Physical Therapist Assistant - Atrium Physical Therapy
Las Cruces, NM 88011
About the Job
Candidates must hold or be eligible to hold a New Mexico Physical Therapist Assistant license (requires graduation from an accredited PTA program).
- A strong desire to be part of a close-knit group of co-workers.
- A zeal for to use your skills to restore full function in your patients.
- An aptitude for learning or developing the ‘soft-skills’ necessary create a therapeutic alliance with your patients
- The technical skills to manage documentation in our OptimisPT EMR system.
- An appetite for learning new skills - we provide a generous continuing education stipend to help you with that.
- A tendency for creativity in using the wide wide range of treatment tools available.
- an understanding of the economics of health care. Let’s face it, we work on an unlevel playing field. Frankly, we can’t compete with home health and hospitals - health insurance companies pay them a lot more for what PTs do. If you're comparing us to home health and hospitals in terms of what you can make financially, then this is probably not the setting for you.
- curiosity, flexibility, and ability in applying your skills to a variety of patient diagnoses - at this clinic you will likely see more variety than you would see in any other practice setting.
About us:
- Our environment: our staff creates a playful and comfortable family atmosphere to work.
- Our clinic: We have a wide range of treatment tools available to allow you to offer the best treatment experience to your patients, including AlterG Antigravity Treadmill, Delphi BFR units, strength training equipment, dry needling
- Our onboarding process - we work hard to incorporate new employees into our family. We have an process to ensure that each team member is prepared to deliver on our promise to our patients - Your Life:Unhindered
- Our patients: We treat a range of patient diagnoses, including acute, chronic, and post-surgical orthopedic cases, chronic pain, chronic lung disease (including long-haul covid cases), as well as acute and chronic neuro cases.
- Our reputation: we are well-known in this community, have been here for over 20 years. We have a strong base of referring doctors, and a ton of past patients who won’t go anywhere else.
Here’s What You Get - Total compensation package of $57,084.00 to $77,693.89
- Competitive pay in an outpatient physical therapy clinic - $22.50 - $32.12 per hour depending on experience
- $1537 sign on bonus or relocation assistance
- $1537 retention bonus at end of first year of employment
- $2000 annual continuing education stipend to build your skills
- Health/Dental/Vision insurance - employer pays 70%
- Employer paid Life and Short Term Disability insurance
- SIMPLE IRA with 3% employer match
- Reimbursement for APTA Basic membership
- Reimbursement for New Mexico Physical Therapist Licensure
Total compensation assumes participation in health/dental/vision, SIMPLE IRA, and agreement to continue employment for a second year.
About Atrium Physical Therapy:
We are an outpatient physical therapy practice located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Our patients: We treat a range of patient diagnoses, including acute, chronic, and post- surgical orthopedic cases, chronic pain, chronic lung disease (including long-haul covid cases), as well as acute and chronic neuro cases.• Our clinic: We have had a presence in Las Cruces for 25 years. We are well established with a strong referral base and many returning patients.• Our environment: we offer a playful and comfortable atmosphere to work.• Our Values: listening and connecting with our patients, serving them with excellence and humility, developing trust in a playful family atmosphere. We value strong, long lasting relationships with our patients, and we value every single team member who makes this possible.