Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)

Join our dedicated healthcare team as a Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) and make a meaningful impact by providing compassionate care to those in need.

• The Vineyards Healthcare Center is a skilled nursing facility located at 76 Fenton Street, Livermore, California.
• It offers 24-hour Medicare-certified care in an 83-bed facility near downtown Livermore.
• It has received high-performing ratings in both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care from the U.S.
• News & World Report.
• The center is committed to providing individualized, holistic care through warm and meaningful interactions, aiming to help residents achieve their best outcomes and ensure their comfort is a top priority.

Location: 76 Fenton Street, Livermore 94550

Website

https://vineyardshealth.com/ [https://vineyardshealth.com/]

• The Physical Therapy Assistant will help Physical Therapists provide physical therapy treatments and procedures.
• 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.