Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)

Citruspostacute; Santa Ana, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The Beach Post-Acute in Santa Ana, CA is seeking a Per-Diem Physical Therapist Assistant to support our rehab team. The PTA will assist therapists with treatments, document progress, and help implement care plans to aid patient recovery.

The role requires a CA PTA license and prior skilled nursing facility experience is preferred. Strong patient care and customer service skills are essential in this team-focused environment.

Qualifications

• CA PTA license active
• Minimum of 1 year of Skilled Nursing Facility or Long-Term Care experience preferred
• Excellent customer service and patient care skills

Responsibilities

• Assist Physical Therapists with treatments and procedures per patient care plan
• Carry out routine functions, document progress, and modify treatments as needed
• Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients during exercises and activities
• Observe patient responses and report progress to the PT
• Coordinate with therapy staff and inform caregivers/family about plans
• Transport patients to/from treatment areas and secure them for therapy
• Administer therapeutic modalities and monitor equipment usage
• Measure range of motion and vital signs to assess treatment effects
• Fit patients for braces or assistive devices as needed

Skills

Customer service

Patient care

PTA assistance

Job description

The Beach Post-Acute is a 24-hour 90-bed skilled nursing facility located in Santa Ana, CA. Our team of dedicated healthcare professionals work to help patients recover from surgery, injury, or from serious illnesses.

Our Rehab team is known to provide the highest quality of care to our residents as our team is full of support and teamwork. We are currently on the search for a Per-Diem PTA to join the team in helping us continue to strive for excellence.

Openings:

Pay:

$40-45/hour

About the Position:

The PTA 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 CA

Minimum of 1 year of Skilled Nursing Facility experience or Long-Term Care preferred

Excellent customer service and patient care skills

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.