Vitals assessment, subjective history assessment, target heart rate assessment, progression of aerobic treatment, progression of strength treatment, transfer training, dynamic balance training, telemetry analysis, respiratory breathing techniques, oxygen titration, progression/regression of individualized POC and reporting back to the PT.

Patient cardiac diagnoses include: post CABG, stent, AVR, TAVR, MVR, ICD, general deconditioning.

Patient respiratory diagnoses include: COPD, ILD, restrictive disease, COVID, PNA.

All patients receive 36 visits for progression of aerobic tasks and monitoring of vitals and overall conditioning. POC is created by PT and progressed with the assistance of the PTA, nurse, RT, & patient feedback.

*Looking for 1 full-time PTA to add to our team*

• Hours Weekdays 8:00AM - 4:30PM
• Weekends/Holidays off
• Vacation/Sick benefits
• Health Insurance benefits
• Work with a team of PT, RT, PTA, rehab aides/techs
• Team treats 25 patients a day, treatments lasting 70-90 minutes
• Individually assess roughly 5-7 patients through 1:1 to 1:2 treatment
• Responsible for patient check in/check out
• Responsible for vitals assessment (BP, RHR, SpO2, Blood Glucose, Telemetry)
• Responsible for telemetry connection & quick analysis of tele/EKG printouts for RN
• Responsible for assisting patients through exercise based POC
• Responsible for performing progress testing and education on cardiac/respiratory data reports
• Responsible for 5-7 daily notes assessing patient condition and response to treatment

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $25 to $31 an hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401k contribution
• Direct mentorship

Schedule:

• 8-hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Experience:

• PTA: Any

License/Certification:

• BLS Certification (Required)
• Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant (Required)