Home Health Physical Therapist Assistant

About the job

CenterWell Home Health is hiring a full-time home health physical therapist assistant in Spokane, Washington. Reporting to the clinical manager, the assistant carries out the physical therapist's treatment plans in patients' homes, with care focused on helping them regain strength, mobility and independence.

CenterWell Home Health, part of Humana, provides home care for people who have a chronic condition or are recovering from an injury, illness, surgery or hospital stay. Its care teams bring together nurses, physical and occupational therapists, home health aides, speech-language pathologists and medical social workers.

What you'll do

• Carry out the treatment plan the physical therapist develops for each patient, working in patients' homes
• Give patients non-complex passive and active manual therapeutic exercises
• Provide therapeutic massage, traction, and heat, light, cold, water and electrical modalities
• Document client records and turn in clinical documentation to the office on time every week
• Attend educational meetings and coordinate in-services for the department
• Tell the physical therapist or branch director about equipment failures, supply shortages or changes in staff or clients
• Use infection control and universal precautions in all patient care

What you need

• A current state license to practice physical therapy
• Current CPR certification
• Experience working with a team of health care professionals
• Thorough knowledge of how older adults (the geriatric population) change physically, emotionally, socially and biologically
• Reliable transportation, a valid driver's license and auto insurance
• Personal vehicle liability insurance at your state's minimum required limits or Humana's stated minimum limits, whichever is higher (the job is part of Humana's driver safety program)
• Tuberculosis (TB) screening, since the job is patient facing

Preferred

• A year of physical therapy assistant experience
• Home health experience

Schedule

• Full-time, 40 hours a week

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• A 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Paid time off, company and personal holidays, and paid parental and caregiver leave
• Short-term and long-term disability and life insurance