Physical Therapist Assistant

Commonspirit; West Valley City (UT); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Physical Therapist Assistant to join their compassionate team. This role offers the chance to provide essential care to patients with diverse needs, focusing on rehabilitation and recovery. You will work under the guidance of licensed therapists, contributing to both inpatient and outpatient services. With a commitment to community health, this position allows you to make a meaningful impact while enjoying a supportive work environment and generous benefits. If you are passionate about helping others and ready to grow your career in healthcare, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K with Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Forgiveness

Qualifications

• Experience in providing direct patient care in various settings.
• Ability to perform treatments for orthopedic and neurological patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to patients with neuromuscular and orthopedic disorders.
• Participate in documentation and program development.

Skills

Patient Care

Orthopedic Treatments

Neurological Treatments

Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

Education

Associates Degree in Physical Therapy

Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification

Job description

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Welcome To CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region

CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region is committed to building healthier communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen—both inside our hospitals and out in the community. With locations throughout Colorado, Utah, and Kansas, we deliver the same high standard of care to our employees as we do to our patients. Our 20 hospitals, emergency and urgent care centers, home care and hospice, Flight for Life Colorado TM , telehealth and over 240 physician practices and clinics offer endless opportunities! Here, you can grow your career and impact the people in the communities you serve.

CommonSpirit Health is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit, faith-based health systems, with a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. CommonSpirit operates more than 2,200 care sites and 140 hospitals, serving some of the most diverse communities across the nation, letting humankindness lead the way.

Overview

You have a purpose, unique talents and NOW is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more.

Join our team as a Physical Therapist Assistant. In the role of Physical Therapist Assistant you will:

• Provide care to patients with neuromuscular, orthopedic and other physically-related disorders requiring strengthening, modalities, manual therapy, neuromuscular re-education and training in activities in daily living under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist.
• Utilize rehab process to promote and restore optimal health and well-being of the patient.
• Participate in professional responsibilities, including documentation, program development, teaching, and enhancement of clinical skills.
  
  

Qualifications

In addition to bringing your whole self to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

• Previous work experience providing direct patient care in outpatient, inpatient or inpatient rehab unit, preferred
• Ability to perform basic treatments of orthopedic, neurological and medical patients
• Prior use of electronic medical records (EMR), preferred
• Associates Degree from an accredited Physical Therapist Assistant program
• Current Colorado Physical Therapist Assistant licensure
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association
  
  

Physical Requirements: Medium Work - (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly)

This is Monday to Friday (8:00 am to 5:00pm). This is a role that will cover both inpatient and outpatient services and then transition to outpatient. There is a weekend rotation (1 every 5 weeks).

Your Connected Community

At CommonSpirit Mountain Region, we believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness.

As one of the busiest ERs in Utah, Holy Cross Hospital - Jordan Valley West is known for offering a broad spectrum of medical services and specialty clinics to care for the diverse healthcare needs of our growing community. We are on a mission to provide the highest quality health care services with compassion and respect and demonstrate this daily with proactive, focused, caring interactions that comfort, inform and promote healing among patients, families, and co-workers. We believe in doing what’s right. We treat our employees fairly, work hard, use resources wisely, and are constantly striving to improve the quality and safety of care we deliver to our patients. We offer a Level III trauma center, STEMI cardiac receiving center, Certified stroke treatment center, and orthopedics specializing in helping athletes recover from sports related injuries.

Our Total Reward Offerings

Be sure to consider our generous benefits as part of your overall compensation! Designed with your well-being in mind, our benefits include:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K with generous match
• Daycare FSA that can include a company contribution
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Forgiveness and more!
  
  

View more on our benefits HERE.

Pay Range: $22.74-$34.42 /hour

Shift: Days

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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