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Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) - Pediatrics - OP Neuro Therapy

Job Description

About Us

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

  • Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times
  • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek in 2024.
  • Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
  • Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
  • Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads in 2023.
  • Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.
  • Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare in 2025.

Benefits

  • Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
  • For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Additional Information about the position

  • $6,000 Sign-On Bonus available, plus front-loaded Time Off
  • Relocation bonus available for qualified candidates
  • Student Loan Repayment available for qualified candidates
  • Robust, fully customizable benefits package including Medical/Vision/Dental and more!
    • No cost eCare visits
    • Employer-provided mental health services for employees and eligible family members
  • Retirement with employer match up to 5%
  • Tuition discounts and reimbursement available for continuing your education
  • CoxHealth Fitness Center and Child Care discounts
  • Opportunity to earn referral bonuses per hire for certain positions
Job Summary *This is a Pediatric position*
  • A Physical Therapist Assistant assists the Therapist with therapeutic exercises, training or treatment plans to return the patient to a normal pattern of movement and functioning as possible. The primary functions are to perform patient related activities, including delegated procedures that are commensurate with his/her educational skill and training.
Job Requirements
  • Education
    • Required: Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy Assistant program
  • Experience
    • No prior experience required
  • Skills
    • Good clinical expertise, communication skills, human relations skills and organizational skills required.
    • Self-motivated individual who can work independently with little direct supervision required
    • Has demonstrated interest in professional growth by attendance at continuing education workshops, and applications of new principles and/or techniques.
  • Licensure/Certification/Registration
    • Required: License for Physical Therapy Assistant active in the state of Missouri AND BLS must be obtained within 90 days of hire

Specialties:

  1. Allied Health

Why CoxHealth?

We are a health system that includes six hospitals with over 80 clinics and 537 physicians serving 24 counties. CoxHealth is Missouri’s first hospital system accredited by DNV Healthcare for quality and patient safety. All six hospitals, as well as our outpatient centers and provider-based clinics, hold this national distinction from DNV’s accreditation program, the National Integrated Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The hospital is also the only facility in the region to receive the ANCC Magnet designation, which recognizes excellence in nursing. We are the only local health system named six times to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Regional Hospitals list, and we are recognized by CareChex as among the Top 10 percent of U.S. hospitals for medical excellence and patient safety in overall medical care.