Job Listing
Physical Therapy Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 41 days ago
On-site Oklahoma City, OK $65K – $84K Apply by Aug 13, 2026 Rehabilitation Therapy Assistant ESFJINFJISFJISTJ Healthcare
Apply for this job → About the Role
Physical Therapy Assistants provide physical therapy services within the Neurology/Rehabilitation Service at the Oklahoma City VA Medical Center in settings including but not limited to inpatient rehab, acute care, neurology clinics, and community living center areas.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include, but are not limited to: The PTA serves as an active member of the multidisciplinary treatment team for assigned patients.
- →Monitors individual patient's medical condition through chart review, interviews of patient/family and physical signs and symptoms.
- →Implements a comprehensive treatment plan and routinely charts progress towards goals.
- →Measures and records patient's joint range of motion, muscle strength and length/girth of body parts.
- →Monitors vital signs to determine the effects of specific treatments and to compile data for therapist review.
- →Observes patients during treatments and compiles data on their response to treatments.
- →Reports patient responses to treatment and changes in the patient's condition both orally and in writing to the appropriate physical therapist.
- →Administers physical therapist's plan of care to patients under the direction of a physical therapist.
- →Works with a high degree of independence implementing the plan of care.
- →Treatment procedures are varied with many being specialized and complex in nature.
- →Treatment provided by the PTA includes but is not limited to gait training including the use of specialized high intensity gait training and robotics gait training, peripheral joint mobilization, therapeutic exercise, massage, all electrical modalities, traction, TENS, and patient/family education.
- →Instructs and assists patients in learning and improving functional activities such as pre ambulation, transfers and daily living skills.
- →In collaboration with physical therapist, uses sound judgment, displays a high level of quality performance, depth of understanding and the ability to adapt treatment procedures to the individual patient's needs.
- →Recognizes significant adverse reactions to treatment and makes necessary changes as required under the guidance of the physical therapist.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: cd7b8c13-57c9-4aa9-9fed-f05043486ff6
Posted via USAJobs