Job Description

**It's more than a career, it's a calling**

OK-SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee

**Worker Type:**

PRN

**Job Highlights:**

+ Department: Acute Care
+ Schedule: PRN, Variable Shift, Flexible Shift Start Times
+ Shift Differentials: Available for night, weekend, and additional shifts​
+ Location: SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee
+ PT Assistant Associate's Degree needed

**Job Summary:**

Conducts medically prescribed physical therapy under the supervision of a physical therapist.

**Job Responsibilities and Requirements:**

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Provides physical therapy interventions under a plan of care written by a physical therapist.
+ Performs therapy interventions utilizing techniques and skills as appropriate for the patient population.
+ Documents treatment interventions given.
+ May coordinate activities of physical therapy aides, students and other support personnel.
+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
+ Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

+ Associate's degree in Physical Therapist Assistant program

EXPERIENCE

+ No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

+ Constant standing.
+ Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
+ Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
+ Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
+ Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more).
+ Frequent walking, reaching, gripping and keyboard use/data entry.
+ Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, sitting, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
+ Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
+ Occasional lifting/moving patients.
+ Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships and to identify and distinguish colors.
+ Occasional driving.
+ Rare crawling.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

Resuscitation Certification Requirement: Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) required within 90 day of employment. Other resuscitation certifications may be required dependent on department.

State of Work Location: Illinois

+ Physical Therapist Assistant, Licensed - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

State of Work Location: Missouri

+ Physical Therapy Assistant - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

State of Work Location: Oklahoma

+ Physical Therapist Assistant - Oklahoma Medical Board

State of Work Location: Wisconsin

+ Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

**Work Shift:**

Variable Shift (United States of America)

**Job Type:**

Employee

**Department:**

4503000024 Physical Therapy

**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**

0

**Benefits:**

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

+ **Paid Parental Leave** **:** we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
+ **Flexible Payment Options:** our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
+ **Upfront Tuition Coverage** : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

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