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PT (Physical Therapist)

📍 Santa Maria, california · · · 40 hrs/week

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Candidate pay rate:$64.4/hr ≈ $2,576/wk before stipends Quick apply or call (408) 441-9200

Job description

PT (Physical Therapist)

Start Date: 12-07-2026

End Date: 03-08-2027

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Hours per Week: 40

Candidate Pay Rate: $64.40 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

  • Trauma Level: 3
  • Charting System: Cerner
  • Unit Notes: ***Inpatient/Outpatient***
  • Unit: Inpatient and outpatient PT, OT, and Speech
  • Certs: CCC-SLP is required, PT/OT/Speech all must have BLS
  • EMR: Cerner
  • Rehab Aides/OTA/PTA: aides only for outpatient
  • Weekend Requirement: normally 3 weekend shifts per quarter (might have to work one, maybe two weekends depending when their contract falls) travelers may have option to choose to work Saturday or Sunday or both, this is negotiable, will not be a deal breaker if traveler cannot work weekends.
  • Scrub Color/Uniform: Outpatient setting business casual - collared shirt and nice pants, can wear lab jacket if they want, inpatient - have to wear dignity health polos, they will be able to provide them if needed
  • Outpatient and Inpatient: PT and OT may have to work outpatient or inpatient - depends on need and requisition, manager will specify when sending need over to MSP team, ideal candidate would be someone with both outpatient and inpatient experience but it is not needed for them to have both, candidates should have basic acute care experience, including total joints - total knees, hips, shoulders if working inpatient
  • Shifts: PT - 8 hr shifts, start times vary, OT - 8am or 9am starrt time (8 hr shifts), SP - 7:30am start time m-th, start later on Fridays , outpatient clinic hours are 6am-7pm
  • What areas are they required to cover: Inpatient is primarily medsurg, tele, and ICU with minimal ER and Peds.
  • Floor specific orientation: several shifts
  • Common diagnosis / Types of patients: OT - a little of everything for inpatient, outpatient they do a lot of hand therapy (50%)so candidates working oupatient have to have experience with hand therapy, they also work with neuro and peds but this experience is preferred SP - stroke, TBI's, oral/head/neck Cancer, outpatient setting will see 2x more peds so if they are working outpatient setting they will need to have peds experience PT - ortho, neuro, wound care, lymphedea program, peds, inpatient must have general acute care experience, 45-50% will be medsurg, 35% tele, and the remaining will be ICU and occassionally ER or peds, outpatient must have ortho and some neuro experience, 65% will be ortho including shoulders, knees, backs, basic stroke and other neuro patients

Apply Now

Ready to start your next adventure as a PT (Physical Therapist)? 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.