Physical Therapy Attendant

Why UT Southwestern?  

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. At UT Southwestern, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development that align with your future goals and help to provide security for you and your family. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more that are all available on the day you start work. UT Southwestern is honored to be a Veteran Friendly work environment that is home to approximately 800 veterans.  We value your integrity, dedication, and the commitment you’ve made to our country.  We’re proud to support your next mission.  Ranked by Forbes as one of the Top 10 National Employers, we invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for growth. The #1 Best Hospital in DFW | UT Southwestern Medical Center (utswmed.org)

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Experience and Education

• Graduation from High School or GED and no experience required. Associates degree in a related field preferred.

Job Duties

• Performs established patient care routines such as local wound care involving removal of bandages, cleaning of wound, redressing, skin care, routine passive range of motion, supervision of routine active and resistive exercise programs performed by patient, gait maintenance and practice, and tilt table programs.
• Applies and removes specific modalities such as hot packs, paraffin, and traction units. Assists physical therapists in patient treatment by preparing and/or positioning patients for treatment as directed, assembling required supplies and equipment and getting patients in and out of hydrotherapy tanks and whirlpools.
• Provides assistance to patients with respect to their personal needs such as dressing, bedpans, and urinals. Transports patients to and from physical therapy sessions as requested by physical therapist or physician. Cleans facilities and equipment, including hydrotherapy rooms and equipment.
• Assists in ordering and record-keeping of expendable supplies, such as linen, crutches, canes, paraffin, wound supplies, etc. Performs variety of miscellaneous duties such as picking up and delivering hospital charts and records, relaying messages, delivering schedules, etc.
• Duties performed may include one or more of the following core functions:
  • a) Directly interacting with or caring for patients;
  • b) Directly interacting with or caring for human-subjects research participants;
  • c) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting patient records (including patient financial records); or
  • d) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting human-subjects research records.
• Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned.

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status. To learn more, please visit: https://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/why-work-here/diversity-inclusion