Part IV: Descriptions of the 50 Best Jobs for Each Personality Type _______________________________Education and Training Program: Physical # er-
apist Assistant. Related Knowledge/Courses:
# erapy and Counseling; Medicine and Dentistry;
Psychology; Biology; Customer and Personal Service;
Education and Training.
Work Env ironment : Indoors; disease or infections;
standing; walking and running; using hands on
objects, tools, or controls; bending or twisting the
body.Physical Therapists
! Personality Code: SIR! Education/Training Required: Master’s
degree
! Annual Earnings: $69,760
! Beginning Wage: $48,530
! Earnings Growth Potential: Low
! Growth: 27.1%
! Annual Job Openings: 12,072
! Self-Employed: 8.4%
! Part-Time: 22.7%
Assess, plan, organize, and participate in reha-
bilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve
pain, increase strength, and decrease or prevent
deformity of patients suff ering from disease or
injury. Per form a nd doc u ment i n it ia l e x a m s, e va lu at-
ing data to identify problems and determine diagno-
ses prior to interventions. Plan, prepare, and carry out
individually designed programs of physical treatment
to maintain, improve, or restore physical function-
ing, alleviate pain, and prevent physical dysfunction
in patients. Record prognoses, treatments, responses,
and progresses in patients’ charts or enter information
into computers. Identify and document goals, antic-
ipated progresses, and plans for reevaluation. Evalu-
ate eff ects of treatments at various stages and adjust
treatments to achieve maximum benefi ts. Administer
manual exercises, massages, or traction to help relieve
pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent
deformity or crippling. Test and measure patients’
strength, motor development and function, sen-
sory perception, functional capacity, and respiratoryand circulatory effi ciency and record data. Instruct
patients and families in treatment procedures to be
continued at home. Confer with patients, medical
practitioners, and appropriate others to plan, imple-
ment, and assess intervention programs. Review phy-
sicians’ referrals and patients’ medical records to help
determine diagnoses and physical therapy treatments
required. Obtain patients’ informed consent to pro-
posed interventions. Discharge patients from physi-
cal therapy when goals or projected outcomes have
been attained, and provide for appropriate follow-
up care or referrals. Provide information to patients
about proposed interventions, material risks, and
expected benefi ts and any reasonable alternatives.
Inform patients when diagnoses reveal fi ndings out-
side the scope of physical therapy to treat and refer
to appropriate practitioners. Direct, supervise, assess,
and communicate with supportive personnel. Pro-
vide educational information about physical therapy
and physical therapists, injury prevention, ergonom-
ics, and ways to promote health. Refer clients to com-
munity resources and services. Administer treatment
involving application of physical agents, using equip-
ment, moist packs, ultraviolet and infrared lamps,
and ultrasound machines.
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 08. Health Science.
Work Group: 08.07. Medical # erapy. Other Jobs
in " is Work Group: Audiologists; Massage # er-
apists; Occupational # erapist Aides; Occupational
# erapist Assistants; Occupational # erapists; Phys-
ical # erapist Aides; Physical # erapist Assistants;
Radiation # erapists; Recreational # erapists; Respi-
ratory # erapists; Respiratory # erapy Technicians;
Speech-Language Pathologists.
Skills: Management of Personnel Resources; Systems
Analysis; Social Perceptiveness; Complex Problem
Solving; Systems Evaluation; Judgment and Decision
Making; Monitoring; Speaking.
Education and Training Programs: Physical
# erapy/# erapist; Kinesiotherapy/Kinesiotherapist.
Related Knowledge/Courses: # erapy and Coun-
seling; Medicine and Dentistry; Psychology; Educa-
tion and Training; Biology; Customer and Personal
Service.