Physical Therapist Assistant
Listed compensation
$50/hr
The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only
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Job Description
AvaMed Workforce is a healthcare staffing agency that supports a variety of healthcare settings across California, including correctional facilities, hospitals, clinics, and skilled nursing facilities. We currently have an urgent need for a Physical Therapist Assistant for a full-time assignment at a skilled nursing facility in Oroville, CA.
Position Details
- 40 Hours per week
- Location: Oroville, CA
- Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm
- Rate: $50/hr ($2,000/weekly) W-2 Traveler or $44/hr ($1,760/weekly) as a W-2 Local
- Weekly Pay
Job Description
Patient Care: Implement treatment plans designed by PTs, including exercises, stretching, and gait/balance training.
Monitoring & Assessment: Observe, record, and report a patient's progress and response to treatment before, during, and after therapy.
Equipment Application: Use devices such as walkers, canes, ultrasound, and electrical stimulation to aid treatment.
Education
Instruct patients and family members on in-home exercises and wellness strategies.
Documentation: Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant records of all treatment sessions and patient outcomes.
If interested in position please submit a copy of your resume and a team member will reach out to you ASAP
Key Responsibilities
Implement physical therapy treatment plans including exercises and gait training for patients in a skilled nursing facility. Monitor patient progress and maintain accurate, compliant documentation of all therapy sessions.
Requirements
The candidate must be able to use therapeutic devices and instruct patients and families on wellness strategies. Entry-level experience is acceptable for this full-time role.
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 36 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 39% are remote, 17% have no call, 39% require no weekends.
In California, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$116k (1,525 salary observations; 3,912 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (14,879 salary observations; 56,729 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)), so the posted ~$104k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $94k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
AvaMed Workforce holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 75/100, 14 active listings.
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist Assistant at AvaMed Workforce a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Physical Therapist Assistant — ranked against 4,946 active Physical Therapist Assistant listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
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- No weekends
- No nights
Living in Oroville
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $324k
- Typical market rent
- $1,355/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 20 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 101.2
- 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 · Chico, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.