Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)

Highlandcarecenter • Salt Lake City, UT, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 1w ago

Highland Care Center is currently searching for a talented Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) to join our team!

Our facilities deliver outstanding care as well as foster strong employee bonds. We offer short-term to long-term care and a variety of living options and professional clinical services. We are changing how care is delivered by bringing together people like you: compassionate, highly skilled, and motivated to make a difference!

The primary purpose of this position is to ensure the highest quality of resident care available, support staff and establish a positive reputation in the community while delivering on the Eduro HealthCare Values of wellness, compassion, customer experience and company results.

Key points to our program:

Highland Care Center’s M*obile O*utpatient R*ehabilitation E*xtension “M.O.R.E*” program.
We go to homes, assisted livings, independent livings, apartments, etc. to provide therapy.
Because of the way we are set up, we are able to see patients based on medical necessity with higher frequency and duration than the traditional home health based therapy programs available.
We see a variety of people with varying conditions including functional declines, orthopedic, neuromuscular, dementia, and more.

Daily Pay Available

Physical Therapy Assistant Job Responsibilities:

Evaluate a Resident’s condition and develop an appropriate physical rehabilitation plan.
Help Residents to improve their mobility.
Help Residents through their tasks and monitor their performance.
Inform Residents what they should anticipate in different stages of their recovery and how they will handle each situation.
Maintain Resident confidence and protect facility operations by keeping information confidential.
Maintains a safe and clean working environment by protecting Residents and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
Comply with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements.
Contribute to inter-disciplinary team efforts in resident care.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Physical Therapy Assistant Requirements:

Must hold current and active PTA license or registration in state employed.
Experience working with geriatric patients is a plus!
Completion of orientation required by company policy.
Health screening and TB test within two weeks of employment.
Become familiar with and comply to all local, state, and federal regulations relating to the job.
Show within three (3) days of hire satisfactory evidence of identity and eligibility for employment.

Physical Therapy Assistant will receive the following benefits:

401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Flexible schedule
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Health savings account
Life insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance

At Eduro, we embrace our core values of:

Wellness: I am Ready to improve any situation.

Compassion: I am Compassionate and understanding.

Experience: I am Empowered to exceed expectations.

Results: I am Valued and included in improving overall results.

Eduro Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Job Type: Full-time

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