Physical Therapist Assistant

Physical Therapy Assistant

Join our family as a Physical Therapy Assistant and help our patients and residents maximize their potential. While working under the supervision of a Physical Therapist, a Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) assists patients and residents with therapy activities and exercises scheduled in a treatment plan to improve their quality of life and ability to perform daily activities. Physical Therapy Assistants that thrive are typically self-motivated, collaborative, efficient, organized, reliable, and empathetic. If this describes you, apply with us today as a Physical Therapy Assistant!

Responsibilities:

• Provides, monitors and records therapy services to patients/residents with physical, cognitive, or developmental impairments
• Selects, implements, and modifies therapeutic activities and interventions consistent with demonstrated competency levels and goals
• Exchanges information with and provides documentation to the physical therapist about responses to and communications during intervention
• Follows and adheres to accepted clinical practice guidelines of professional organization

Qualifications:

• Appropriate education level required in accordance with state licensure
• Must be licensed in the state(s) of practice as a Physical Therapist
• When applicable, may require valid driver's license
• Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for health care providers required or within the first 60 days of employment

Benefits:

Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance.