Physical Therapist Assistant

About Us:

Community Care Center is now looking for a PTA to join the team. We are a Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center specializing in Occupations, Speech and Physical Therapy. We are a 119-bed 4-Star CMS Skilled Nursing Facility located in La Mesa, CA. Our team provides exceptional care to all our residents. Please see below for further details.

Position: Physical Therapist Assistant

Pay Range: $36-40/hour

Schedule: Full-Time (Monday-Friday or Tuesday-Saturday or Sunday-Thursday; flexible)

Job Description:

The PTA assists the Physical Therapists in providing treatments and procedures. You will also assist in the development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, document the progress of treatment, and modify specific treatments in accordance with patient status and within the scope of treatment plans established by a physical therapist.

Duties/Responsibilities:

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.

Requirements:

Associate's degree or certification from a physical therapy program

PTA certification as approved by the Physical Therapy State Board of California

Benefits (Full-Time Employees):

Healthcare Insurance

Dental

Vision

PTO

Paid Sick Leave

401(k)

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related condition), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), genetic predisposition or carrier status, military or veteran status, familial status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other status protected by law.