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Prava Therapy
Wood Dale, Illinois

Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant

Physical TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$27-$30/hr

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Job Description

Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)

Full-Time | The Radcliff | Wood Dale, Illinois

You’re not just joining a therapy team. You’re becoming part of a community.

  • At Prava, we believe therapy in senior living should feel different.
  • It shouldn't be about walking into a building, seeing a list of patients, completing treatments, and walking back out.
  • It should be about knowing the people you serve.

We’re looking for a full-time Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) to join our team at The Radcliff in Wood Dale, Illinois—a family-owned senior living community offering Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care.

The Radcliff is built around personalized care, connection, independence, and helping residents continue to live meaningful lives. Their philosophy is centered on meeting residents where they are and adapting support as their needs evolve.

That is exactly how we believe therapy should work.

What You'll Do

As a Prava PTA, you'll work alongside the Physical Therapist to deliver exceptional, functional therapy to residents throughout the community.

You'll

Provide skilled physical therapy interventions under the direction and supervision of a licensed Physical Therapist

  • Treat residents across Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care
  • Help residents improve strength, balance, mobility, endurance, gait, and functional performance
  • Carry out individualized plans of care with clinical judgment and attention to each resident's goals
  • Observe and communicate changes in resident condition, function, and response to treatment
  • Reinforce home exercise programs and functional strategies

Provide Caregiver and Resident Education

  • Collaborate with nursing, caregivers, families, activities, and other members of the interdisciplinary team
  • Help identify changes in function that may warrant additional clinical assessment
  • Participate in fall prevention, mobility, and wellness initiatives
  • Document efficiently through Prava's technology platform and AI-enabled tools
  • Contribute to a clinical culture focused on outcomes, function, and quality of life
  • But here's what makes this different.
  • You’ll have a community—not just a caseload.
  • At The Radcliff, residents are encouraged to remain active and engaged through fitness, activities, social programs, gardening, creative programs, dining, and community events.
  • Your job is to help residents continue participating in those things.
  • Maybe it's helping someone safely walk to the pub.
  • Maybe it's getting someone strong enough to participate in an exercise class.
  • Maybe it's improving balance so a resident can confidently navigate the community.
  • Maybe it's helping someone return to an activity they stopped doing because mobility became difficult.
  • Those are therapy outcomes.
  • We want you to see the person behind the diagnosis and understand what matters to them.
  • The PTA we're looking for

You are:

  • A licensed Physical Therapist Assistant in Illinois
  • Passionate about working with older adults
  • Comfortable working with residents across different functional and cognitive abilities
  • A strong communicator
  • A relationship builder
  • Curious and willing to keep learning
  • Comfortable working as part of an interdisciplinary team
  • Someone who takes pride in doing things the right way
  • Someone who understands that dignity and autonomy matter
  • Someone who believes therapy should have a purpose beyond the exercise itself
  • Senior living experience is preferred, but not required.
  • We can teach you the setting.
  • We can't teach you to care.

Why Prava?

Prava was built specifically for rehabilitation in senior living.

You'll have:

A Modern Therapy Platform

Spend less time wrestling with technology and more time treating residents.

AI-enabled Documentation

Technology designed to reduce administrative burden and give clinicians more time for people.

Clinical Support

Work alongside experienced clinicians with access to clinical standards, resources, and mentorship.

An Embedded Community Model

You'll become a familiar face within The Radcliff—not a therapist residents see once and forget.

Opportunities to Grow

  • As Prava grows, so can you—whether your path remains clinical or eventually leads toward mentorship or leadership.
  • We don't measure your value by how many treatments you can get through.
  • We care about whether residents are moving better, functioning better, participating more, and living more confidently.
  • Because the goal isn't simply to make someone stronger.
  • It's to help them live better.
  • Position
  • Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)
  • Full-Time
  • The Radcliff – Wood Dale, IL
  • Senior Living | Independent Living, Assisted Living & Memory Care
  • If you want to be known by the people you serve, work alongside a great community team, and practice therapy with purpose, we'd like to meet you.
  • Come be part of a therapy model built around people—not just plans of care.

Key Responsibilities

Provide skilled physical therapy interventions to residents in senior living under the supervision of a licensed Physical Therapist. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to implement individualized plans of care and document progress using AI-enabled tools.

Requirements

Must be a licensed Physical Therapist Assistant in Illinois. Passion for working with older adults and strong communication skills are required, while senior living experience is preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient careMobility trainingGait trainingBalance trainingClinical documentationInterdisciplinary collaborationGeriatric careFunctional performance assessmentRelationship buildingPatient educationCaregiver education

Physical Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$59k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $59k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Illinois?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$56k–$62kPhysical Therapy median $69k (middle half $66k–$73k)27 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$59k in purchasing powerIllinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Illinois828 active21,928 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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About Prava Therapy

Software Development
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

AI-enabled documentation
Clinical support
Embedded community model
Opportunities to grow

Living in Wood Dale

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$379k
Median resident rent
$1,675/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.