Travel Physical Therapist - Rehab Inpatient - Mountain Mesa, CA
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How this pay compares
This assignment posts $2,476 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel physical therapist assignments post a median of $2,269 a week, the middle half $2,053 to $2,464, across 1,304 assignments, so this one is above the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.
Tax-free stipend limit here
GSA's per diem rate for Mountain Mesa, CA (GSA's Bakersfield / Ridgecrest area) is $164 a night for lodging in November 2026 and $74 a day for meals and incidentals: $1,666 a week. Agencies set tax-free housing and meal stipends against it, for a traveler who keeps a tax home elsewhere; the posting's own figure says what this assignment pays. Stipend limits in California.
Licensed in another state?
California is not issuing PT Compact privileges, so a physical therapist or PT assistant licensed in another state needs a California license for this job. (PT Compact Commission, 9 Nov 2026.) For a California license, apply to the Physical Therapy Board of California for a license by endorsement ($450, by its own page): what California asks. Every state's PT Compact status.
What California requires of a physical therapist
Physical Therapist License, from the Physical Therapy Board of California.
- An endorsement applicant applies online through BreEZe, passes the California Jurisprudence Assessment Module (CAL-JAM), submits fingerprints (Live Scan in California, or hard cards from out of state) and a passport-style photo, and pays the application processing and initial license fees by credit card.
- Staying active: Licenses renew every two years and expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month; each renewal requires 30 hours of continuing competency, including 4 hours of basic life support and 2 hours of ethics, laws and regulations (fewer hours at a first renewal).
Physical therapist jobs and requirements in California · Every state's rule
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About the job
Travel Physical Therapist assignment in Rehab Inpatient at Kern Valley Healthcare District in Mountain Mesa, CA: 13 weeks, 5 shifts of 8 hours a week, starting 23 Nov 2026.
Pay
- Estimated gross weekly pay: $2,475.96
- Taxable hourly rate: $25 for 36 hours a week
- Meals and incidentals stipend: $468.72 a week
- Lodging stipend: $957.24 a week
- Overtime rate: $63 an hour
- Taxable Completion Bonus paid after 520.00 hours: $265.57
- Sign On Bonus paid as mileage after 40.00 hours: $277.78
- Completion Bonus paid as mileage after 520.00 hours: $12.22
The facility
- Trauma level null
- 27 beds
Requirements
- 1 year of recent experience (facility/unit expectations may vary)
- Physical Therapist license to work in the state of CA
- Current Basic Life Support certification
Benefits with TRS Healthcare
- 401(k) retirement plans – The company will match 50% up to the first 6%.
- Full coverage health insurance along with dental and vision.
- All pre-contract costs covered - we pay or reimburse for your compliance.
- Industry-leading app and time entry technology.
- Sign-on and completion bonuses.
- Up to $1,000 referral bonuses with online tracking - no limit on your earning potential.
- Licensure reimbursement.
- Fully trained recruiters focused on your needs and career.
- Opportunities to experience different regions, cultures, and facilities across the United States.
From TRS Healthcare's job posting, checked 12 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About TRS Healthcare
RN-founded, woman-owned travel healthcare staffing company based in Arkansas, placing registered nurses, LPNs, imaging technologists, respiratory therapists and lab specialists on 13-week assignments nationwide. Source: TRS Healthcare, About Our Healthcare Staffing Company
Based in Tontitown, ARHires in 51 statesPay on its listings: 0.2% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
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