Physical Therapist Assistant

Position: Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)
Location: Santa Ana, CA
Employment Type: Full-time | Salary
Salary: $70,000 - $86,000

Job Summary

This is an outpatient orthopedic clinic with a strong manual therapy focus - manual therapy is a core, significant part of how patients are treated, not just an exercise-based model. You'll work one-on-one with patients for the first 30 minutes of each visit, then hand off to an aide who finishes the session. Patients are typically in the clinic for about an hour total.

Schedule

The clinic operates Monday through Friday, with hours running as early as 7 AM and as late as 6 PM. A typical day is 7 AM 4 PM or 8 AM 5 PM (an 8-hour workday plus a 1-hour lunch). This is a salaried role, so there's some flexibility to stay a little later if needed to finish up with patients.

Minimum Qualifications:

Candidates must hold an active California PTA license. There's no strict minimum years of experience - what matters most is recent, ongoing manual therapy experience rather than total years in the field; stale or years-old manual therapy exposure (e.g. only from school, or from SNF/home health settings) isn't a good fit. Candidates should also be comfortable adapting to the clinic's EMR, which includes AI-assisted documentation, and generally open to learning new technology and workflows. Outpatient orthopedic/manual therapy backgrounds are strongly preferred.

Why Join Us?

Benefits include health insurance (50/50 employer-employee split through Anthem or Kaiser HMO/PPO plans, with HSA/FSA options available), employee-paid dental (~$20 $40/month via MetLife) and vision (~$20/month via Anthem), PTO starting at 10 days in year one and building to a 15-day maximum by year three, 5 sick days, 6 paid holidays (New Year's, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas), a continuing education allowance worth about $1,000/year ($800 cash plus a MedBridge subscription), a 401(k) program, and reimbursement for PTA license and CPR renewal. Team-building activities happen roughly weekly, and the clinic holds company-wide gatherings a few times a year, including a summer party and a Christmas party - the biggest event on the calendar.