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Job overview
The Physical Therapist III at Good Samaritan Hospital evaluates patients and develops personalized treatment plans with physicians and the care team. The role delivers evidence-based interventions, monitors progress, educates patients and families, and collaborates across disciplines to support recovery. It also includes mentoring therapy assistants or students. The posting lists a California physical therapist license, Basic Cardiac Life Support certification, a physical therapist degree, and five years of experience.
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Hourly Wage Estimate: $56.27 - $81.98 / hour
Learn more about the benefits offered ( https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards ) for this job.
The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.
Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a Physical Therapist III today with Good Samaritan Hospital.
Job Summary and Qualifications
As a Physical Therapist, you play a vital role in helping patients regain strength, restore mobility, and rebuild confidence following illness, injury, or surgery. Working closely with physicians and the care team, you’ll assess each patient’s needs and create personalized therapy plans designed around meaningful goals, active engagement, and exceptional patient outcomes. Backed by our national network of clinical expertise, advanced rehabilitation technology, and ongoing professional development, you’ll have the opportunity to grow, collaborate, and be a part of our shared mission of improving human life every day.
Your role will include:
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Evaluating patient abilities and developing personalized treatment plans in collaboration with physicians and the care team
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Delivering evidence-based interventions that restore movement, reduce pain, and enhance quality of life
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Monitoring progress, refining therapy plans, and ensuring accurate, timely documentation of outcomes
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Educating patients and families on exercise programs, adaptive techniques, and safe practices that promote independence
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Collaborating across disciplines to ensure cohesive, patient-centered care and smooth transitions throughout recovery
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Leading by example—mentoring therapy assistants or students while upholding HCA Healthcare’s values of excellence, compassion, and integrity
What qualifications you will need:
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Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification
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Licensed Physical Therapist in State of California
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Physical Therapist Degree
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5 years experience
Benefits
Good Samaritan Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
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Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
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Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
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Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
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Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
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Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
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Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Good Samaritan Hospital (https://goodsamsanjose.com/) has been serving Silicon Valley since 1965, giving patient's access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 470+ bed facility is a recognized leader in advanced cardiology services and provides a full array of diagnostic and interventional coronary peripheral services. Other specialized programs include echocardiography, Vascular Sonograph and EKG services. Good Samaritan is a Joint Commission Accredited comprehensive stroke center. We are also one of 3 hospitals in the US to receive a 5th consecutive Outstanding Achievement Award from the American College of Surgeon’s Commission on Cancer. Among these accomplishments, our facility is a Bay Area Parent Magazine Hall of Fame recipient for “Best Place to Have a Baby”, complete with a CCS certified Level III neonatal ICU with pediatric surgery specialization.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Physical Therapist III opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
How this job compares
Set against the 10,334 open Physical Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$56.27–81.98/hr
- California median$60–70/hr301 hourly ranges
- US median$47–60/hr3,005 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $69.13/hr, is 8% above the California median midpoint ($64/hr) — in the middle half of Physical Therapist hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 782 open Physical Therapist jobs in California and 10,334 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- FeldCare Connects170 open
- Kaiser Permanente101 open
- Genesis Healthcare73 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — more than three in four Physical Therapist postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 2,816 postings).
- Education
- 3,899 of the 10,334 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 6, 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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