OPEN POSITION: 
Physical Therapy Assistant

SCHEDULE: 
- Full-Time
- 40 Hours per Week
- Monday to Friday
- No Nights
- No Weekends

COMPENSATION: 
- $45,000 to $58,000 Base Salary, depending on experience
- Bonus Opportunities
- Liability Insurance
- Health / Dental / Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Gym Membership
- Retirement Plan

LOCATION: 
Prescott, Arizona

COMPANY PROFILE:
This top-rated physical therapy organization has been improving the lives of patients in the greater Prescott area for more than 20 years.  Their comprehensive physical therapy services focus on, among other areas, orthopedics, joint pain, post-op recovery, spinal injuries, sports injuries, sports performance, prevention, and wellness.  Their large, state-of-the-art facilities house a wellness center, aquatic therapy pool, exercise classrooms, and more.  They are owned by physical therapists and currently employ 7 talented PTs with a staff of PTAs and other support personnel; they are seeking a new PTA due to expansion and increased patient demand. 

POSITION DESCRIPTION: 
Physical therapy assistants (PTA) assist the physical therapists (PT) in the provision of patient care.  PTAs support an average of 12 appointments per day or 63 appointments per week.

Therapy services include, but are not limited to:

- manual therapy
- exercise prescription
- dry needling
- kinesiotaping
- aquatic therapy
- SASTM
- vertigo treatment

Duties of the PTA role include, but are not limited to:

- perform select physical therapy interventions under the direction of a PT
- assist in all aspects of appropriate clinical services
- make approved modifications to interventions to progress the client
- make approved modifications to interventions to ensure client safety and comfort
- adjust to the use of new methods and techniques when introduced
- coordinate care with supervising PTs and technicians

Patient demographics are diverse - all ages, variety of diagnoses, pre-operative, post-operative, acute injuries, chronic injuries, workplace injuries, sports injuries, athletic treatments, and more.

The practice uses the Raintree EHR.

REQUIREMENTS:
- completion of an accredited physical therapy assistant program
- Arizona PTA license
- interest in aquatic therapy preferred
- no experience necessary
- new graduates are welcome to apply

HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for this position, please send your resume to Jenn Kunkel at [email protected] or call (773) 998-1272.

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