Physical Therapist - Full-time

Physical TherapistFull-Time

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Job Description

  • Hospital Name: CoxHealth Rehabilitation Hospital in Partnership with Select Medical
  • Position: Physical Therapist
  • Location: Ozark, Missouri
  • Schedule: Full-time
  • Sign-on bonus: $15,000
  • New Grads welcome to apply!

Six-Month New Graduate Mentorship Program

New graduate therapists receive dedicated mentorship and support throughout their first six months, designed to build clinical confidence, strengthen skills, and support a successful transition into practice.

Be part of something new—this position supports our brand-new IRH hospital that is now open!

A partnership between CoxHealth and Select Medical, our 63-bed medical rehabilitation hospital serves patients in Southwest Missouri. Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

  • At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.
  • Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
  • Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
  • Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
  • Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program
  • Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP), and dental plan offerings
  • Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time to maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
  • Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.

Responsibilities

  • Performing initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment.
  • Promoting continuous quality improvement.
  • Teaching and counseling patients/families.
  • Setting goals and developing treatment plans.
  • Working cooperatively to identify and solve patient-specific and facility-wide needs.
  • Participating in discharge planning for each patient, including placement, patient/family education and adaptive equipment.
  • Supervising Physical Therapy Assistants, as well as supervising PT and PTA students.
  • Conducting individual patient therapy regimens.
  • Monitoring patient's response to treatment and modifying treatment during sessions, as needed.
  • Completing appropriate documentation according to department policies and procedures.
  • Participating in departmental, hospital, and community continuing education seminars and in-services.

Minimum Qualifications

  • State Licensure: Hold a current state licensure as a Physical Therapist (PT)
  • Certified BLS: Possess Certified BLS or obtain it within 90 days of employment.
  • Additional Data
  • Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Treatment planningClinical documentationPatient educationSupervisionNeurological rehabilitationOrthopedic rehabilitationBLS certification

Physical Therapist Career Context

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).

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 50% have no call, 54% require no weekends.

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Missouri?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysical Therapy median $93k (middle half $88k–$100k)366 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingMissouri index 90.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Missouri438 active21,623 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 6% remote · 50% no call · 54% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$15k sign-onMissouri Physical Therapist listings: 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 27% offer loan repayment447 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,754 in the last 30 days4,473 the 30 days before (+73%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physical Therapy pay trend+1.6% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing 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 · 23 employers
12
<$110k
8
$110k-130k
7
$130k-150k
6
$150k-170k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

29 jobs · 23 employers
401k / retirement match
86% this job
CME allowance
55% this job
Sign-on bonus
31% this job
Loan repayment
21%
Relocation assistance
3%

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

Ironside Human Resources · Augusta, Georgia

$75/hr
#3

Physical Therapist (PT)

$70-$75/hr
#4

School Physical Therapist (PT)

$70-$73/hr
+ 31 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,256 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About CoxHealth Rehabilitation Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Mechanicsburg, PA
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

$15,000 Sign-On Bonus
Six-Month New Graduate Mentorship Program
Tuition Reimbursement
Continuing Education Opportunities
Clinical Ladder Program
Student Debt Benefit Program
Comprehensive Medical/RX
Health, Vision, Dental

Living in Ozark

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$282k
Typical market rent
$1,566/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.6
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 · Springfield, MO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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