Physical Therapy Assistant

Summary

About the Position: This position is located at Naval Medical Center with the Directorate of Clinical Support, Inpatient Rehabilitation Services Division in San Diego, California. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

• •Implement a progressive patient treatment plan and provide recommendations for modification, utilized and designed to restore range of motion, strength, endurance, coordination, as well as promote healing.
• •Initiate progressive treatment plan with consideration of patient's neurological, surgical, sensory, respiratory, cardiac status, comorbidities, gait ability, posture, age, and general health.
• •Share technical expertise with other therapy assistants, physical therapy students and other interdisciplinary team members.
• •Participate in instructional programs by teaching other personnel in sound, proper methods of physical therapy treatment.
• •Attend lectures, meetings, and conferences to provide subject matter expertise recommendations when required.
• •Monitor patients undergoing treatment and identify patients with acute distress or with potential acuity change.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) implementing physical therapy treatment plans in an inpatient setting; 2) evaluating physical therapy patients; and 3) providing progress reports on physical therapy patients. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.