Physical Therapist

About the Role

The FRP Physical Therapist performs evaluations and facilitates physical rehabilitation care in our outpatient Functional Restoration Program, within an interdisciplinary, biopsychosocial framework.

Key Responsibilities

• Outpatient Patient Care
• Evaluate and treat patients one on one in an outpatient setting.
• Manage a diverse, active caseload.
• Educate patients on movement quality, injury prevention, and self-management.
• Collaborate with the clinical team to maintain a high standard of care.
• Multidisciplinary Evaluations (MDE)
• Review prior medical records, take a detailed case history, and perform a full physical examination.
• Document report findings and work with team members to determine candidacy using MTUS guideline criteria.
• Explain the FRP process to candidates.
• Individualized Treatment Planning
• Build an individualized six-week physical rehabilitation and progression plan for each patient.
• Adjust each plan as the patient progresses.
• Complete initial, midpoint, and discharge physical evaluations, and document.
• Create post-program work recommendations.
• Patient Education and Self-Management
• Run patient orientations and explain the program.
• Educate patients on anatomy, injury-related questions, health, and lifestyle changes.
• Guide patients toward independent pain management, including a personal flare-up protocol.
• Build patient confidence toward movement and exercise.
• Supervision and Team Collaboration
• Provide clinical supervision of assistants and aides.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to provide coordinated care.
• Take part in the weekly staff meeting.
• Coordinate with the office manager and interpreters on scheduling and patient needs.
• Documentation and Clinic Operations
• Complete documentation after each session and discharge documentation, accurately in the EMR.
• Keep documentation factual, individualized, and defensible.
• Manage a daily schedule across multiple systems independently.
• Keep the gym and FRP treatment rooms organized.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Physical Therapist role within ReMeDy Medical Group's Functional Restoration Program (FRP).
• Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
• Work type: Onsite.
• EMR system for documentation.

Qualifications

• Active California Physical Therapy license (DPT or MPT), or license-eligible.
• New graduates are welcome.
• Strong clinical reasoning and a genuine commitment to continuous improvement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work well as part of an interdisciplinary team and autonomously.
• Strong orthopedic assessment skills, with comprehensive knowledge of orthopedic, sensory, and motor examination techniques.
• Highly organized, with strong attention to documentation detail.
• Comfortable managing multiple systems (EMR, scheduling, documentation) and shifting priorities independently.
• Comfortable teaching patients one on one and in groups.
• Comfortable providing clinical supervision of assistants and aides.
• English required.
• Outpatient orthopedic experience (preferred).
• California workers' compensation medical experience (training provided if not applicable).
• Experience in chronic pain, concussion, neurological, or functional restoration settings (preferred).
• Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin, or Cantonese (a plus).