Physical Therapist FT
Listed compensation
$78k-$116k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
- Hospital Name: Ochsner Rehabilitation HospitalJoint venture/Partnership/Affiliation with Select Medical
- Position: Physical Therapist
- Location: New Orleans, LASchedule: Full-time
Compensation: $78,008 to $116,000 (Based on years of experience)
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
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 48% have no call, 52% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$97k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $110k in an average-cost state. 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $78k–$116k | Physical Therapy median $94k (middle half $88k–$102k)322 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$110k in purchasing power | Louisiana index 88.2 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Physical Therapy listings in Louisiana | 202 active | 21,898 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 4% remote · 48% no call · 52% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
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