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Upstream Rehabilitation
Lexington, Kentucky

Physical Therapist - Float

Physical TherapistNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

We are hiring a Floater Physical Therapist to support our Lexington, KY clinics!

Ready to make a difference wherever you're needed most? Join our team as a Floater Physical Therapist, where flexibility meets purpose. In this role, you’ll provide high-quality, patient-centered care across our five locations in Lexington, filling in where your expertise is needed most. Whether covering for staff absences or supporting high patient volumes, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring patient access, continuity of care, and clinical excellence.

Our brand partners in the Lexington area — BenchMark, Drayer, and Results Physiotherapy — are expanding and seeking clinicians who are adaptable, compassionate, and committed to professional growth. Our team members are highly skilled in delivering evidence-based interventions across a broad spectrum of conditions, including orthopedic, vestibular, general deconditioning, occupational, and pelvic health cases.

Why Join Us?

  • Flexibility: Enjoy a dynamic schedule and exposure to diverse clinical environments.
  • Supportive Culture: Work with a collaborative team that values mentorship and professional growth.
  • Competitive Compensation: Includes a floater bonus every 6 months, mileage reimbursement, and continuing education support.
  • Career Advancement: Opportunities to transition into leadership or permanent placements.

Who You Are…

  • You excel at providing specialized evaluation and evidence-based treatment based on patient specific needs.
  • You love to connect with patients and clinical team members within your organization.
  • You deliver the highest quality care and meet our standards of clinical excellence.
  • You seek a positive, respectful, and fair work environment.
  • You are eager to continually learn through professional growth opportunities.
  • You value accountability, adaptability, balance, compassion, excellence, inclusion, investment, servanthood, teamwork and trust.
  • What you need…
  • Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy Program
  • Current or pending state licensure
  • Upstream seeks to provide competitive benefits that you care about:
  • Flexible Work Schedules with no weekends (Monday-Friday)
  • Clinical Care Productivity Bonuses
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
  • 401k with company match
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays
  • Student Loan Reimbursement Opportunities
  • Partnership/Ownership Opportunities
  • Company Paid Life Insurance (1x base salary)
  • Voluntary Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Offerings

Upstream Is Committed to Your Professional Growth

  • $1500 annual CE dollars plus unlimited use of MedBridge
  • Partnership with IAMT for training in Manual Therapy: iamt.org
  • Orthopedic and Sports Residencies available in-house: upstreamrehabinstitute.com
  • Pelvic Health Development Program: upstreamrehabinstitute.com
  • Leadership development coursework and mentorship

New Graduate Mentoring & Onboarding

A network of over 1200 clinics from coast to coast, 26 brand partners, that leads the outpatient physical therapy field. The Upstream family offers something for every clinician- continue your educational training through our mentorship or residency programs, find a path to ownership by becoming a partner in one of our clinics, share your knowledge with others as a clinical instructor, lead a team by advancing in to leadership, make an impact on the community with our advocacy partnerships, and more.

Follow @Lifeatupstream on Instagram, and check out our LinkedIn company page to learn more about what it’s like to be part of the #upstreamfamily.

Click Here to Learn Even More About Upstream

Upstream Rehabilitation is an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to provide an inclusive work environment where our differences are celebrated for the value they bring to our communities, our patients and our teammates. Upstream Rehabilitation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or other status protected under applicable law.

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality, patient-centered care across multiple clinic locations to ensure continuity of care and clinical excellence. Support various clinics by covering staff absences and managing high patient volumes.

Requirements

Must be a graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy Program with current or pending state licensure. Candidates should be adaptable and committed to professional growth and evidence-based treatment.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Evidence-Based InterventionOrthopedic Physical TherapyVestibular TherapyClinical EvaluationPatient Communication

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 40% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

In Kentucky, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$85k (236 salary observations; 871 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (15,226 salary observations; 58,292 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Kentucky?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score7.2 / 10 · top 10% in physical therapyranked against 21,948 Physical Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Kentucky vs national$85k median in Kentucky$94k nationally (−9%)236 state / 15,226 national salary observations
Cost of livingKentucky index 90.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Kentucky352 active21,940 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 6% remote · 40% no call · 56% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (21,948 Physical Therapy listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist - Float at Upstream Rehabilitation a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 21,948 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

37 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

32 jobs · 21 employers
12
<$100k
15
$100k-120k
0
$120k-140k
5
$140k-160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

31 jobs · 21 employers
401k / retirement match
90% this job
CME allowance
58% this job
Sign-on bonus
48% this job
Loan repayment
23% this job
Relocation assistance
10%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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#2

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#3

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 7.2
Among the best 10% of Physical Therapy listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,948 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Upstream Rehabilitation

Hospitals and Health Care
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible Work Schedules with no weekends (Monday-Friday)
Clinical Care Productivity Bonuses
Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
401k with company match
Paid Time Off and Holidays
Student Loan Reimbursement Opportunities
Partnership/Ownership Opportunities
Company Paid Life Insurance (1x base salary)

Living in Lexington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$312k
Typical market rent
$1,631/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.9
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).

BEA 2024 · Lexington-Fayette, KY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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