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Palmdale, California

Physical Therapist-Part Time Days

Physical TherapistPart-Time

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Opened in 2010, Palmdale Regional Medical Center is a 184-bed, acute care hospital located in Palmdale, CA.

One of Southern California’s newest hospitals and featuring all-private patient rooms, Palmdale Regional provides high-quality, award-winning patient care to residents and visitors of the Antelope Valley and surrounding areas.

Palmdale Regional is active in the community and regularly participates with the Antelope Valley Board of Trade/Greater Antelope Valley Economic Alliance (now AV Edge), and other civic and governmental groups.

Palmdale Regional believes in "Community Service Excellence" and supports nonprofit agencies and other healthcare related organizations.

Palmdale Regional recently joined the newly created regional brand, Southwest Healthcare. This comprehensive network of care incorporates five hospitals in the southern California region and includes multiple convenient ambulatory locations serving many communities.

With more than 7,000 skilled and talented care providers across the region, all dedicated to the highest standards, the shared goal is to provide convenient access to a wide range of healthcare services. Learn more: southwesthealthcare.com.

For more information on Palmdale Regional, please visit palmdaleregional.com and follow Palmdale Regional Medical Center on social: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

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Position Description

Responsible for the evaluation, planning, directing and administering of physical therapy modalities prescribed by a licensed physician.

Qualifications

Requirements

  • One (1) year experience as a physical therapist in acute care facility preferred.
  • Graduate of an accredited Physician Therapy curriculum with a Bachelors or Masters or Doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy.
  • Current California Physical Therapist License OR Physical Therapist License - Applicant (California).
  • If CA PT License Applicant (PTLA) Letter recipient: licensing exam must be passed within (120) days from letter date.
  • BLS (CPR) certification.

This Opportunity Offers the Following

Sign-on Bonus Avaialble

  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
  • 401k plan with company match and discounted stock plan
  • SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program

Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program

Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ subsidiaries!

More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: Benefits.uhsguest.com

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Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient evaluationTreatment planningBLS certificationClinical documentationRehabilitation

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 34% have no call, 82% require no weekends.

In California, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$116k (963 salary observations; 3,508 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (9,671 salary observations; 51,402 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

49 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution49 jobs · 36 employers

17
<$115k
8
$115k-135k
12
$135k-155k
12
$155k-175k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks40 jobs · 36 employers

401k / retirement match
75% this job
CME allowance
57%
Sign-on bonus
53% this job
Loan repayment
20% this job
Relocation assistance
15%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Physical TherapistContract

Luna Physical Therapy · Los Angeles, California

$75-$82/hr
#2

Pelvic Health Physical Therapist (Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation)

Aizer Health · Monroe, New York

starting at $80/hour
#3

Physical Therapist (PT)

$80/hr
#4

Physical Therapist (PT) Home Health | $150,000 Annual Salary (Redding)

$150k-$160k
+ 47 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 30% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,203 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Palmdale

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$457k
Typical market rent
$2,751/mo
Residents’ average commute
40 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About UHS

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Benefits & Perks

Sign-on Bonus Available
Challenging and rewarding work environment
Competitive compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
401k plan with company match and discounted stock plan
SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program
Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ subsidiaries