Pediatric Physical Therapist

IntroductionTHIS IS A NEW CONTINUOUS EXAMINATION.\nThe eligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list\nand may last approximately one year but can be extended. This examination\nmay be reopened as necessary and the names of additional candidates merged onto\nthe existing list according to examination score. APPLY IMMEDIATELY AS THIS RECRUITMENT MAY\nCLOSE AT ANY TIME.\nSupplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed\nSupplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with each application.\nApplications and Supplemental Questionnaires must be in the possession of the\nHuman Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for\nFiling. Failure to submit the Application or Supplemental Questionnaire\nwill result in disqualification.\nApplications and Supplemental Questionnaires\nwill only be accepted online.\nDESCRIPTION\n\n\n\n\n\nALAMEDA COUNTY HEALTH\nAlameda County Health is the local government agency that promotes and protects the health and well-being of all who live, work, learn, and play in Alameda County. We coordinate services and cultivate partnerships with community organizations and providers to help ensure access, organize, and deliver health care and services to people with Medi-Cal and without insurance, support resilient communities, and improve health for all. We focus on health equity by developing programs and systemic solutions that reduce disparities for the people and communities we serve.\nAlameda County Health's departments and programs focus on services and support that provide care for the whole person.\nThe Behavioral Health Department provides mental health and substance use services for people with Medi-Cal and without insurance and supports people along their path to wellness, recovery, and resilience.\nThe Environmental Health Department works to keep our air, water, and food safe; it regulates, protects, and promotes the health of everyone in Alameda County by enforcing environmental health codes to reduce exposure to toxins and diseases.\nThe Public Health Department focuses on community and population-level health, preventing and addressing root causes of health inequity across a range of communicable and chronic diseases.\nAlameda County Health also provides services through Housing and Homelessness Services, Emergency Medical Services Agency, HealthPAC, and Healthy Schools and Communities.\n\nPUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT\nAs part of Alameda County Health, the Public Health Department works in partnership with our local communities to ensure the optimal health and well-being of all people. We monitor health status and service delivery, prevent disease, mobilize communities, conduct outreach, and promote health policy and education. We actively seek partnerships and engage with the community to improve community health through a dynamic and responsive process that respects diversity, addresses health equity, and challenges us to provide for present and future generations.\nWe are nurses, doctors, community psychologists, epidemiologists, dentists, medical social workers, physical and occupational therapists, dietitians, outreach workers, health educators, program managers, and pre-hospital care coordinators.\n\nMEDICAL THERAPY PROGRAM (MTP)\nThe CCS Medical Therapy Program (MTP) is a statewide program that provides occupational and physical therapy to children with certain medical conditions and works withchildren and their familiesto create individual goals and therapy plans to work towards those goals.\n\nTHE POSITION:\nUnder direction, to provide physical therapy services in public and schools for the treatment of children with physical disabilities; to advise parents/caregivers on home treatment and care; and to do related work as required.\n\nTHE VACANCY:\nThere are currently four (4) vacancies located in the Public Health Department, under the Family Health Services Division, California Children's Services Medical Therapy Program (MTP), however the eligible list resulting from this recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies in other programmatic areas.\nMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSCertification:\nEligibility for or possession of a valid certificate to practice as a Registered Physical Therapist in California, \n\n\nand\n\n\nEducation:\nCompletion of an accredited curriculum in Physical Therapy. \n\nNOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.\n\nKNOWLEDGE AND SKILLSThe most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:\n\nKnowledge of:\n\n\n Principles, methods, equipment and basic theory of physical rehabilitation involved in the modern practice of physical therapy, especially in the application of exercise and other modalities in pediatric therapy.\n Anatomy and physiology of the skeletal, muscular, neural and other structures and the pathologies and injuries which result in physical impairment.\n Principles of psychology, especially as they relate to the physical therapy in a Medical Therapy program.\n Methods of testing and evaluating muscular and neural function.\n Child growth and development, especially in children with physical disabilities. \n\n\n\nAbility to:\n\n\n Understand and follow physician's prescriptions and other technical instructions involved.\n Instruct and gain the confidence and cooperation of clients in the program, instill appropriate attitudes and effect mental adjustment, as well as physical rehabilitation.\n Keep accurate records and make meaningful reports.\n Instruct parents and other persons in the care and treatment of children.\n \n\n\nEXAMINATION COMPONENTSTHE EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:\n\n A review of applicants' applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those applicants who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process.\n Those applicants who possess the minimum qualifications for the class will be placed on the eligible list based on an evaluation of education, training, and experience.\n\nCANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACH PORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION.\nWe reserve the right to make changes to the announced examination components.