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O'Fallon, Missouri

Physical Therapist - Progess Point

Physical TherapistFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Additional Information About the Role

St. Louis Chidlren's Hospital at Progress Point has an opening for a full-time Physical Therapist in an outpatient setting. The ideal candidate will have experience with developmental and ortho pedicatric patients.

  • Come work with Missouri's top Pediatric Hospital today with BJC!
  • Schedule - 4 10-hour shifts
  • Growth opportunities
  • CEU Budget
  • Sign-on Bonus

Overview

St. Louis Children’s Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top-ranked children’s hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children’s provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. Along with inpatient and outpatient medical care, the hospital offers education, wellness and injury-prevention programs to fulfill its mission to “do what’s right for kids.”

Providing comprehensive, high-quality care and serving as an advocate for children has been St. Louis Children’s commitment since its inception in 1879. Today, the hospital serves patients and families across a 300-mile service area, and has seen patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries.

St. Louis Children’s consistently ranks among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S.News & World Report in all surveyed categories. In 2021, St. Louis Children’s was one of eight children’s hospitals to rank in the top 25 of all 10 specialties.

The hospital’s academic and physician partner, Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the top-ranked medical schools in the United States. Since 2005, St. Louis Children’s has been designated as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC).

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Provides skilled physical therapy services to patients including all aspects of evaluation and treatment.

Responsibilities

Establishes treatment plan and provides treatment, considering discharge needs; expected discharge functional status; and appropriate equipment and supplies.

Educates, collaborates with, and conferences with patients, families, and other health care providers; making recommendations for referrals to specialists as needed.

Delegates to assistants, techs, and students through written and verbal communication including determining the skill level or competency required to provide interventions to best meet the needs of the patient.

  • Completes documentation in accordance with departmental policies.
  • Provides assessment, reassessment, and/or consultations for Physical Therapy Services.

Minimum Requirements

  • Education
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Physical Therapy (PT)

Experience

  • No Experience
  • Supervisor Experience
  • No Experience
  • Licenses & Certifications
  • Physical Therapist License

Preferred Requirements

  • Education
  • Master's Degree
  • Physical Therapy (PT)

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

  • Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
  • Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
  • 401(k) plan with BJC match
  • Tuition Assistance available on first day
  • BJC Institute for Learning and Development
  • Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
  • Adoption assistance
  • To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

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The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy and a valid Physical Therapist license. Experience with developmental and orthopedic pediatric patients is preferred, though no prior experience is required.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Pediatric physical therapyOrthopedic physical therapyPatient evaluationTreatment planningClinical documentationPatient educationCare coordinationDevelopmental therapy

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Missouri, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$88k (183 salary observations; 1,086 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (11,785 salary observations; 62,466 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Missouri?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysical Therapy median $88k (middle half $77k–$97k)408 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Missouri vs national$88k median in Missouri$94k nationally (−6%)183 state / 11,785 national salary observations
Cost of livingMissouri index 90.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Missouri439 active21,676 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 6% remote · 40% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusMissouri Physical Therapist listings: 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 27% offer loan repayment446 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,748 in the last 30 days4,154 the 30 days before (+87%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physical Therapy pay trend+1.6% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
BJC HealthCare#4 of 13 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

33 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

33 jobs · 24 employers
9
<$100k
9
$100k-120k
4
$120k-140k
11
$140k-160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

30 jobs · 24 employers
401k / retirement match
90% this job
CME allowance
60% this job
Loan repayment
30%
Sign-on bonus
27% this job
Relocation assistance
7%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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Concierge Home Care · Port St. Lucie, Florida

$70-$75/hr
#2

Travel Physical TherapistContract

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$75/hr
#3

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$70-$75/hr
#4

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$70-$73/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 30% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,543 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About BJC HealthCare

Hospitals and Health Care
St Louis, Missouri
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, legal services
Disability insurance paid by BJC
Annual 4% BJC automatic retirement contribution
401(k) plan with BJC match
Tuition assistance available on first day
BJC Institute for Learning and Development
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off (vacation, sick, holidays, personal)

Living in O'Fallon

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$347k
Typical market rent
$1,831/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.1
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · St. Louis, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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