Physical Therapy Assistant

CHI Mercy Health offers the unique opportunity to grow professionally in a supportive highly rewarding work environment and to satisfy your soul in the surroundings of a breathtakingly beautiful natural setting. More than 100 years after the founding of our organization the core values - Compassion Inclusion Integrity Excellence and Collaboration - that guide our interactions with our patients and each other remain the same. In the welcoming embrace of these nurturing communities you will feel immediately at home. 

Roseburg is located on Interstate 5 in Southern Oregon's scenic Douglas County. The community is nestled in a lush forested region known as the 100 Valleys of the Umpqua. In many places you’ll find it hard to maintain a healthy work-life/personal-life balance because the pace of one is indistinguishable from the other. Not here. Life never stops here but it slows to an easy welcome pace. A traffic jam means you missed the yellow and have to wait for the next green. A terrible parking space is the one across from the restaurant instead of in front of it. And the three words you may never hear are “Wow that’s expensive.” Easy is the best way to describe life here. Hard-to-beat works too.

Shift: Varied Days, 8 hour shifts between 7am-7pm

Job Summary:

Provides hands-on direct patient care including treatment, education, certain types of objective testing, documentation per department standards, updating the Physical Therapist concerning the patient’s response to treatment, and discharge planning as a member of the treatment team.  The primary purpose is direct patient care, working toward a maximal level of function and independence with each patient, collaborating to coordinate patient care with other team members to achieve set goals. 

Essential Duties:

• Administers treatments as prescribed in the treatment plan. Evaluates effectiveness of treatment and reports to the Physical therapist regarding progress related to established functional goals and the efficacy of the treatment to achieve maximum benefits. Assists the Physical Therapist with written treatment programs based on evaluations, diagnosis and age-related policies.
• Institutes or assists with emergency measures for sudden adverse developments such as cardiac arrest or medical condition requiring activation of a code, rapid response team, or activation of 911.
• Implements and assesses appropriate education per Plan of Care and under Physical Therapist delegation.
• Completes required reports, notes and other client-oriented documentation in a timely manner according to policy and department standards.
• Documents medical necessity and skilled need for continued treatments when assisting with progress notes.
• Enters charges accurately into Meditech or on appropriate charge slip.
• Schedules patients in an efficient and appropriate manner, with assistance of support personnel.

License/Certification:

• Licensed as a Physical Therapist Assistant in the State of Oregon.
• American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers within 30 days.

Experience:

• Clinical experience in dealing with a broad base rehabilitation facility is preferred.

Education:

• Accredited Physical Therapy Assistant Program