Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) - Full-time

Overview

Position: Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)

Location: Alexandria, VA

Schedule: Full-Time

Compensation: $27 - $40 per hour

Sign-on Bonus; $5,000

Inova Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives - and Physical Therapy Assistants (PTA) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.

Why Join Us:

• Start Strong : Extensive and thorough Physical Therapy Assistants (PTA) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.

• Advance Your Career : Tuition reimbursement, and continuing education opportunities.

• Elevate Your Skills : Clinical ladder program.

• Ease the Burden : Student debt benefit program.

• Your Health Matters : Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings

• Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO to maintain a healthy work-life balance

• Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection

• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the delivery of physical therapy services including transportation, therapeutic exercises and functional activities

• Implement treatment goals, plans, and programs as established by the physical therapist (PT)

• Assist the PT in carrying out therapeutic interventions designed to meet the patients' long-term goals, including strengthening, coordination and balance exercises; posture, endurance/cardiac, functional skills and community re-entry training; joint mobility and muscle lengthening and pain relief

• Train patients in locomotion using orthotics, prosthetics or assistive devices

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid state PTA license

• Possess a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification by start date.

Additional Data

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Location : Location US-VA-Alexandria

Job ID 377321

Position Type Full Time

Experience (Years) 1

Category Physical Therapist Assistant

Company Inova Specialty Hospital