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City/State: Glen Carbon, Illinois

Categories: Rehabilitation Services

Shift: Days

Job Status: Full-Time

Req ID: 85191

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

Do you strive for work-life balance while managing your own schedule, experiencing excellent clinical support and building meaningful relationships while providing one on one patient care? Are you passionate about supporting under-served communities?

Join us at BJC Home Care doing just that in communities in the Southern Illinois region of the greater St. Louis area.

BJC Home Care is looking for a full time Physical Therapy Assistant to join our Illinois team. Join this supportive team in providing services in home.

https://www.bjchomecare.org/

Sign on Bonus of $2,500!!!

Schedule

Monday - Friday

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. with some flexibility available.

No Weekends or Holidays!

Benefits

Cell phone, lap top, and safety support provided

IRS Mileage Reimbursement - currently $.70/mile

Sign-on bonus

\#LI-TP1

Overview

**BJC Home Care** offers patients and their families a complete range of home care services, including skilled nursing services, adult and pediatric hospice and supportive care, rehabilitation therapy, home infusion therapy, infusion treatment rooms, home medical equipment and high-tech respiratory care. Specialty home care programs also are available, including adult and pediatric asthma, cardiac, diabetes, orthopedic and wound care programs.

BJC Home Care provides care to thousands of patients in both Missouri and Illinois. Serving more than 25 counties, it has become the largest home care network in the region and one of the largest in the country.

The Alton Intermittent Home Care Department of BJC Home Care Services provides home visits to patients in Alton, Illinois and several nearby counties, with 24 hour on-call home care nursing supervision. Our JCAHO accredited, multi-disciplinary approach combines leading edge technology with a firm belief in the powerful recuperative advantages of receiving home care.

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

+ Valid Driver's License

+ 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