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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
North Druid Hills, Georgia

Physical Therapist 1 or 2

Physical TherapistNo callNo weekendsFull-Time

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Job Description

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Work Shift

  • Work Day(s)
  • Shift Start Time
  • Shift End Time
  • Worker Sub-Type

Regular

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Job Description

Provides the highest quality age-appropriate care for patient’s newborn to 20 years of age within the scope of practice and established standards for physical therapy. Functions effectively as a member of the rehabilitation team. Supports the mission of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Proactively supports efforts that ensure delivery of safe patient care and services and promote a safe environment at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Experience

No minimum experience required

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in pediatric or related physical therapy

Education

  • Bachelor's, master's or doctorate degree in physical therapy from an accredited school
  • Certification Summary

Georgia Physical Therapy License

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association within 30 days of employment
  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Knowledge of pediatric/sports theory and practice (as applicable)
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills for effective communication of information
  • Positive interpersonal skills and ability to function in an interdisciplinary environment

Job Responsibilities

  • Evaluates patients, meeting established standards.
  • Develops appropriate plan of care and implements effective treatment interventions founded in evidenced base practice so that functional outcomes are achieved.
  • Completes documentation, meeting departmental standards for content, accuracy, and timeliness.
  • Involves the patient's caregivers in their care, offering effective education and documentation tailored to the learning needs of both the patient and their caregivers.
  • Provides clinical oversight to Physical Therapist Assistants, Rehabilitation aides, and students as assigned.

Demonstrates competencies that incorporate age-specific guidelines, including N = Neonate (less than 30 days), I = Infant (30 days to 1 year), EC = Early Childhood (1-5 years), LC = Late Childhood (5-13 years), A = Adolescent (13-18 years), AD = Adult (greater than 18 years as applicable), and ALL = all ages.

Participates in maintaining and monitoring the work environment to ensure a continual state of accreditation readiness.

Travels to clinical locations to provide patient care based on patient census, program development, and/or contract obligations with physician practices.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic covered by applicable law.

  • Primary Location Address
  • 1605 Chantilly Dr NE
  • Job Family
  • Rehab

Key Responsibilities

Provides high-quality, age-appropriate physical therapy care for patients from newborn to 20 years old. Develops and implements evidence-based treatment plans while providing clinical oversight to assistants and students.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degree in physical therapy and a Georgia physical therapy license. Candidates must obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of employment.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Pediatric physical therapyPatient evaluationPlan of care developmentClinical documentationPatient educationInterdisciplinary collaborationOral communication

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist 1 or 2 at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 21,577 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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CME allowance
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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,577 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • On-site

Living in North Druid Hills

Median resident rent
$1,874/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.