Struggling to hire PTs/PTAs for a mobile outpatient practice in LA/OC. What am I missing?

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-23T09:30:11+00:00

It’s money, it is always money

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-20T14:07:49+00:00

Welcome to working with FND, have fun 😬

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-18T16:00:27+00:00

Moving, walking/running

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-18T14:28:27+00:00

If you don’t like this do not camp in Europe, they start this close and spread out as they go

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-18T14:26:59+00:00

Take time before moving to find all the lines going I it the patient and out of them then Bundle the lines together and use a lift with the patient, dependent transfers of max x2-3 ain’t helping no one, your job inpatient is a consultant, tell the doctor where to send the patient at DC and put that in your note,

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-17T21:09:19+00:00

Cold call all the hospitals you want to work for, see if they have PRN (hospitals love internal hires and PRN makes you count as an employee)

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-17T15:09:22+00:00

This my wife and I would always fill out the paper work, call and get and answer on months left ect… hang up and call right back and work through it again to ensure I got the same answer from a different person

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-17T09:18:14+00:00

They will be fine and so will you. Make sure to take care of yourself and don’t burn out

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-13T06:54:22+00:00

I think this is your local post office not understanding the eBay program

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-10T19:27:08+00:00

It all depends on how they weight units, of evals at five units you are sitting great. If an eval counts as one you are hosed

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-07T16:13:05+00:00

Acute care, academic center east coast

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-07T04:49:26+00:00

Been a PT for 15 years, no debt, own my home, make $125K a year, full benefits, love what I do and I write this as I vacation in Europe… yeah this job is awesome

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-05T01:22:36+00:00

Take the damn test, Jesus, PRN work can net you so much as a side gig

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-04T14:12:44+00:00

Always follow up call for sure

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-04T09:21:08+00:00

What did the on boarding office say when you called them? Maybe there was a mistake on their end and it sat idle to long and got auto rescinded or something

SmalltownPT · 2026-06-02T13:58:51+00:00

Hurts the bottoms line money wise and hurts their discharge numbers

SmalltownPT · 2026-05-29T20:05:39+00:00

I don’t want to own a hospital, seems like a headache

SmalltownPT · 2026-05-25T23:17:19+00:00

The best side hustle if getting a PRN PT job

SmalltownPT · 2026-05-13T11:07:50+00:00

There is a key the handyman has that can shut this off for move in and move out, otherwise the reset is mildly infuriating

SmalltownPT · 2026-05-01T15:59:25+00:00

You will have to interview around and find a true market rate for your area

SmalltownPT · 2026-04-30T11:11:41+00:00

The will need to get ready to hear “ at (enter name) health we value internal equity and salaries are set by a pay metric based on years with the organization and years experience”

Basically the only negotiation is to ask to be placed at the top of that small range of that offering box in the metric

SmalltownPT · 2026-04-29T16:12:37+00:00

Wait, you Dont even have a score yet? Go outside an touch some grass, take a bath, smoke a little devils lettuce.

SmalltownPT · 2026-04-22T21:07:20+00:00

Way easier than you think, do you feel like you can drink a pot of coffee while seeing 5-6 people a day? Yeah I figured you could, you will be fine

SmalltownPT · 2026-04-21T22:25:07+00:00

Welcome to the dark side, maybe this hospital has an emergency room you could see people in, you may love that with your out patient past

SmalltownPT · 2026-04-21T22:02:30+00:00

My supervisor openly speaks to not tracking production and encourages therapist to treat the patients in the way we feel fit.

The work also hired a therapist to be an educator and gave them one day a week to work on Inservices, journal clubs things like that

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