Physical Therapist Team Leader
Listed compensation
Starting at $104K
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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
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.
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