Physical Therapist I - Acute Therapy
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Job overview
The Physical Therapist I evaluates and treats patients according to physician prescriptions and applicable standards of practice. The role supports quality improvement, student education and training, and divisional growth while providing safe, patient-centered therapy. Care includes communication sensitive to patients’ cultural backgrounds, ages, developmental needs, and physical disabilities.
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Job Description
The Physical Therapist I evaluates and treats patients in accordance with the prescription of the physician. Provides patient care consistent with Scope of Practice Standards and Code of Ethics; the Plan for the Provision of Care to Patients, the Plan for Corporate Compliance, the Performance Improvement Plan and Patient Education Plan. Assists in the continuous quality improvement process and in the education and training of students and assists in divisional growth and cohesiveness to ensure a high quality of therapy care. Provides care while maintaining safety of the environment, utilizing appropriate communication with sensitivity and attention to special populations, including patients with diverse cultural backgrounds, age, developmental issues and physical disabilities.
Qualifications
Education
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Bachelor's Degree Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program - minimum
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Master's Degree Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program - preferred
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Doctorate Degree Completion of formal physical therapy education and training from an accredited institution required for licensure. - preferred
Experience
- No experience required Must be competent by virtue of training and/or experience to perform evaluations, design and implement treatment plans and provide education in a manner appropriate to the age of the patient.Experience and/or knowledge of assessment and intervention techniques in a medical and physical disabilities setting. - minimum
Licenses and Certifications
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Physical Therapist License (PT) - Upon Hire minimum California State license
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Basic Life Support (BLS) - Upon Hire minimum
Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law.
How this job compares
Set against the 10,460 open Physical Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$100–120K/yr113 salary ranges
- California median$60–70/hr294 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 844 open Physical Therapist jobs in California and 10,460 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- FeldCare Connects167 open
- California Therapy Services109 open
- Kaiser Permanente88 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 (2,864 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,930 of the 10,460 open Physical Therapist jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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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