Description
Join our team at Sanford Health's Beatrice Good Samaritan facility, where we're more than a workplace-we're neighbours caring for neighbours. Our team takes pride in building real relationships with residents and families while creating a warm, supportive environment where people feel known, respected, and encouraged every day.
We are looking for a compassionate Physical Therapist Assistant who wants to make a meaningful impact in a close-knit community. This position offers a flexible work schedule with a strong commitment to work-life balance. It also offers competitive pay (based on years of experience) and amazing benefits!
As a Physical Therapist Assistant, you will assist patients/residents/clients with therapy activities and exercises scheduled in a treatment plan, under the supervision of a physical therapist, to improve patients'/residents'/clients' quality of life and ability to perform daily activities.
Responsibilities:
- Assist patients/residents/clients with therapy activities and exercises scheduled in a treatment plan, under the supervision of a physical therapist.
- Provide, monitor and record therapy services to patients/residents/clients with physical, cognitive, developmental impairments, in line with related standard concepts, practices and procedures.
- Select, implement, and make modifications to therapeutic activities and interventions that are consistent with demonstrated competency levels, patient's/resident's/client's goals, and the requirements of the practice setting and/or state licensure.
- Contribute to this process by exchanging information with and providing documentation to the physical therapist about the patient's/resident's/client's responses to and communications during intervention.
- Responsible for being knowledgeable about the patient's/resident's/client's targeted physical therapy outcomes and for providing information and documentation related to outcome achievement.
Requirements:
- Appropriate education level required in accordance with state licensure.
- Must also be a graduate through an approved American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) program as a Physical Therapist Assistant.
- Must be licensed as a Physical Therapist Assistant in the state(s) of practice.
- Conforms to the supervision and licensing standards of the state(s) where services are provided.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within six months of employment.