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Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a meaningful difference in the lives of others? We are seeking compassionate and skilled individuals to join our team! Colavria Therapy Services provides innovative and quality rehabilitation to our 5 star rated communities:  The Rehabilitation Center at Sandalwood and Westlake Care Community. 
We are proudly managed by Colavria Hospitality, a family-owned company specializing in assisted living, rehabilitation, and long-term care, we are dedicated to fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and harmony.

Join our team as a PTA (Physical Therapist Assistant)!
What We Offer:

• Competitive Pay: From $32.00 per hour
• Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
• Career Growth: Tuition reimbursement, scholarship opportunities, and ongoing education programs.
• Financial Support: Pay advances, 401(k) with company match, and flexible spending accounts.
• Work-Life Balance: PTO, holiday pay, and a friendly, team-oriented environment.

• Your primary role is to work collaboratively with your team and contribute to the physical therapist's effectiveness by identifying resident care issues, providing information and commentary, recommending options and courses of action, and implementing physical therapy directives.

• Assess resident health by interviewing residents, performing physical examinations, obtaining, updating, and studying therapy histories.

• Assess abnormal conditions by reviewing physical therapist's interpretations of resident evaluations and test results.

• Perform therapeutic procedures by administering manual exercises, instructing, encouraging, and assisting residents in performing physical activities, such as nonmanual exercises, ambulatory functional activities, and daily-living activities, and using supportive devices, such as crutches, canes, and prostheses.

• Instruct and counsel residents by describing therapeutic regimens, giving normal growth and development information, promoting wellness and health maintenance.

• Provide continuity of care by developing and implementing resident management plans.

• You have a strong desire and passion to work in an environment with people that are unwell, disabled, or living with dementia. In addition, you will be able to demonstrate composure, customer focus, patience, and the ability to gain trust and establish rapport with residents and your team.

• Graduate of an accredited program in physical therapy (ASPT)

• Registered/licensed in Colorado

• One year's experience in long-term care or related setting preferred

• Enjoy working in a supportive environment where you're valued as an individual.

• Share our values: innovation, collaboration, and harmonious relationships and work environments

• Are great at building relationships and understand the person-centered care model

• Have great ideas and want to make meaningful contributions every day

• Are happy with your job but would like to grow it into a career

• Would like to start or continue your career in the rapidly growing senior services industry