• Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) - PRN

    BJC HealthCare (Belleville, IL)


    City/State: Belleville, Illinois

     

    Categories: Rehabilitation Services

     

    Shift: Days

     

    Job Status: PRN

    Req ID: 84230

    Pay Range: $20.17 – $33.51 / hour (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)

     

    Additional Information About the Role

    GREAT OPPORTUNITY

    **Are you a licensed Physical Therapist Assistant looking for a new adventure?** Memorial Hospital in Belleville and Shiloh, IL are seeking a passionate and patient-centered PTA to join our team. You will be able to work with our world renowned medical team and a help a variety of patients in the an acute care and outpatient setting. If you are a licensed PTA or soon-to be licensed PTA, we would love to hear from you!

    + PRN

    + 1 Weekend a month/1 Holiday a year

    + Cover shifts at Belleville and Shiloh

    Overview

    **Memorial Hospital Belleville** is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care including Children’s at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial, offering medical and surgical services plus critical care, is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition, Memorial Belleville recently was accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been designated as a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

    **Memorial Hospital Shiloh** , a 94-bed, all-private suite hospital was recognized with Magnet status in 2018 and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical and surgical services plus critical care.

     

    Memorial Rehabilitation Services offers to inpatients and outpatients all state of the art modalities, manual therapy, supervised exercise and home exercise programming, electro-diagnostic testing, ADL training, cognitive testing, fitting of orthotic, prosthetic and other protective devices, sports medicine and hand therapy.

    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 patient’s plan of care, treatment goals and interventions.

    + Documents patient progress in daily notes and weekly notes (as applicable), as well as contributes recommendations to patient’s 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

    + PTA

     

    Benefits and Legal Statement

     

    BJC Total Rewards

     

    At BJC we’re 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, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

    + Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

    + Pension Plan*/403(b) Plan funded by BJC

    + 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 www.bjctotalrewards.com/Benefits (https://www.bjctotalrewards.org/Benefits)

     

    *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