Physical Therapist (PT) PRN

Physical TherapistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$65 per hour

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Penn State Health Rehabilitation HospitalIn parternship with Select MedicalPosition: Physical TherapistLocation: Hummelstown, PASchedule: Per Diem

  • Compensation: $65.00 per hour
  • Make A Difference at Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital

Culture: Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to staff engagement, collaboration, and innovation. We support a dynamic interdisciplinary team with a focus on inclusion and patient success. The Therapy and nursing teams are close partners and support each other to increase patient outcomes. Our setting is designed to give each patient your full attention, with time to truly make a difference.

State of the art technology: Specialized equipment such as a functional ADL suite, upper extremity systems, Exoskeleton, functional electrical stim bike, lower extermity systems, and unweighting gait mobiliation device.

Invest In Your Future: Full-time team members are eligible for student loan assistance after their first 90 days of tenure and free CEUs through Select University.

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 certificationGait mobilization

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Pennsylvania, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$92k (348 salary observations; 2,550 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (11,670 salary observations; 64,203 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)), so the posted ~$135k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $139k in an average-cost state. 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 pay$135kPhysical Therapy median $94k (middle half $87k–$106k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Pennsylvania vs national$92k median in Pennsylvania$94k nationally (−2%)348 state / 11,670 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$139k in purchasing powerPennsylvania index 97.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Pennsylvania935 active22,161 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 3% remote · 33% no call · 63% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentloan repaymentPennsylvania physical therapist listings (all specialties): 23% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 20% offer loan repayment993 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings8,008 in the last 30 days4,487 the 30 days before (+78%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physical Therapy pay trend+1.3% 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

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Salary Distribution

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<$105k
9
$105k-125k
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$125k-145k
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$145k-165k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
88%
CME allowance
63% this job
Sign-on bonus
13%
Loan repayment
6% this job
Relocation assistance
3%

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 21,875 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Student loan assistance (full-time team members after 90 days)
Free CEUs through Select University
State-of-the-art technology
Staff engagement and collaboration culture

Living in Hummelstown

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$343k
Typical market rent
$1,971/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
98.7
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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