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PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSISTANT – FULL TIME TEMPORARY

Join Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center—one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades—is a 384-bed, not-for-profit, fully accredited community teaching hospital serving Queens since 1891, where we started in just a four-bedroom house. Today, we deliver nationally recognized care in cardiology, stroke, oncology, imaging, and emergency medicine, and are New York State’s only Primary Heart Attack Center and the first Comprehensive Stroke Center.

With an expanded Level I Trauma Center, Pediatric Emergency Department, modern maternity services, and over 120,000 ER visits annually, we offer dynamic opportunities for professional growth, impact and clinical excellence. Through our affiliation with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the upcoming opening of our newly built, state-of-the-art Cancer Center, we continue to expand access to world-class care.

As a safety-net hospital, filling a void for the people in the community, we proudly serve all patients regardless of ability to pay. Join us during this exciting period of growth and help shape the future of healthcare.

Mission: To serve our patients and the community in a way that is second to none. 

Vision: To be the premier integrated healthcare delivery system by providing the highest quality, most cost-effective service, which is accessible and sensitive to all.

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The Department of Rehabilitation at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center provides sophisticated and personalized physical therapy in Queens, NY, to individuals living with injuries involving nerves, bones, joints, acute or chronic pain syndrome.

The Department of Rehabilitation offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services and is staffed with highly-skilled therapists and physicians, trained to treat a wide variety of neuromuscular or musculoskeletal injuries, traumatic brain injuries/neurological injuries, pain syndromes, and other disabilities. We are currently seeking experienced Physical Therapy Assistants for immediate full-time opportunities.  

Our ideal candidate will be a passionate skilled clinician who will implement the rehabilitative plan of care under the direction and supervision of a qualified physical therapist.  Other typical duties will include:

 DESCRIPTION:

  • Observing patient range of motion to assess and record patient progress. 
  • Assisting in developing and modifying treatment plans as needed.
  • Maintaining, documenting, and recording patient progress and medical reports.
  • Advising and assisting patients and families in understanding treatment plans and exercise goals.
  • Utilizing therapeutic massage and other techniques including electrical muscle stimulation and ultrasounds, to facilitate a patient's range of motion, relieve pain, decrease muscle tension, and increase blood flow.
  • Assisting in the rehabilitation process and education of amputees in the use of prosthetic devices.
Requirements
  • Highschool diploma or equivalency required
  • Completion of an accredited Physical Therapy Assistant curriculum with an Associate Degree that has been approved by the American Physical Therapy Association Professional experience preferred

 Employees of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center are committed to serving our patients and the community in a way that is second to none by embracing a compassionate care environment throughout our entire organization.  
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