Physical Therapist Assistant
Marshall Group
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: El Dorado Hills • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $37 - $46 per hour
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provide effective treatment and clinical activities in the provision of physical therapy under the supervision and direction of the Licensed Physical Therapist.
- Deliver routine Inpatient, Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) and Outpatient physical therapy treatments.
- Ensure effective and optimum quality of patient care.
- Follow infection control procedures and proper body mechanics.
- Walk, stand, stoop, operate wheelchair accessories and position/transfer dependent patients as needed.
- Update clinical skills per hospital policy and participate in clinical activities.
Requirements
- Graduation from a Physical Therapist Assistant program and successful completion of clinical internship requirements.
- Current licensure or eligibility for licensure by the Board of Medical Examiners, State of California required.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification required.
- One year of professional experience as a Physical Therapist Assistant preferred.
- Basic knowledge and understanding of physical therapy procedures and techniques required for providing routine Inpatient, Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) and Outpatient physical therapy treatments.
- Knowledge of infection control procedures.
- Knowledge of proper body mechanics.
- Ability to follow directions accurately.
- Ability to establish effective relationships with patients and fellow employees.
- Ability to assume responsibility for updating skills as required by hospital policy.
- Ability to walk and stand for long periods, stoop and mechanically operate wheelchair accessories repetitively throughout the day and position/transfer dependent patients in and out of bed without assistance.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
physical therapyinpatient treatmentskilled nursing facility (SNF) treatmentoutpatient treatmentinfection control proceduresbody mechanicsclinical skillspatient care
Soft skills
ability to follow directionsability to establish effective relationshipsresponsibility for updating skillsability to walk and stand for long periodsability to stoopability to operate wheelchair accessoriesability to position/transfer patients
Certifications
Physical Therapist Assistant licensureBasic Life Support (BLS) Certification