Physical Therapist FT

Physical TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$78k-$116k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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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

Treatment planningPatient educationSupervisionBLS certificationNeurological rehabilitationOrthopedic rehabilitationClinical quality improvement

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).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Louisiana?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$78k–$116kPhysical Therapy median $94k (middle half $88k–$102k)322 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$110k in purchasing powerLouisiana index 88.2 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Louisiana202 active21,898 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 4% remote · 48% no call · 52% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

27 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

27 jobs · 13 employers
11
<$105k
13
$105k-125k
0
$125k-145k
2
$145k-165k
1
$165k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

27 jobs · 13 employers
401k / retirement match
96% this job
Sign-on bonus
59%
CME allowance
52% this job
Loan repayment
15%
Relocation assistance
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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$165,000
#2

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Home Care Providers Group · Yuba City, California

$150k-$160k
#3

Home Health Physical Therapist - Hayward

$150k
#4

Physical Therapist (NEW GRAD MENTOR PROGRAM) - Ossining, NY

$75k-$115k
+ 25 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 21,840 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Ochsner Rehabilitation Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Jefferson, Louisiana
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Student Debt Benefit Program
Tuition Reimbursement
Continuing Education Opportunities
Clinical Ladder Program
Comprehensive Medical/RX, Health, Vision, Dental
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time
Company-Matching 401(k)

Living in Jefferson

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$290k≈ 3.7× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,606/mo≈ 25% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.6
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.