Saint Luke's East is currently seeking a Physical Therapy Assistant PRN Plus to join the team. Physical therapy assistants play a vital role in extending rehabilitation through structured follow-up care.
Shift:
2 weekend shifts a month and provide weekday availability
Days (8:30AM - 4PM)
Acute Care Experience Preferred
This position involves assisting in the completion of patient treatment programs as planned and directed by a licensed Physical Therapist, utilizing exercise and modalities. Prior to involvement with the patient, a physician referral and evaluation by the Physical Therapist are required. The Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) will report information to the supervising Physical Therapist and maintain accurate progress notes in the patient medical record.
Key responsibilities include:
- Participation in a rotation system for specialty services.
- Enhancing departmental operations through active participation on committees or program development and enhancement.
- Commitment to work a minimum of two hard-to-staff shifts and one holiday as designated by the Rehab PRN policy.
- Maintaining a minimum work frequency of six shifts as per the entity's posted work schedule over an eight-week period.
Applicable Experience:
Less than 1 yearPhysical Therapy Assistant (MO) - Missouri Division of Professional RegistrationAssociate Degree - Physical Therapist AssistantPRNDay (United States of America)
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Saint Luke’s serves the West Region of BJC Health System as a faith-based, nonprofit, aligned health system committed to providing the highest levels of excellence in compassionate health care and health-related services. Saint Luke’s cares for patients in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas. Saint Luke’s Hospital has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the elite hospitals in the nation. For more than 140 years, Saint Luke’s has been dedicated to enhancing the physical, mental, and spiritual health of the diverse communities we serve.
Saint Luke’s offers:
- The region’s longest continuously operating adult heart transplant program and one of the nation’s leading cardiovascular programs at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
- Treatment for complex brain and spinal cord diseases and one of the nation’s leading stroke reversal programs at the nationally ranked Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute
- The region’s only treatment center dedicated exclusively to treating metastatic breast cancer—the Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer at Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute
- Saint Luke’s Convenient and Urgent Care clinics for treatment of minor illnesses and injuries
- Liver and kidney transplantation programs
- A comprehensive maternal-fetal diagnostic and treatment center
- Three Neonatal Intensive Care Units, including a Level IIIb NICU at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, the only comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation hospital of its kind in the region
- A nationally recognized children's behavioral health center, Saint Luke’s Hospital Crittenton Children’s Center
