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Encompass Health
Houston, Texas

Physical Therapist Team Leader

Physical TherapistIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

Starting at $104K

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

Therapy Team Leader Career Opportunity

Physical Therapist Required

Starting at $104,000

Lead Impactful Therapy at Encompass Health

Are you seeking a career that fulfills you professionally and personally, rooted in your heart and community? Encompass Health goes beyond a job—it's about community connection. Join our tight-knit team, where you'll find a sense of belonging.

As a Team Leader for Therapy, working with the nation’s leading rehabilitation provider, you'll play a pivotal role in impacting your community by delivering care, support, and influential leadership, fostering inspiring patient outcomes.

Your role is crucial, ensuring policies, procedures, and treatments are meticulously implemented while providing compassionate, personalized care to patients. Access cutting-edge technology within a supportive, collaborative team environment.

From day one, embrace a rewarding career and comprehensive benefits, providing the peace of mind to thrive. Join us and lead a fulfilling career journey where your leadership nurtures impactful care and personal satisfaction.

The Therapy Team leader assists the Director of Therapy Operations in day-to-day operations of a therapy team or discipline.

The position requires effective supervisory skills along with good communication skills for interdepartmental relationships, and competency in licensed discipline evaluation, assessment, care planning and treatment.

The Therapy Team Leader must delegate and supervise tasks of therapist assistants and technicians; assist with staffing, scheduling, orientation, training and communications to provide adequate coverage for patient treatments; and maintain open and on-going communication with hospital departments to ensure patient, staff, and hospital needs are met.

This position typically provides patient care in licensed discipline 80% - 90% of work hours.

The Therapy Team Leader helps create an environment and culture that enables the hospital to fulfill its mission by meeting or exceeding its goals, conveying the hospital mission to all staff, holding staff accountable for performance, motivating staff to improve performance, and being responsible for the operation of the department, to include measurement, assessment, and continuous improvement. The Team Leader helps staff improve their clinical skills, and overall performance, through staff development and mentoring.

A Glimpse Into Our World

We're confident you'll feel the difference the moment you join our team. Being a part of Encompass Health means contributing to a growing national inpatient rehabilitation leader.

We take pride in our career growth opportunities and the collaborative spirit of our team members, united for the greater good of our patients. Our recognitions, including being named one of the "World’s Most Admired Companies" and receiving the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® Award, make us immensely proud.

Benefits Tailored for You

  • Our benefits are designed to support your well-being and start on day one:
  • Affordable medical, dental, and vision plans for both full-time and part-time employees and their families.
  • Generous paid time off that accrues over time.
  • Tuition reimbursement and continuous education opportunities for your professional growth.
  • Company-matching 401(k) and employee stock purchase plans, securing your financial future.
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts tailored to your unique needs.
  • A vibrant community of individuals who are passionate about what they do!

The Encompass Health Way

We proudly set the standard in care by leading with empathy, doing what's right, focusing on the positive, and standing stronger together. Encompass Health is a trusted leader in post-acute care with over 150 nationwide locations and a team of 36,000 exceptional individuals and growing!

At Encompass Health, we celebrate and welcome diversity in our inclusive culture. We provide equal employment opportunities regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, color, creed, age, mental or physical disability, or any other protected classification.

Key Responsibilities

The Therapy Team Leader assists in the day-to-day operations of the therapy team, supervising therapist assistants and technicians while ensuring policy implementation. They spend 80-90% of their time providing direct patient care and mentoring staff to improve clinical performance.

Requirements

Candidates must be a licensed Physical Therapist with strong supervisory and communication skills. Competency in evaluation, assessment, and care planning within their licensed discipline is required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient EvaluationTreatment ImplementationStaff SchedulingStaff MentoringClinical SupervisionInterdepartmental CoordinationPerformance Management

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 40% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

In Texas, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$88k (770 salary observations; 4,962 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (14,787 salary observations; 56,350 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$104k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $107k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$104k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$7k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

26 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution26 jobs · 21 employers

15
<$110k
7
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1
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2
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1
$160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs · 21 employers

401k / retirement match
92% this job
CME allowance
84%
Sign-on bonus
72%
Loan repayment
36%
Relocation assistance
12%

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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 22,005 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Houston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$245k≈ 2.4× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,542/mo≈ 18% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Encompass Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Birmingham, Alabama
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
Tuition Reimbursement
401(k) with Company Match
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Flexible Spending Account