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Outpatient Physical Therapist - Orthopedics

📍 Sacramento, california · · · 40 hrs/week

TherapyUHC-00149997
Candidate pay rate:$59.5/hr ≈ $2,380/wk before stipends Quick apply or call (408) 441-9200

Job description

Outpatient Physical Therapist - Orthopedics

Start Date: 10-27-2026

End Date: 01-26-2027

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Hours per Week: 40

Candidate Pay Rate: $59.50 per hour

About United Health Care Staffing

At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.

Education

  • Methods are appropriate to the level of understanding. Education is timely (initiated when patient/family capable of
  • learning) and need is identified with action taken to initiate training. Content is comprehensive-all aspects of care,
  • including safety. Patient/family performance is documented. Need for type and follow-up is indicated/documented.
  • Documentation: Complies with department policy regarding documentation. Completed in a timely manner according to
  • department policy. Concise, legible, correct grammar using medical terminology and approved abbreviations. Reflects all
  • interventions used in treatment, all ongoing assessment of treatment effectiveness, and changes in goals and treatment
  • plan as appropriate. Addresses quality improvement indicators per policy. Reflects interdisciplinary teamwork and
  • collaboration. Timecards, productivity logs, billing, and other logs for departmental functions are completed in a timely
  • manner per department policy.
  • Communication & Collaboration with Team/MD: Appropriately communicates treatment plan and patient status with
  • team and MD with no more than 1 complaint per year. Participates in team conferences. Addresses verification of payor
  • guidelines/authorization as needed, in a timely manner (i.e., prior to scheduling/treating patient or obtaining equipment.
  • Attempts made to contact MD with patient concerns or changes in status in a timely manner. Solicits feedback from MD
  • and coworkers to improve teamwork and collaboration (or uses unsolicited feedback) with no more than 1 valid complaint
  • per year and no more than two complaints of the same nature per year.
  • Delegates to and Supervises Others: Delegates to and supervises support staff and students in achieving desired
  • outcomes with no more than 1 complaint per year. Delegates appropriately to support staff within licensure and practice
  • standards (i.e., does not over or under utilize support staff. Precepts students after meeting preceptor qualifications and if
  • requested. Leads by example by providing necessary and appropriate treatment plan for support staff/student to perform
  • treatment. Provides appropriate clinical supervision and feedback to support staff/students.
  • Time Management: Complies with department policy for productivity. Demonstrates appropriate time management
  • needed to meet productivity standard, according to department policy. Initiates and completes projects within established
  • time frame, in keeping with the productivity standard. Initiates adjustments in the schedules necessary to meet the
  • department productivity standard.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned or requested in a professional manner.
  • Specialty: Outpatient Physical Therapist (PT).

Apply Now

Ready to start your next adventure as a Outpatient Physical Therapist - Orthopedics? Let's get you moving forward!

Send your resume to [email protected] or call us at 408-441-9200 today.

Why UHCS

Weekly or bi-weekly pay, medical/dental/vision, a SIMPLE IRA with employer contribution, tests paid on qualifying assignments with payroll deduction available, and one recruiter who stays with you for the whole assignment — reachable after hours. Every placement is credentialed to Joint Commission standards, so your packet is accepted the first time.