Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)

Job Description

Job Description

Sierra Vista Post-Acute is a 120-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation community dedicated to helping residents recover, rebuild, and regain independence. We provide short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, dementia support, and respite services in a compassionate, home-like environment.

Our interdisciplinary team delivers personalized care plans and specialized therapy services designed to promote strength, dignity, comfort, and quality of life.

Why Join Us?

At Sierra Vista Post-Acute, our people make the difference. We foster a collaborative, supportive workplace where clinical excellence and compassion go hand in hand.

Join a team that values professionalism, teamwork, and growth — where your work has purpose, your voice is heard, and your impact is felt every day.

Position Overview:

The Physical Therapist Assistant will help Physical Therapists provide physical therapy treatments and procedures. The Physical Therapist Assistant may, in accordance with state laws, 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. 

• 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.

 

Qualification

• Associate’s degree or certification from a physical therapy program that included course study in anatomy and physiology, and clinical experience.

• Is in good standing with all regulatory agencies and licensing boards.

• Working knowledge of Medicare and other payor sources. 

• Full knowledge of resident’s rights.

• Current, active license as Physical Therapist Assistant, and is able to practice unencumbered.

• CPR Certification, as required for license renewal.

• Experience in long term care preferred

• Able to work on multiple tasks at the same time. 

What We Offer (Full-Time):

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.

• Additional options like Accident Insurance and Hospitalization plans.

• Life and AD&D insurance included for full-time employees.

• 401(k) retirement savings.

• Paid time off: Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Leave.

• Supportive and collaborative work environment.

• Paid orientation and training programs.