{"id":4653,"date":"2024-02-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=4653"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:00:30","slug":"physical-therapy-assistant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/physical-therapy-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical Therapy Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>21381 (NE H SEIU 1199NW UWMC Northwest Professional)<br \/>\n23012 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW UWMC Northwest Professional)<\/p>\n<p><strong>BASIC FUNCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perform physical therapy treatments and assist the physical therapist with tests and measurements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Single class \u2013 no series. Under general supervision, assist with physical therapy treatments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prepare patient and environment for therapy;<\/p>\n<p>Implement treatment to patients with moderate to complex diagnoses, as directed by the physical therapist;<\/p>\n<p>Report changes in patients&#8217; status to therapist;<\/p>\n<p>Participate in rounds for assigned patients;<\/p>\n<p>Schedule assigned patients and departmental duties;<\/p>\n<p>Assist the therapist in performing patient evaluations and tests;<\/p>\n<p>Write progress notes; assist in completing informational forms;<\/p>\n<p>Conduct hydrotherapy treatments of patients;<\/p>\n<p>Maintain a clean, safe working environment;<\/p>\n<p>Maintain therapeutic equipment;<\/p>\n<p>Complete charge documents for patient services;<\/p>\n<p>May assist in instructing and evaluating students;<\/p>\n<p>May perform clerical duties;<\/p>\n<p>Perform other duties as required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An Associate of Science Degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited program that includes patient treatment affiliation. Physical ability to move patients and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGAL REQUIREMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Current Washington State license to practice as Physical Therapist Assistant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>02\/12\/2024: Class spec written<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP 21381 (NE H SEIU 1199NW UWMC Northwest Professional) 23012 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW UWMC Northwest Professional) BASIC FUNCTION Perform physical therapy treatments and assist the physical therapist with tests and measurements. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS Single class \u2013 no series. Under general supervision, assist with physical therapy treatments. TYPICAL WORK Prepare patient and environment for therapy; Implement treatment to patients with moderate to complex diagnoses, as directed by the physical therapist; Report changes in patients&#8217; status&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4653","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11458,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4653\/revisions\/11458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}