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Riverside Health System
Hampton, Virginia

PRN Physical Therapist

Physical TherapistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$55-$63/hr

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Job Description

Hampton, Virginia

Hiring Range

$55.00 - $63.00/Hourly Actual pay is determined by program, work commitment and business needs

Overview

Make an impact with every patient you treat. As a Physical Therapist in our outpatient setting, you’ll have the opportunity to provide personalized, one-on-one care with no double booking, allowing you to focus on what matters most: helping your patients move better, recover stronger, and achieve their goals.

You’ll collaborate with an experienced, multidisciplinary rehabilitation team while gaining exposure to a variety of specialties, including orthopedics, sports rehabilitation, pelvic floor, lymphedema, vestibular therapy, and hand therapy. With a strong commitment to clinical excellence and top-performing patient experience scores, you’ll join a team that values quality care, collaboration, and meaningful patient relationships.

What You Will Do

Performs evaluations, determines PT diagnoses, and develops plan of care. Performs physical therapy procedures to aid in restoring function, improving mobility, relieving pain, improving health, and preventing or limiting permanent physical disability.

Evaluates and assesses the patient timely, based on principles outlined by practice guidelines, evidence based guidelines and regulatory standards (state & organizational policies, requirements of accrediting bodies, etc.).

Builds trusting collaborative relationships with a multi-disciplinary team to support patient care needs. Actively participates in multi-disciplinary team meetings.

Assists in training and support of all team members, volunteers and students.

Carries out treatment plan and modifies to maximize therapeutic benefit and meet discharge criteria and return to optimal level of care. Records patient's progress and modifies the plan of care.

Utilizes testing results and develops updated plan of care based on principles outlined in appropriate evidence based guidelines.

Educates patients and family members about the recovery process.

Qualifications

Education

  • Bachelors Degree, Physical Therapy (Required) or
  • Masters Degree, Physical Therapy (Required) or
  • Doctoral Degree, (Required)

Experience

1 year Physical Therapy (Preferred)

Licenses and Certifications

  • License Physical Therapy (PT) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) Upon Hire(Required) and
  • CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) within 30 Days(Required)
  • To learn more about being a team member with Riverside Health System visit us at riversideonline.com.

Key Responsibilities

The Physical Therapist will perform patient evaluations, develop personalized treatment plans, and provide one-on-one care to restore function and mobility. They will also collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and educate patients and their families throughout the recovery process.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Patient evaluationPelvic floor therapyLymphedema therapyClinical documentationPatient educationMultidisciplinary collaborationTreatment planning

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Virginia, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$95k (123 salary observations; 294 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (2,380 salary observations; 8,217 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 40 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 40% have no call, 63% require no weekends.

Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$123k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $121k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution25 jobs · 22 employers

5
<$100k
6
$100k-120k
5
$120k-140k
9
$140k-160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks29 jobs · 22 employers

401k / retirement match
72%
CME allowance
69%
Sign-on bonus
28%
Relocation assistance
14%
Visa sponsorship
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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Transition Care Telemetry · Escondido, California

$80-$110/hr
#2

Home Care Physical Therapist- Per Diem (Bergen County)Per Diem

US Physical Therapy · Hackensack, New Jersey

$72-$95/hr
#3

Physical Therapist (PT) PRN

$60-$70/hr
#4

Physical Therapist (PT) *$1,500 in Hiring Bonuses!

$60-$70/hr
+ 38 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,853 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Hampton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$270k
Typical market rent
$1,698/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Riverside Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
Newport News, Virginia
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

No double booking
One-on-one patient care
Multidisciplinary team
Exposure to multiple specialties