# Physical Therapist Assistant

**Company**: Sanford Health and Good Samaritan Society
**Location**: Webster
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $20.50 - $33.00
**Category**: Allied Health
**Industry**: Healthcare

**Apply**: https://sanfordcareers.com/webster-sd/physical-therapist-assistant-webster-medical-center/1B9542CE4F624B5D996E0D765BC29E06/job/?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

Join our family as a Physical Therapy Assistant and help our patients and residents maximise their potential. While working under the supervision of a Physical Therapist, a Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) assists patients and residents with therapy activities and exercises scheduled in a treatment plan to improve their quality of life and ability to perform daily activities.

Responsibilities:

- Provides, monitors and records therapy services to patients/residents with physical, cognitive, or developmental impairments

- Selects, implements, and modifies therapeutic activities and interventions consistent with demonstrated competency levels and goals

- Exchanges information with and provides documentation to the physical therapist about responses to and communications during intervention

- Follows and adheres to accepted clinical practice guidelines of professional organisation

Qualifications:

- Appropriate education level required in accordance with state licensure

- Must also be a graduate through an approved American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) programme 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

- When applicable, may require valid driver's licence

Benefits: Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance.

## Skills

### Required
- Physical Therapy Assistant
- American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Driver's Licence

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Source: [Apply at sanfordcareers.com](https://sanfordcareers.com/webster-sd/physical-therapist-assistant-webster-medical-center/1B9542CE4F624B5D996E0D765BC29E06/job/?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)