As per NJ Civil Service Job Specifications:
Under supervision of a physical therapist, administers varied types of physical therapy treatments to residents to restore function, prevent disability, and help them reach maximum performance.
- Knowledge of standards, theory, principles, methods, and commonly used equipment of physical therapy, therapeutic exercises, and functional training.
- Ability to carry out prescribed physical therapy with skill in muscle reeducation, corrective exercise, gait training, coordination.
- Ability to observe accurately reactions and progress or lack of progress of residents and to record same appropriately.
- Ability to prepare reports, write progress notes, and to maintain other records and files.
Requirements:
Education: N/A
Experience: N/A
Note: Per Diem on an as needed basis including weekends.
License: Must possess a current, valid license as a Physical Therapist Assistant issued by the NJ Board of Physical Therapy.
To Apply For This Position:
If you qualify and would like to be considered, submit a letter of interest and your resume (including daytime phone number and email address) to the email address listed below. You must submit your response by the closing date shown above and indicate the job title in the subject line.
Email: Carole Pinto, cpinto@passaiccountynj.org
Newly hired employees must agree to a thorough background check that may include fingerprinting. Any appointments made from posting which involve movement between unit scopes, may result in a forfeiture of rights to any promotional list in a former unit scope. As of September 2010, in accordance with N.J.S.A 52:14-7, the “New Jersey First Act,” all new employees must reside in the State of New Jersey, unless exempted under the law. If you do not live in New Jersey, you have one year after you begin employment to relocate your residence to New Jersey or secure an exemption.
