Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant, Full-Time, M-F Days + 2 weekend days/mo; Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center IP
About The Position
Atlantic Health is seeking a skilled and compassionate Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant to join their collaborative team at Morristown Medical Center's inpatient Rehab Unit. The role emphasizes a patient-centered care approach, professional respect, and continuous learning. The position offers a supportive environment where clinical expertise is valued, voices are heard, and growth is encouraged. The company highlights its culture-first environment, investment in employee development through continuing education support, access to top-tier tools and flexibility, and competitive compensation and benefits with pathways for career longevity. They are looking for experienced PTAs or passionate new grads who thrive in a collaborative, respectful, and purposeful team setting.
Requirements
- Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant
- Full-Time
Nice To Haves
- New grad with passion and drive
Responsibilities
- Performs physical therapy treatments on patients.
- Administers physical therapy care programs for patients suffering from physical injury or disease.
- Monitors and communicates patient's progress and modifies treatment plans as directed by the managing physical therapist.
- Ensures and provides development, quality improvement, problem-solving, and productivity enhancement in a flexible interdisciplinary manner.
- Assists patients with active and passive manual therapeutic exercises, gives therapeutic massage, and modality treatments such as ultrasound, electrical stimulation, ultraviolet, infrared, and hot and cold packs.
- Instructs, motivates, and assists patients to learn and improve functional activities such as perambulation, transfer, ambulation, and daily-living activities.
- Observes patients during treatments, monitors and compiles patients' progress and responses to treatments and communicates the results to the Physical Therapist.
- Fits patients for, adjusts, and trains patients in use and care of orthopedic braces, prostheses, and supportive devices, such as crutches, canes, walkers, and wheelchairs.
- Confers with members of physical therapy staff and other health team members to exchange, discuss, and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, and coordinating treatment programs.
- Facilitates orientation to new Physical Therapist Assistants and directs and gives instructions to Physical Therapy Aides.
- Performs clerical duties, such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, and filling out forms.
- May measure patient's range-of-joint motion, length and girth of body parts, and vital signs to determine effects of specific treatments or to assist Physical Therapist to compile data for patient evaluations.
- May monitor treatments administered by Physical Therapy Aides.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
- Life & AD&D Insurance.
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
- 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
- PTO & Paid Sick Leave
- Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
- Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
- Backup and On-Site Childcare
- Well-Being Rewards
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program
- Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
- Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance
- Continuing education support
- State-of-the-art equipment
- Manageable schedules
- Strong interdisciplinary collaboration
- Competitive salary
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
