Physical Therapy Assistant – Acute Therapy

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Make a Difference in Physical Therapy!

Days/Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 8 hr day shift position

As a full time Physical Therapy Assistant in acute setting at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, you will assist in treating patients utilizing therapy modalities and procedures according to the prescription of the physicians, and the treatment established by the Physical Therapist.

What’s this role all about?

• Provides patient education appropriate for patient population.
• Provides individualized, patient-centered care with respect to personal, cultural, spiritual beliefs and preferences; age-related cognitive and psychosocial needs; social support needs; gender, sexual orientation, and economic background.
• Completes all required documentation in an accurate and thorough manner within the expected timeframes.
• Identifies and facilitates patient discharge needs including documentation, communication with care team, and recommendation for follow-up services in conjunction with Physical Therapist.
• Identifies safety concerns regarding patient population and institutes appropriate measures to provide a safe environment, including protection of self and others. Reviews identified risks and benefits of therapy and obtains consent from patient and/or caregiver.
• Contributes ideas and suggestions to continuously improve processes, procedures, methods and productivity and utilizes quality principles for continuous performance improvement.
• Participates in activities that promote professional identity within the clinical environment, the Cedars-Sinai environment and the community at large.
• Participates in professional development through clinical education, formal mentoring programs, further development of clinical and professional competencies, involvement in research and scholarly work.
• Participates in continuous learning and professional development and documents evidence.

Educational Requirements:

• Assoc. Degree/College Diploma Completion of formal education / training from an accredited institution leading to or required for a Physical Therapy Assistant license.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Physical Therapist Assistant License (PTA) California State license
• Basic Life Support by American Heart Association or American Red Cross

Experience:

• Work or exposure to acute care setting is highly preferred.

Physical Demands:

• Lifting, standing, walking, sitting, carrying, pushing, pulling
• The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Req ID

: 1136

Working Title

: Physical Therapy Assistant – Acute Therapy

Department

: Physical Therapy IP

Business Entity

: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Job Category

: Therapy / Rehab

Job Specialty

: Physical Therapy

Overtime Status

: NONEXEMPT

Primary Shift

: Day

Shift Duration

: 8 hour

Base Pay

: $31.98 – $49.57

Cedars-Sinai is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and wellbeing of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu) and COVID-19. For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through April each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment, subject to medical exemption or religious accommodation. For the same reason, you may also be required to receive other vaccines such as COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Cedars-Sinai reserves the right to make modifications to its required list of vaccines as required by law and/or policy. Cedars-Sinai’s AA Policy Statement (PDF) (opens in new window)