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Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Physical Therapist (Per Diem) Jefferson Moss-Magee, Doylestown

Physical TherapistPer Diem

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Job Description

The Staff Physical Therapist is responsible for the evaluation, treatment, and discharge planning of all patients referred for their given services. The Physical Therapist is an integral healthcare provider accountable to assist the patient to their highest level of function. The Staff Level I Therapist will uphold the mission, vision, and values of Jefferson Health. Works in conjunction with other health care professionals to coordinate treatment plans and care.

Job Description

  • Essential Functions:
  • Provide therapy evaluations, treatment planning, treatment interventions and discharge planning for a full patient caseload in acute care, skilled facility, acute rehab, outpatient settings as appropriate.

Participate in Student Education

  • Participates in education and teaching commensurate with novice clinician.
  • Plans, organizes and delivers treatment programs that help clients/patients recover and rehabilitate.

Utilizes tools and techniques to administer safe therapeutic interventions and trainings, for patient and families.

Records and documents clients/patients' health progress information for evaluation, all therapeutic interventions including daily treatments, progress notes, evaluations and discharge summaries.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral Degree from an accredited Physical Therapy Program.
  • AND

0-2 years of clinical practice required. 1 year preferred.

  • Valid state license in Physical Therapy
  • CPR certification required

Work Shift

  • Rotating (United States of America)
  • Worker Sub Type
  • Regular
  • Employee Entity
  • Albert Einstein Medical Center

Primary Location Address

595 W. State Street, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value.

Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.

Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.

Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.

Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.

Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.

All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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Key Responsibilities

The Physical Therapist is responsible for evaluating, treating, and planning the discharge of patients to help them reach their highest level of function. They work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to deliver safe therapeutic interventions and maintain accurate clinical documentation.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral degree from an accredited Physical Therapy program and possess a valid state license. A CPR certification is required, along with 0-2 years of clinical practice experience.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Patient evaluationOutpatient therapyPatient educationRehabilitation

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Pennsylvania, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$93k (349 salary observations; 2,447 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (12,442 salary observations; 64,443 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Pennsylvania?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysical Therapy median $93k (middle half $89k–$103k)17 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Pennsylvania vs national$93k median in Pennsylvania$94k nationally (−1%)349 state / 12,442 national salary observations
Cost of livingPennsylvania index 97.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Pennsylvania922 active21,591 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 38% no call · 72% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedPennsylvania Physical Therapist listings: 22% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 20% offer loan repayment979 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,942 in the last 30 days4,570 the 30 days before (+74%)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 contract/1099 Physical Therapist Jobs

36 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

33 jobs · 24 employers
16
<$105k
9
$105k-120k
3
$120k-135k
5
$135k-150k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

31 jobs · 24 employers
401k / retirement match
90% this job
CME allowance
77%
Sign-on bonus
32%
Loan repayment
29%
Relocation assistance
6%

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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 21,535 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Jefferson Health Plans

Insurance Carriers
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical (including prescription)
Supplemental insurance
Dental
Vision
Life and AD&D insurance
Short- and long-term disability
Flexible spending accounts
Retirement plans

Living in Doylestown

Typical market rent
$2,721/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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