Current Career Opportunities at Oaklawn

Job Summary: Promotes and maintains health by providing physical therapy services under the supervision of a physical therapist.

Essential Functions:

• Consistently uses an outward mindset and puts forth exemplary effort in accomplishing his/her goals and objectives in a manner that helps others to achieve their goals and objectives.
• Records therapy, test procedures and results of such as required by hospital and department policy.
• Communicates information to appropriate members of the health care team.
• Able to functions independently in out-patient and in-patient care areas. 
• Administers physical therapy treatments including physical agents to patients, working under the direction of and assistant to a Physical Therapist.
• Administers active and passive therapeutic exercises.
• Observes patients during treatments and compiles data on patient's responses to treatments and progress.  Appropriately documents such in the medical record.

Minimum Qualifications: Associate’s Degree and current Michigan license as a Physical Therapist Assistant; BLS from American Red Cross or American Heart Association certification.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:  One (1) year hospital experience preferred.

Working Conditions: Potentially exposed to infectious diseases.

Physical Requirements:   Constantly stand, reach, see/visual acuity, handle/grasp/feel, talk/hear.  Frequently sit, walk, lift/carry 1 to 25 lbs. Occasionally lift/carry 25 to 50+ lbs.