Physical Therapist Assistant
Listed compensation
$38.12/Hr
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
Join Ernest Health as a Physical Therapist Assistant – Inpatient Rehab, Full-Time in Bakersfield, California, United States.
Benefits & Compensation
- Pay rate: $38.12 - $45.56/hr.
- PPO and High Deductible Medical Plan options
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Account options
- Dental and Vision coverage
- 401K with employer matching
- Life insurance
- Short-and-long term disability
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Program with quarterly wellness challenges
- Earned Time Off - start accruing vacation time on start date
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.
Apply to join Ernest Health as a Physical Therapist Assistant – Inpatient Rehab, Full-Time.
Key Responsibilities
The Physical Therapist Assistant implements treatment plans under the direction of a physical therapist and performs selected physical therapy procedures. They are responsible for recording patient responses to treatment and reporting outcomes to the supervising therapist.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a current and valid Physical Therapist Assistant license and a Basic Life Support/CPR certification. One year of direct patient care experience in a hospital setting is preferred.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Certifications
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 32 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 41% are remote, 19% have no call, 41% require no weekends.
In California, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$116k (1,541 salary observations; 3,002 listings), vs ~$92k nationally (20,662 salary observations; 46,860 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; 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)), so the posted ~$87k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $79k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 7.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
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