Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)

Job Description

Job Description

Join our dedicated healthcare team as a Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) and make a meaningful impact by providing compassionate care to those in need.

The Vineyards Healthcare Center is a skilled nursing facility located at 76 Fenton Street, Livermore, California. It offers 24-hour Medicare-certified care in an 83-bed facility near downtown Livermore. It has received high-performing ratings in both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care from the U.S. News & World Report. The center is committed to providing individualized, holistic care through warm and meaningful interactions, aiming to help residents achieve their best outcomes and ensure their comfort is a top priority.

Location: 76 Fenton Street, Livermore 94550

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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:

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

2. EXPERIENCE:

• With Physical Therapy Assistant Experience is PREFERRED

• With Skilled Nursing Experience is PREFERRED

1. LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS: Certificate to practice Physical Therapy Assistant Role REQUIRED

BENEFITS:

• Paid sick leave

• PTO

• Dental

• Vision

• 401(k)

• Healthcare insurance

• Life insurance
  

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.