Physical Therapy Assistant I – Physical Therapy

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.  

About City of Hope Orange County

City of Hope Orange County is transforming cancer treatment by bringing world-class expertise and specialized care closer to home. Supported by a regional network of care, our 11-acre academic cancer campus in Irvine is home to City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center, our outpatient cancer center, and Orange County’s only cancer specialty hospital, opening in late 2025. 

With the opening of the hospital, the full continuum of advanced cancer care—from prevention through survivorship—will be available in Orange County for the first time, eliminating the need to travel for lifesaving treatment. Seamlessly connected to our outpatient cancer center, the new clinical research hospital will feature 73 inpatient beds, advanced surgical suites, groundbreaking clinical trials, and holistic services such as rehabilitative therapy and spiritual care. This isn’t standard cancer care. This is lifesaving cancer care. This is Hope. 

As a successful candidate, you will: 

• Provide direct patient care under the supervision of a registered physical therapist
• Contribute to patient assessment, treatment planning and implementation process 
• Implement treatment programs safely, monitors patient and family response, and modifies treatment appropriately in collaboration with the primary therapist  
• Document patient care in the medical record.  
• Communicate observations, facts and comments with interdisciplinary team member, individually, and through team meetings and family conferences.  
• Establish and maintains therapeutic relationships with patient and caregivers  
• Communicate effectively with all levels of staff. Foster the development of teamwork within the department while meeting the needs of departments being served
• Maintain professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to maintain certification/licensure, and/or keep abreast of latest trends in field of expertise 
• Act as a preceptor to physical therapy and physical therapist assistant students.  

Your qualifications should include:

• Associate’s degree in physical therapy  
• Entry level position, no experience required 
• Acute care experience, preferred 
• Graduate from an approved PT Assistant program
• Current Physical Therapist Assistant license in the State of California or Physical Therapy Assistant Licensed Applicant status (PTLA); Must have license within 6 months of hire;
• CPR (through the American Heart Association) 

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location. City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

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