Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)

Harborview Post-Acute; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 40,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid sick leave

PTO

Vision

401(k)

Life Insurance

Job summary

HarborView Post-Acute in Memphis, Tennessee, is seeking a dedicated Physical Therapist Assistant to support licensed physical therapists in delivering patient‑centered care to residents. You will assist with treatments, document progress, and help coordinate plans with therapy staff, caregivers, and families to ensure safe and effective rehabilitation.

TN-licensed PTA with SNF/LTC experience preferred; strong customer service and patient care skills are essential; we offer competitive benefits

Qualifications

• Active Tennessee PTA license required.
• Minimum 1 year SNF or long-term care experience.
• Excellent customer service and patient care skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Physical Therapists with treatments and procedures per patient care plans.
• Document progress of treatment and adjust as directed by therapists.
• Discuss and coordinate treatment plans with therapy staff, caregivers, and families.
• Transport patients to and from treatment areas and assist with positioning and mobility.
• Administer manual therapy techniques and modalities as prescribed.

Education

TN PTA license

Job description

Why Join us?

HarborView Post-Acute is a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility located in Memphis, Tennessee, with a capacity for 103 residents. It offers both private and semi-private suites and features amenities such as comfortable common areas, individualized dietary plans, laundry services, and religious services. The facility focuses on providing social and emotional support through its activities and social services programs, ensuring an engaging and supportive environment for its residents.

Position Overview:

The Physical Therapist Assistant will assist the Physical Therapists with treatments and procedures based on each patient’s care plan. Other tasks may include carrying out routine functions, documenting the progress of treatment, and modifying specific treatments.

Instructs, motivates, safeguards, and assists patients as they practice exercises or functional activities. Observes patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provides results to the physical therapist in person or through progress notes.

Confers with physical therapy staff and others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, and coordinating treatment. Communicates with and instructs caregivers and family members on patient therapeutic activities and treatment plans.

Transports patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements. Secures patients into or onto therapy equipment.

Administers active and passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, and heat, light, sound, and electrical modality treatments such as ultrasound.

Measures patients’ range-of-joint motion, body parts, and vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.

Monitors operation of equipment and records use of equipment and administration of treatment.

Fits patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, and supportive devices such as crutches.

Qualifications:

• PTA License active in TN
• Minimum of 1 year of Skilled Nursing Facility experience or Long-Term Care
• Excellent customer service and patient care skills
• Paid sick leave

• PTO
• Vision
• 401(k)
• Life insurance

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related condition), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), genetic predisposition or carrier status, military or veteran status, familial status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other status protected by law.