\n\n\n\nAlameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work. To learn more about our recruitment and selection process, please visit the "What You Need to Know" section of our website,hrs.alamedacountyca.gov.\nRECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLANApplicants will be informed via email with reasonable noticein advance of any examination process which will require their attendance. The following dates aretentativeand subject to change based on the needs of the Agency:\n\n\n \n \n \n TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLAN:\n \n \n \n \n Deadline for Filing: \n \n \n 5:00:00 PM, Friday, April 17, 2026\n \n \n \n \n Review of Minimum Qualifications:\n \n \n Friday, April 24, 2026\n \n \n \n \n Notification of Results\n \n May 1, 2026\n \n \n \n Departmental Hiring Interviews\n \n \n \n \n May 2026\n \n \n \n\nWE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN\nAlameda County and the Human Resource Services Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions in accordance/compliance with the State Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Alameda County's Reasonable Accommodation Policy and applicable statutes. To request accommodation due to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases of the examination/selection process, please contact the assigned Human Resources Representative listed on the job announcementbefore the last date of filing.Alameda County requires applicants to provide supporting documentation to substantiate a request for reasonable accommodation. In order to qualify for a reasonable accommodation, applicants must have a disability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA, FEHA and applicable statutes.\n\nFor more information regarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures, please visit our website,hrs.alamedacountyca.gov\nBENEFITSThe County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wide-ranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many employee discount, fitness and health screening programs focused on overall wellbeing. These benefits include but are not limited to*:\nFor your Health & Well-Being\n\n Medical - HMO & PPO Plans\n Dental - HMO & PPO Plans\n Vision or Vision Reimbursement\n Share the Savings\n Basic Life Insurance\n Supplemental Life Insurance (with optional dependent coverage for eligible employees)\n Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance\n County Allowance Credit\n Flexible Spending Accounts - Health FSA, Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance\n Short-Term Disability Insurance\n Long-Term Disability Insurance\n Voluntary Benefits - Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Long-Term Care, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Services\n Employee Assistance Program\n\nFor your Financial Future\n\n Retirement Plan - (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)\n Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan or Roth Plan)\n\nFor your Work/Life Balance\n\n 12 paid holidays\n Floating Holidays\n Vacation and sick leave accrual\n Vacation purchase program\n Catastrophic Sick Leave\n Pet Insurance\n Commuter Benefits Program\n Guaranteed Ride Home\n Employee Wellness Program (e.g. At Work Fitness, Incentive Based Programs, Gym Membership Discounts)\n Employee Discount Program (e.g. theme parks, cell phone, etc.)\n Child Care Resources\n 1stUnited Services Credit Union\n\n*Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement. This provides a summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change.\n\nConclusionAll\nnotices related to County recruitments for which you have applied will be\nsent/delivered via email. Please add@jobaps.com, @acgov.org, noreplyalamedacountyhr@acgov.org, and Noreply@jobaps.com accepted addresses to any email\nblocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not do this, your\nemail blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of the notices\nregarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advised to\nregularly log into your County of Alameda online application account to check\nfor notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that will be sent\nto you will also be kept in your personal online application account. You will\nbe able to view all of your notices in your online application account by\nclicking on the 'My applications' button on the Current Job Openings\npage.\nPlease\ntake the steps recommended above to ensure you do not miss any notices about a\nrecruitment for which you have applied. The County of Alameda is not\nresponsible for notices that are not read, received or accessed by any\napplicant for a County recruitment.\nNOTE:\nAll notices are generated through an automated email notification system.\nReplies to the email boxesNoreply@jobaps.comand\nnoreplyalamedacountyhr@acgov.orgare routed to unmonitored\nmailboxes. If you have questions, please go to our website athrs.alamedacountyca.gov.\nYou may also contact the Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcement\nfor the recruitment for which you have applied.\nAngelica\nCuevas, Human Resources Analyst\nHuman\nResource Services, County of Alameda\n(510)\n271-5154 |Angelica.Cuevas@acgov.org\nhrs.alamedacountyca.gov\n\n\nDISASTER SERVICE WORKER\nAll\nAlameda County employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state\nand local law. Employment with the County requires the affirmation of a\nloyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to report to work as\nordered in the event of an emergency.\n\nEQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY\nAlameda\nCounty has a diverse workforce, that is representative of the communities we\nserve, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of\nemployment are based on merit, competence, performance and business need.\nAlameda County does not discriminate in employment on the basis of, race,\ncolor, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national\norigin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability,\ngenetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation,\nparental status, military service, or other non-merit factors protected under\nfederal, state and local law. Alameda County celebrates diversity and is\ncommitted to creating an inclusive, and welcoming workplace environment.\n