PHYSICAL THERAPIST I, CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

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Job Description and Duties

This Job Control is listed Until Filled. Applications will be reviewed on the following dates.

8/05/26, 8/19/26, 9/02/26, 9/16/26, 9/30/26, 10/14/26

Effective July 1, 2025, in accordance with the applicable Memorandum of Understanding, the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) was implemented. PLP 2025 requires each full-time employee in Bargaining Unit 19, and related Excluded, Exempt and Statutory Exempt employees, will have their base salary reduced by 3 percent and will receive 5 PLP 2025 leave credits monthly through June 2027. Salaries do not reflect the recent changes. Part-time employees are subject to the same conditions as full-time employees, on a prorated basis equivalent to their time-base. Permanent intermittent employees are subject to the same condition as full-time employees, based on the number of hours worked in the pay period.

This classification is subject to Section 5, Hiring-Above-Minimum (HAM) Authorization of the California State Civil Service Pay Scales. The authorized HAM rate for this classification is $4,125.60. The Physical Therapist I, Correctional Facility, is the entry and journey working level in this series. Incumbents, in conjunction with a physician, evaluate patients and develop treatment plans and administer active, passive, and resistive therapeutic exercises and local or general massage, muscle training and corrective exercises, and coordination work; administer hydrotherapy treatments; document progress in patient's health record; assist in administering various types of electrotherapy; teach patients exercises which are to be continued and interpret to them the significance of physical therapy services; instruct patients in walking, standing, balance, use of crutches, cane, or wheelchair or walker and in the care of braces and artificial limbs; take pulse, temperature, weights, and measurements of patients; observe patients undergoing treatment and report unusual occurrence and physical condition of patients to medical officers and supervisors; make reports; maintain the treatment room and equipment in sanitary condition; order necessary equipment and supplies.

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