Baptist Health System KY & IN

Physical Therapist Asst Physical Medicine

Baptist Health System KY & IN  •  Madisonville, KY (Onsite)  •  3 months ago
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Job Description

40 Hours per week

Day Shift

Works closely with the physical therapist and other departmental staff, disciplines, physicians, patients, and families. They will assist the Physical Therapist with carrying out the patient’s plan of care, established by the PT and keep the therapist up to date on patient’s status.

Minimum Education, Experience, Training, and Licensures Required:

  • Graduated with an Associate Degree from an accredited school of Physical Therapy Assistant approved by the Council of Medical Education or Hospital of the American Medical Association or the American Physical Therapy Association
  • Requires licensure as a Physical Therapy Assistant with current licensure as a PTA from the Kentucky Board of Physical Therapy
  • BLS required
  • Inpatient and Outpatient experience is preferred
  • One year experience is preferred
  • Very effective communication skills highly desirable
Baptist Health System KY & IN

About Baptist Health System KY & IN

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.

Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.

Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Louisville, 40223
Year Founded
1924
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