Physical Therapy Technician

Physical Therapy Technician - Desert Ridge (Full Time)

Salary Range $15.15 - $16.15 Hourly

Position Type Technician

Job Shift Full Time

Education Level High School

Description

Are you a team focused, high-energy, engaging individual? Do you feel comfortable with being a core team member and ensuring an exceptional experience for team members and other stakeholders? Do you want to do your part to elevate the physical therapy profession? Do you want to learn from the best in the industry?

At Spooner, Arizona's largest physical therapy private practice, we are most proud of our culture of excellence that is founded on our core values. Spooner has been helping our communities achieve health through movement for over 30 years, and we continue to grow in size and expertise every year. If you are looking to join a company where you can build a career, Spooner is the place for you.

Healthcare & Benefits

Spooner's award-winning healthcare and benefits plan is dedicated to ensuring our employees have access to health care and receive the right care, at the right time with the right provider. Spooner employees enjoy no cost expert physical therapy, hand therapy and access to a direct primary care team dedicated to keeping our team healthy.

• Student loan repayment program
• $500 individual and $1,000 family deductibles
• Low premiums
• A dedicated direct primary care medical team for Spooner employees
• Dental, vision, life, and other voluntary insurances
• Paid time off and holiday pay
• 401(k) matching
• Employee Assistance Program
• Many other benefits to help keep you happy and healthy

What You'll Be Doing

• Assist physical therapists with designated aspects of patient care and serving our patients to ensure safety, successful execution of exercise, and a positive outcome
• Instruct, motivate, and assist patients to learn and improve functional activities such as perambulation, transfer, ambulation, and daily-living activities.
• Safeguard, motivate, and assist patients practicing exercises and functional activities under direction of professional staff. Will be required to demonstrate correct activity form or function.
• Observe the patient during various physical activities designed in the treatment plan, compiling progress on patients' response to treatment.
• Effectively communicate patient progress and reactions to treatment to the therapist.

Our treatment philosophy is a promise to provide an engaging experience in mind, body, and spirit, and the foundation of our assessment is grounded in the principles of Applied Functional Science (AFS).

What You Can Expect

• A team environment that fosters continuous learning and fun.
• A 6-month onboarding program.

What You Bring to the Role

• High school diploma or GED
• Minimum 18 years of age or older
• Majoring in Kinesiology/Biology/Exercise Science (preferred)
• Prior experience or knowledge as a physical therapy technician

About Spooner

Spooner is a place for professionals with a growth mindset who want to push themselves to achieve excellence. Spooner began with a vision of disrupting the status quo of healthcare, and to accelerate the use of physical and occupational therapists as primary care, musculoskeletal experts. Spooner continues to grow in the greater-Phoenix area and has recently entered the Dallas-Fort Worth market. If you are interested in joining us on our journey of growth, collaboration, and disruption, you won't be disappointed!

This is not your common workplace. Fun and excellence go hand and hand at Spooner, and we provide ample opportunities to achieve both. Our commitment to continuous learning is evident in our culture-first environment, and we are always looking for team members to strengthen and cultivate it!

We promise to help you achieve excellence. We will help you become a leader. We will help you accelerate your career.