Physical Therapy Assistant

3 weeks ago


Santa Clarita, United States Hands Plus Physical Therapy Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionBenefits:
  • 401(k)
  • Competitive salary
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Training & development


Cuurently seeking a experienced, outgoing, motivated, and friendly Physical Therapist Assistant. PTA will assist Physical Therapists, and 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.

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.

Education and Experience:

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

Physical Requirements:

  • Prolonged periods of standing and walking.

  • Requires lifting, positioning, pushing, and/or transferring patients.

  • Frequent reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching.

Physical Therapy Assistant Qualifications / Skills:

  • Physiological knowledge

  • Health promotion and maintenance

  • Able to create a safe, effective therapeutic environment

  • Understands Therapeutic Use of Self

  • Current license, but new Grads are welcome

  • Organization skills

  • Documentation skills

  • Listening and verbal communication

  • Bilingual preferred, Spanish Preferred.

  • Excellent customer service and patient care skills.

  • Basic understanding of physical therapy and medical terminology.

  • 1-2 years of experience preferred




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