Overview

In partnership with NYC Health Hospitals/Jacobi our teams accommodate more than 325,000 outpatient visits, more than 100,000 emergency room visits and more than 20,000 inpatient admissions annually. NYC Health Hospitals/Jacobi is renowned for The Trauma Center, staffed to treat any traumatic injury or illness, the fully accredited Breast Health Center, and The Burn Center, with more than 40 years of work in burn care. The hospital also serves patients of many other needs. The hospital maintains an academic affiliation with Albert Einstein Medical College of Yeshiva University.

Responsibilities

Exciting opportunity for Physical Therapist Assistants (PTA) to be part of a new project. 

Health Hospitals is starting an early mobility program in the ICU setting. PTAs will be assisting Physical Therapists responsible for every stage of mobility from bed activities to ambulation. State of the art equipment will be used to help improve mobility. PTAs will work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. There will be open communication with the physicians on the unit they are assigned to ensure optimum mobility while maintaining safety and proper precautions. 

This program will be seven days a week so PTAs will have a work schedule that includes one of the weekend days.

Qualifications

• NYS licensed Physical Therapist Assistant
• Desire to work hard and make a difference

Execptional Benefits include:

Competitive compensation package

10% 401K company contribution after one year of service, with 3% company contribution starting day one

Choice of a three-tiered nearly FREE medical plans starting day one

Excellent dental insurance including orthodontics coverage starting day one

Generous paid time off program

Salary: $58,000.00

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is one of the largest multi-disciplinary groups in the country whose main purpose is to nurture and embolden the healthcare providers who take care of the most fragile and vulnerable patients in New York City. PAGNY is comprised of over 4,000 physicians and healthcare professionals who provide services to NYC Health Hospitals (H H), the largest public health system in the United States. Our practitioners are highly skilled professionals with outstanding credentials who deliver the highest level of quality healthcare to patients throughout New York City.

PAGNY has a strong commitment to the principles of diversity and, in that spirit, actively encourages applications from groups underrepresented in healthcare 

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V