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Physical Therapy Assistant
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Posted 134 days ago
On-site Fort Sam Houston, TX $51K – $67K Apply by Jun 1, 2026 Rehabilitation Therapy Assistant ESFJINFJISFJISTJ Healthcare
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About the Position: This position is located at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation. A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. Non-Federal work experience may be creditable for leave purposes.
What You'll Do
- →Under the direction of the Physical Therapist, plans, coordinates, and administers diverse physical therapy programs for wounded, ill and injured patients, as well as other beneficiaries.
- →Provides interpretation of Physical Therapist’s findings to initiate care, considering patients’ neurological, surgical, sensory, respiratory, cardiac status, gait ability, posture, age, and general health.
- →Designs a patient progressive treatment plan, utilized and designed to restore and maintain range of motion, strength, endurance, coordination, relaxation as well as promote healing, pain relief and improvement of functional independence.
- →Provides updated status in patient progress reports, as well as other administrative reports.
- →Instructs and reviews all home program precautions and contraindications with patients and family members on use and application of physical modalities for home environment.
- →Provides instruction to patients, family members and/or other health workers to perform selected treatment procedures and functional training activities.
- →Tracks procedure’s effects on patients, long-and short-term effects of different types of therapy, and appropriateness of a specific therapy, noting overall trends in efficacy, reporting problems to supervisor.
- →Shares technical expertise with other therapy assistants, physical therapy students and other interdisciplinary team members.
Requirements
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 4386668f-6e86-428a-95b4-b05c5838fcb3
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