Physical Therapy Assistant - Rehab - Military veterans preferred

This is a Per Diem (as needed) position working in our freestanding Inpatient Rehab unit at NW Transitions on 2025 W. Orange Grove Road.Summary:We are looking to add a Per Diem Physical Therapy Assistant to our dedicated, experienced team of therapists at Northwest Transitions. Northwest Transitions is abeautiful new 30 bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital located in front of Northwest Medical Center. We focus on treating our patients individually and limit groups and concurrent treatments.. Our Inpatient Rehab Facility at Northwest Medical Center has scored in the top 10% of Rehabilitation hospitals in the nation for 3 years. We are currently seeking both weekday and weekend Per Diem Physical Therapy Assistants.Assists a Physical Therapist with a patient's rehabilitative activities to help reduce pain and improve mobility. Assists in exercise instruction and demonstration, patient evaluation and testing. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. A limited degree of creativity and latitude is required. Typically reports to a physical therapist.Requirements:Associate's degree from an accredited program and licensure as a physical therapist assistant, bachelors degree preferred. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Rehab experience preferred.Current AZ license and CPR CertificationOro Valley Hospital (OVH) is a 177-bed hospital that also has a freestanding emergency center and large physician group.With these varied access points, you have your choice of settings in which to work.Oro Valley Hospital's culture centers around providing safe, quality care to patients, but also to foster a work environment based on teamwork, commitment to a shared goal and recognizing employees for all they do to care for our patients. Often described as a "family," the staff at OVH take pride in doing the best they can to care for their community.OVH is accredited by The Joint Commission and is an equal opportunity employer:race, gender, disability and Veteran status, and VEVRAA Federal Contractor - priority referral Protected Veterans requested.INDNWAHEqual Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)