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St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, Missouri

Physical Therapist

Physical TherapistIncludes callIncludes weekendsPer Diem

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Job Description

  • Department: Inpatient Rehabilitation-Physical Therapy
  • Shifts Available: Days
  • Employment Type: Per Diem (PD/PRN)
  • Hours: 8:00am to 4:30pm(Weekend and Holiday Rotation Requirements)
  • Location: St. Joseph Medical Center- Kansas City, MO

We are seeking a skilled Physical Therapist (PT, DPT) to join our inpatient acute care rehabilitation team. This role focuses on hospital-based physical therapy, early mobility, functional rehabilitation, discharge planning, and patient-centered care. The Physical Therapist will evaluate patients and deliver evidence-based interventions to improve mobility, strength, balance, and functional independence while supporting safe transitions of care.

Responsibilities

  • Essential Duties and Responsibilities (includes, but is not limited to):
  • Perform inpatient evaluations and develop individualized plans of care (POC)
  • Provide direct patient care, including mobility, gait, transfer, and balance training
  • Deliver a 1:1 therapy session focused on functional outcomes and safe discharge
  • Complete documentation and coordinate discharge planning/DME needs
  • Collaborate with PTAs and interdisciplinary hospital teams

Qualifications

  • Before we go any further, we do have some deal-breakers. You must have:
  • Bachelor/Master's/Doctorate/Certificate degree in Physical Therapy.
  • Current state Physical Therapy license.
  • Current BCLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain it.

Employment Status: Per Diem

Shift: Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: eeoc.gov

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Inpatient Physical TherapyPatient EvaluationIndividualized Care PlanningMobility TrainingGait TrainingTransfer TrainingDurable Medical Equipment CoordinationClinical DocumentationInterdisciplinary Collaboration

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 36% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

In Missouri, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$89k (236 salary observations; 978 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 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).

Top contract/1099 Physical Therapist Jobs

36 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution33 jobs · 26 employers

16
<$105k
10
$105k-120k
1
$130k
6
$135k-150k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks30 jobs · 26 employers

401k / retirement match
80%
CME allowance
70%
Sign-on bonus
63%
Loan repayment
17%
Relocation assistance
7%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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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
  • Includes weekends

Living in Kansas City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$251k
Typical market rent
$1,428/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.5
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Kansas City, MO-KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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