Physical Therapy Technician - Clarkston Medical Group

The Physical Therapy Technician supports licensed physical therapists in delivering patient care by assisting with therapeutic exercises, preparing treatment areas, and ensuring a safe, efficient clinical environment. This role plays a key part in helping patients progress through their rehabilitation plans. Assists with clerical duties to maintain efficient operations.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Performs to service excellence standards:
• Responds promptly, professionally and courteously to all customers' needs.
• Cooperates and communicates effectively with all patients, families and staff.
• Contributes to continuous quality improvement efforts.
• Prepares examining rooms including turning on computer terminals and stocks room with supplies.
• Set up and clean treatment areas before and after patient sessions
• Sanitize equipment and maintain infection control standards
• Maintain inventory of supplies and notify staff of low-stock items
• Ensure equipment is functioning properly
• Organizes forms, paper charts, Generate HEP.
• Works collaboratively with provider to assists in providing care to patients:
• Collect patient's history, as requested.
• Prepares patient and necessary equipment/supplies for visit.
• Assist patients with prescribed therapeutic exercises under the direction of a licensed Physical Therapist
• Monitor patients during exercises and report concerns or changes to the Physical Therapist
• Escort patients to and from treatment areas and assist with positioning
• Prepare patients for therapy sessions
• With focus on customer service, takes telephone messages from patients, returns messages, and provides information to others as requested/directed.
• Functions collaboratively with all staff to ensure continuity of care.
• Maintains clinician schedule with timely starting of each patient per appointment times.
• May schedule patient appointments as directed.
• Assists and escorts patients as needed to exam rooms and onto/off from exam tables.
• As needed, provides for the age specific needs of the population served according to departmental standards, as evidenced by observation, documentation, and feedback.
• Performs various clerical duties such as photocopying forms, reports, and patient information; typing letters, forms, and labels, etc.
• Organizes time and prioritizes effectively.
• Maintains strict confidentiality related to patient information.
• Regular and punctual attendance.
• Adheres to infection control/safety guidelines and maintains accreditation standards.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Interest in the field of Physical Therapy

Preferred:

• Electronic medical record experience.
• One-year experience working in physical therapy office with multiple providers.
• Previous experience working in a medical office of the same specialty.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26011073
• Daily Work Times: 8:00am-5:00pm
• Hours Per Pay Period: 80
• On Call: No
• Weekends: No