Physical Therapist - Outpatient Ortho
Multiple U.S. locationsJob$60.9–68.9/hrSeen 6mo agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Physical Therapist helps pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients improve physical well-being, reduce pain, and maintain or rebuild function. The role evaluates patients, develops and updates individualized care plans, and provides direct therapeutic treatments. It also involves patient and family education, timely documentation, communication with the interdisciplinary team, and compliance with department protocols and productivity standards.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Physical Therapist, you will help pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients rebuild or maintain their physical well-being so they can function at their best level, reduce pain, and improve their quality of life.
Every day you will perform initial evaluations, develop and update individualized plans of care, and provide a variety of direct therapeutic treatments. You will be expected to consistently meet patient care productivity standards, collaborate effectively with the interdisciplinary team and families, and promote a positive customer service environment.
To be successful in this role, you must possess strong age-appropriate competency skills, excellent communication abilities, and a collaborative, patient-centered approach to care that ensures effective documentation and compliance with department protocol.
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Complete patient evaluations within 24 - 48 hours according to department protocol, setting appropriate and relevant goals.
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Implement effective and adequate treatment plans, modifying goals and interventions as appropriate while ensuring patient safety.
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Provide comprehensive patient and family education, utilizing various teaching methods suitable for their level of understanding.
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Maintain accurate and timely documentation, adhering to department policies for concise, legible records that reflect all interventions and assessments.
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Communicate treatment plans and patient status promptly with the interdisciplinary team and medical doctors, participating in team conferences as needed.
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Ensure compliance with department policies for timecards, productivity logs, billing, and other departmental functions.
MTHRehab
Job Requirements
Required
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California Physical Therapist license, within 6 - months.
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Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association.
Preferred
- Previous experience as a Physical Therapist.
We are offering a $3,000 sign on bonus to new hires who meet the eligibility requirements.
Where You'll Work
The outpatient physical therapy department at Methodist Outpatient Rehab offers targeted rehabilitation programs to restore mobility, reduce pain, and improve functional independence for individuals, enabling them to return to their daily activities.
Founded in 1973, Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.
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Pay Range
$60.90 - $68.90 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 10,353 open Physical Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$60.9–68.9/hr
- California median$60–70/hr302 hourly ranges
- US median$47–60/hr3,021 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $64.90/hr, is close to the California median midpoint ($65/hr) — in the middle half of Physical Therapist hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 777 open Physical Therapist jobs in California and 10,353 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- FeldCare Connects171 open
- Kaiser Permanente91 open
- Genesis Healthcare73 open
- Experience
- Physical Therapist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (2,807 postings).
- Education
- 3,854 of the 10,353 open Physical Therapist jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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