Physical Therapist
Listed compensation
$68k-$73k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
This position offers a salary range of $68,000 to $73,000. Actual pay will be based on relevant skills, qualifications, and experience.
Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity working with the pediatric population (children birth to 3 years)? Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of families? Thom Child & Family Services located in Marlboro, MA is seeking a Physical Therapist/PT to join their team.
As an Early Intervention Physical Therapist/Clinician, you will be responsible for providing home and community-based early intervention services to infants and toddlers who have or are at risk for developmental delays and their families in both their homes and community settings.
You will partner with parents/caregivers to ensure service delivery is individualized, meaningful for the family, and grounded in evidence-based practice. Through this collaborative process, you ensure families’ priorities, needs, culture, and values are prioritized.
Thom Child & Family Services offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to:
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range: $68,000–$73,000, based on relevant skills, qualifications, and experience
- Productivity bonus opportunities
- Mileage reimbursement
- 403(b) retirement plan with employer match
Schedule & Paid Time Off
- Flexible FT, PT, Per Diem, and flexible hours
- Monday–Friday schedule, generally between 8:30 a. m. and 4:30 p. m.
- Generous vacation time
- 96 hours of sick time annually
- 12 paid holidays
- Up to 24 hours of professional development/conference time annually
Health & Insurance Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Fitness benefits and wellness incentive program
- Employer-sponsored Health Reimbursement Account
- Section 125 flexible benefits plan for medical and dependent care expenses
- Employer-paid long-term disability insurance
- Employer-paid life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Optional coverage is also available, including:
- Short-term disability insurance
- Accident insurance
- Cancer insurance
Professional Support & Development
- Paid professional license renewal fees
- Clinical supervision and structured orientation
- Ongoing mentoring and team support
- Scholarship opportunities through the Fazzio Scholarship and Thom Academy
Tools Provided
- Employer-issued laptop
- Employer-issued cell phone
Position Responsibilities
- - Participate in multidisciplinary team assessments of the client’s developmental status.
- Assess family and child strengths/resources, concerns, and progress.
- Provide child and family centered services and activities developmentally appropriate for children birth to three and their families using parent coaching model.
- Provide service coordination by scheduling, developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the intervention plan for each family, ensuring that appropriate procedures and timelines are followed.
- Partner with families in the development of Individual Family Service Plans (IFSPs) to identify goals, objectives, and strategies related to the child’s development.
- Facilitate parent-child interactions to encourage child's development; assist families to act as advocates for their child.
- Complete progress notes, reports, assessments, and correspondence as appropriate using the Thom electronic documentation system.
- Provide individual and group intervention for infants and toddlers from birth to three years old who have developmental delays or who are at risk for delays in the areas of cognition, adaptive behavior, social-emotional development, self-care, fine motor, gross motor, and communication.
Position Requirements
- Current licensure as a Physical Therapist by the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Health Professions
- Experience with infants, toddlers and families is preferred
- Knowledge of family systems and early childhood development.
- Ability to engage in meaningful, therapeutic relationships with children, parents/caregivers, and community partners.
- Commitment to delivering individualized and culturally humble services.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
- Abide by all confidentiality and professional boundaries standards.
- Good computer skills as well as strong documentation skills.
- Current driver’s license and reliable transportation.
- Bilingual/Bicultural a plus.
No Phone Calls or Recruiters Please
Thom Child and Family Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, familial status, domestic violence status, or any other status protected by law.
Key Responsibilities
The Physical Therapist provides home and community-based early intervention services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays or risks. They collaborate with families to develop and implement Individual Family Service Plans (IFSPs) using a parent coaching model.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a current licensure as a Physical Therapist by the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Health Professions. Strong knowledge of family systems, early childhood development, and excellent communication skills are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
In Massachusetts, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$99k (402 salary observations; 1,301 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (10,394 salary observations; 56,600 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 Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$71k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $67k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist at Douglas-A-Thom Clinic a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physical Therapy — ranked against 22,195 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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