Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)
Job Description
Make a Real Difference in Rehabilitation. Join Our Team as a Physical Therapy Assistant - Direct Hire: New graduates are welcome to apply!
About Us:
Santana Hills Healthcare Center is a 167-bed facility with 90 skilled nursing beds and 77 sub-acute beds, delivering compassionate, patient-centered care for rapid recovery in a central San Jose location.
The Physical Therapy Assistant will help Physical Therapists provide physical therapy treatments and procedures.
Instructs, motivates, safeguards, and assists patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.
Observes patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provides results to the physical therapist in person or through progress notes.
Confers with physical therapy staff and others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, and coordinating treatment.
Communicates with and instructs caregivers and family members on patient therapeutic activities and treatment plans.
Transports patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements.
Secures patients into or onto therapy equipment.
Administers active and passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, and heat, light, sound, and electrical modality treatments such as ultrasound.
Measures patients’ range-of-joint motion, body parts, and vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.
Monitors operation of equipment and records use of equipment and administration of treatment.
Fits patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, and supportive devices such as crutches.
QUALIFICATIONS/SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:
EDUCATION: Associate’s degree or certification from a physical therapy program that included course study in anatomy and physiology, and clinical experience.
EXPERIENCE:
With Physical Therapy Assistant Experience is PREFERRED
With Skilled Nursing Experience is PREFERRED
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS: Certificate to practice Physical Therapy Assistant Role REQUIRED
Benefits:
- Paid training
- Paid orientation
- Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA
- Life Insurance
- Paid Vacation Leave
Ready to take the next step in your career? Contact our Direct Hire Recruiter to apply:
Jennifer Sayman, Recruiter
Email: [email protected]
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