Per Diem PTA - Critical Illness Rehab Impact

Select Medical; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 34,000 - 44,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Orientation program

Advancement opportunities

Well-being benefits

401k eligibility

Job summary

Select Specialty Hospital- Nashville is seeking a Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) to support daily inpatient rehabilitation for chronically ill patients. You will assist with therapeutic activities, follow treatment plans set by the PT, and help patients regain mobility using exercises and assistive devices.

This PRN position offers flexible scheduling and the chance to join a large, dedicated care team focused on compassionate, high-quality patient outcomes in a specialty hospital setting in

Qualifications

• Valid state PTA license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification by start date.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the delivery of physical therapy services including transportation, therapeutic exercises and functional activities.
• Implement treatment goals, plans, and programs as established by the physical therapist (PT).
• Assist the PT in carrying out therapeutic interventions designed to meet the patients’ long-term goals, including strengthening, coordination and balance exercises; posture, endurance/cardiac, functional skills and community re-entry training; joint mobility and muscle lengthening and pain relief.
• Train patients in locomotion using orthotics, prosthetics or assistive devices

Job description

Select Specialty Hospital- Nashville is seeking a Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) to support daily inpatient rehabilitation for chronically ill patients. You will assist with therapeutic activities, follow treatment plans set by the PT, and help patients regain mobility using exercises and assistive devices.

This PRN position offers flexible scheduling and the chance to join a large, dedicated care team focused on compassionate, high-quality patient outcomes in a specialty hospital setting in