Physical Therapist
Listed compensation
$80k-$90k
The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only
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Job Description
- Physical Therapist Opportunity
- Location: Lee’s Summit, Missouri
- Position: Full-Time
- Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
- Patient Volume: 1–2 patients per hour
- Compensation: $80,000–$90,000 annually, depending on experience
Position Overview
We are hiring a Physical Therapist for a full-time opportunity in Lee’s Summit, MO. This role is designed for a PT who wants to provide thoughtful, structured care with enough time to properly support each patient.
You will work with patients who need help improving mobility, managing pain, recovering from injury, building strength, and returning to regular daily activity. The pace allows you to focus on treatment quality, education, documentation, and steady patient progress.
Key Responsibilities
- Complete initial evaluations and gather patient history, symptoms, and functional goals
- Build treatment plans that support mobility, strength, balance, flexibility, and pain reduction
- Lead patients through therapeutic exercises and functional movement activities
- Provide manual therapy and other appropriate interventions within scope of practice
- Teach patients proper movement techniques and home exercise routines
- Review patient progress and adjust care plans when clinically appropriate
- Maintain complete and accurate documentation for all visits
- Doctor of Physical Therapy degree required
- Must hold or be eligible for a Missouri PT license
- New graduates may be considered
- Experience in outpatient, orthopedic, rehab, or similar clinical settings is helpful
- Comfortable treating patients with different mobility, pain, and recovery needs
- Strong time management, communication, and clinical documentation skills
- Health Insurance
- Dental & Vision Insurance
- 401K plan with Company Match
- 3 weeks PTO
- 8 Paid US Holidays
- CEU Allowance
Sign-On Bonus Available
If you are ready for a PT role with steady hours, fair patient volume, and room to grow, this could be a strong next step.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree and possess or be eligible for a Missouri PT license. Experience in outpatient, orthopedic, or rehabilitation settings is considered helpful, and new graduates are encouraged to apply.
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
In Missouri, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$89k (235 salary observations; 969 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (14,655 salary observations; 55,733 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)), so the posted ~$85k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $94k in an average-cost state. 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Gotham Enterprises holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 83/100, 691 active listings.
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist at Gotham Enterprises a 7.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 22,389 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
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