Full-Time Physical Therapist Assistant - Allegria Village

Allegria Village, a senior living community in Dearborn, is looking for a Full-time Physical Therapist Assistant to join our Skilled Nursing team.

Some duties to include:

· Instructs, motivates, safeguards, and assists patients as they
practice exercises or functional activities. Observes patients during
treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and
provides results to the physical therapist in person or through progress
notes.

· Confers with physical therapy staff and others to discuss and
evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, and coordinating
treatment. Communicates with and instructs caregivers and family members on
patient therapeutic activities and treatment plans.

· Transports patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and
transferring them according to positioning requirements. Secures patients
into or onto therapy equipment.

· Administers active and passive manual therapeutic exercises,
therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, and heat, light, sound, and
electrical modality treatments such as ultrasound.

· Measures patients’ range-of-joint motion, body parts, and vital
signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.

Please submit your resume for immediate consideration.