Position/Program Information
PH5843E
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ABOUT THIS POSITION:
We are pursuing qualified candidates to fill Physical Therapy Supervisor I positions within the Department of Public Health. We are looking for someone who provides first-level supervision to physical therapists, therapy assistants, and other support staff who are treating acute or rehabilitative patients with physical or mental disease or injury. Incumbents may also provide administrative supervision to staff in the physical and occupational therapy services in a California Children's Services Medical Therapy Unit.
For more information, please view the classification specification: Physical Therapy Supervisor I
Essential Job Functions
What will I do as a Physical Therapy Supervisor I?
- Plans, manages, and coordinates unit therapy programs with physicians, allied health personnel, teachers, families and agencies.
- Supervises subordinate therapists with a caseload of patients with varied diagnoses and complexity levels providing interventions, treatments, and services for acute medical, rehabilitative hospital, clinic, or California Children's Services programs; may perform physical therapy assessment, evaluation and treatment, both in providing patient care and to demonstrate or model proper techniques and methods.
- Plans, assigns, and reviews work of assigned staff; establishes and adjusts work schedules and assignments to maintain adequate staffing levels and responds to fluctuating workloads; assigns caseloads based on available staff and individual therapy needs of patients; reviews the quality and adequacy of therapy services provided by the therapy staff and implements corrective measures when necessary; evaluates employee performance and prepares performance evaluations; makes recommendations on hiring, promotion, transfers, work improvement and discharge; resolves problems of employee grievances and discipline; serves as a resource person to the therapy staff regarding unusual or difficult therapy problems by consulting with, demonstrating, or performing evaluation and treatment procedures.
- Develops and modifies therapy treatment programs based upon review of patient records, results of therapy treatments, introduction of new medical and surgical procedures and review of professional literature.
- Plans and conducts meetings with the therapy staff for the purpose of sharing and eliciting technical and administrative information sharing in the resolution of problems and interpreting policies and procedures.
- Supervises clinical training of students in the areas of patient assessment, evaluation, and treatment and provides for staff development through in-service training, rotating assignments and making arrangements for attendance at special conferences, seminars, or college education courses.
- Plans and recommends space, equipment, and staffing to support therapy services in an assigned area.
Requirements
REQUIREMENTS TO QUALIFY:
OPTION I: Graduation from a physical therapy curriculum acceptable to the Commission on Accreditation on Physical Therapy Education of the American Physical Therapy Association and approved by the Physical Therapy Board of California*.
OPTION II: Graduation from a physical therapy curriculum acceptable to the Commission on Accreditation on Physical Therapy Education of the American Physical Therapy Association and approved by the Physical Therapy Board of California*.
LICENSE:
A current license to practice as a Physical Therapist, issued by the Physical Therapy Board of California, without limitations or restrictions.
- Applicants must ensure the License and Certification Section of the application is completed for the Physical Therapist License. Provide the title(s) of your required license(s), the number(s), date(s) of issue, date(s) of expiration and the name(s) of the issuing agency for the required license as specified in the Requirements to Qualify. Provide the information at the time of filing or e-mail to [email protected] within fifteen (15) calendar days from application submission or your application may be rejected as incomplete.
PHYSICAL CLASS:
3 – Moderate: This class requires that the incumbent stand or walk most of the time with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, reaching, working on irregular surfaces, occasional lifting of objects weighing over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:
Official Transcript is a transcript that bears the college seal and states "official and/or copy" issued by the school's registrar office. A printout of the transcript from the school's website is NOT considered official and may result in your application being incomplete and rejected.
We do not accept password-protected documents. Ensure documents are unlocked before attaching to your application or sending to the exam analyst.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
Credit will be given to applicants who possess the following desirable qualifications:
- Clinical pediatric experience working with children with special needs as a Physical Therapist.
- Experience providing staff development through in-service training, rotating assignments and making arrangements for attendance at special conferences, seminars, or college education courses.
- Experience supervising clinical training of students in the areas of patient assessment, evaluation, and treatment.
- Pediatric Certified Specialist (PCS) of the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists (ABPTS).
Additional Information
EXAMINATION CONTENT:This assessment type will evaluate the training and experience you list on a questionnaire and assign a score based on a standardized scoring system.ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION & VACANCY INFORMATION:
Applicants who passed the assessment(s) are placed on a list in the order of their score group for a period of twelve (12) months. Applications will be processed as they are received and added to the eligible list accordingly. We will use this list to fill vacancies in the Department of Public Health as they occur.
AVAILABLE SHIFT:
Any, including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please fill out the application completely. Provide relevant job experience including employer's name and address, job title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week, and description of work performed. Copying verbiage from the Requirements or class specification as your work experience will not be sufficient to demonstrate meeting the requirements.
We may verify information included in the application at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. Falsification of information on your application and any attachments will result in refusal of application, rescission of appointment, or restriction of application to future recruitments.
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Employment Eligibility:
Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.
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Revised September 2025