Physical Therapy Assistant I – Physical Therapy (Per Diem)

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

We are hiring a Physical Therapist Assistant! This position will deliver high-quality patient care through treatment, intervention, and family training while adhering to all relevant laws and regulations governing the practice of physical therapy.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Provide direct patient care under the supervision of a registered physical therapist
• Contribute to patient assessment, treatment planning and implementation process
• Implement treatment programs safely, monitors patient and family response, and modifies treatment appropriately in collaboration with the primary therapist
• Document patient care in the medical record.
• Communicate observations, facts and comments with interdisciplinary team member, individually, and through team meetings and family conferences.
• Establish and maintains therapeutic relationships with patient and caregivers
• Communicate effectively with all levels of staff. Foster the development of teamwork within the department while meeting the needs of departments being served
• Maintain professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to maintain certification/licensure, and/or keep abreast of latest trends in field of expertise
• Act as a preceptor to physical therapy and physical therapist assistant students.

Your qualifications should include:

• Associate’s degree in physical therapy
• Entry level position, no experience required
• Acute care experience, preferred
• Graduate from an approved PT Assistant program and have met CA Board eligibility requirements.
• Physical Therapist Assistant license in the State of California or eligible to take the state board exam.
• BLS (through the American Heart Association)
• Hourly Pay Rate: $45.32325 / hr

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