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SSM Health Physical Therapy
St. Charles, Missouri

Physical Therapist

Physical TherapistFull-Time

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Job Description

  • SSM Health Physical Therapy
  • St. Charles, MO
  • Physical Therapist (PT)

SSM Health Physical Therapy is the premier provider of comprehensive outpatient services. With a network of more than 80 outpatient physical therapy centers located throughout the St. Louis Metro area, SSM Health Physical Therapy specializes in the treatment of sports, orthopedic, hand and work-related injuries.

Our team of more than 700 physical, occupational and speech therapists, along with our patient service specialists, focus on providing exceptional care and unparalleled customer service.

  • Our comprehensive benefits package supports your career growth and personal well-being:
  • Start Strong: Our mentorship and orientation programs ensure a successful transition
  • Elevate Your Skills: Unmatched CEU program with paid national certifications
  • Ease the Burden: Our student debt benefit program helps alleviate the financial pressure of student debt
  • Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO to maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • Your Health Matters: Comprehensive insurance coverage, health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plans
  • Go Anywhere with Us: 1900 centers in 39 states, offering internal movement

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

Evaluates all assigned patients and develops, implements, and modifies treatment plan in accordance with the patient’s need and physician direction.

Responsible for delegation and direction of all discipline specific therapy services for those assigned patients.

  • Ensures design of functional treatment programs allowing for effective return to community activities.
  • Serves as an educator of patients, families, students, coworkers and self.

Performs other professional duties associated with the care of the patient, development of discipline specific therapy services and design of program delivery.

Qualifications

  • Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy required.
  • Current and valid state licensure or eligibility for state licensure as a Physical Therapist required.
  • Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification
  • Additional Data
  • Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient evaluationTreatment planningOrthopedic injury treatmentSports injury treatmentHand injury treatmentWork-related injury treatmentPatient educationClinical documentationTherapy service delegation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist at SSM Health Physical Therapy a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 21,634 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Missouri, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$90k (147 salary observations; 967 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (9,596 salary observations; 51,209 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 22% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution39 jobs · 31 employers

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$105k-120k
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$150k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks38 jobs · 31 employers

401k / retirement match
79% this job
CME allowance
76% this job
Sign-on bonus
47%
Loan repayment
24%
Relocation assistance
5%

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Starting at $75/hour
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,634 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About SSM Health Physical Therapy

Hospitals and Health Care
Bridgeton, Missouri
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Mentorship and orientation programs
Unmatched CEU program with paid national certifications
Student debt benefit program
Generous PTO
Comprehensive insurance coverage (health, dental, vision, life)
Company-matching 401(k) retirement plans
Internal movement opportunities across 1900 centers in 39 states