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Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation
San Luis Obispo, California

Physical Therapist / PT

Physical TherapistNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$60-$65/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

Our Company

Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation

Overview

Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation is Now Open in San Luis Obispo, CA and surrounding areas!

Our teams enjoy the flexibility to schedule sessions around what works best for them and their clients, creating meaningful, balanced workdays that fit each person’s rhythm.

If you’re passionate about making therapy an adventure in recovery and helping clients reclaim the moments that matter most, you’ll find your purpose here!

Position Highlights

  • Flexible Schedule Created by You
  • Paid per hour (not just per visit)
  • Driving, Travel, Mileage Reimbursement
  • Educational Programs
  • Growth/Advancement Opportunities
  • No Weekends OR Holidays Required
  • Clinical Autonomy
  • Low Caseloads

Work/Life Balance

  • Join our Groundbreaking Rehabilitation Team on the Central Coast in California - Opportunity of a Lifetime!
  • Make an Impact in our Home and Community Program:

Who We Are Looking For

An experienced PT, enthusiastic about providing functional rehabilitation wherever life happens, whether at home, school, work, or in the community

You are ready to treat your client beyond a staged environment into real life experiences like cooking in their kitchen, navigating grocery stores, restaurants, outdoor activities, and the workplace

You thrive in an autonomous setting, and value being a part of a collaborative team of dynamic therapists

Responsibilities Listed Include But Not Limited To

Perform Evaluations and Develop Treatment Plans

Regularly re-assess effectiveness of treatment plans, attend staffing meetings and family conferences

Perform discharge evaluations, make appropriate recommendations for home and community safety, and provide referral and education resources

Communicate patient’s needs and progress to the treatment team, physician, person receiving services and family members

Communicates with other disciplines to ensure collaboration, coordination of care and enhance patient outcomes

Qualifications

  • What you will need:
  • Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy from a college or university with accredited Physical Therapy program
  • Current, unrestricted license as Physical Therapist by state in which practicing
  • Current Basic Life Support or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation certification in accordance state regulations
  • A minimum of one year’s work experience as a physical therapist preferred
  • Demonstrates knowledge of rehabilitation techniques related to complex neurological injury
  • Communicates effectively and professionally in verbal and written interactions
  • Ability to lift 50 pounds
  • Moving, lifting, or transferring of patients which may involve lifting of up to 100 pounds following safety procedures
  • Duties require fine motor skills, visual acuity, and walking/ standing for extended periods

Additional physical requirements include: pushing/pulling, bending/stooping, reaching, kneeling, and positioning frequently at times

A health screen or examination may be required prior to assignment and periodically thereafter, depending on the specific location policy, local or state regulations to verify that he/she is physically capable of performing assigned duties with or without reasonable accommodations

About Our Line of Business

Rehab Without Walls, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, is a revolutionary neurorehabilitation program that moves individuals outside the walls of institutional settings and into their natural home and community environment through a continuum of care.

It is designed to significantly help people who have primarily experienced a brain injury, spinal cord injury, or stroke/CVA through accident or illness regain functional capabilities.

By providing care in the home, community, workplace, or school, Rehab Without Walls promotes greater health through the recovery process, all with industry-leading outcomes that dramatically improve functional skills and independence for patients. For more information, please visit rehabwithoutwalls.com. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Salary Range

USD $60.00 - $65.00 / Hour

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Treatment planningPatient evaluationNeurological injury carePatient educationCare coordination

Physical Therapist Career Context

In California, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$117k (1,228 salary observations; 4,631 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (12,385 salary observations; 67,385 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 California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$130k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $117k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in California?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.3 / 10 · above average in physical therapyranked against 21,960 Physical Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$125k–$135kPhysical Therapy median $127k (middle half $118k–$135k)33 comparable listings, Nov 2026
California vs national$117k median in California$94k nationally (+24%)1,228 state / 12,385 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$117k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in California1,792 active21,917 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 54% no call · 52% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia physical therapist listings (all specialties): 18% state a sign-on bonus (median $20k) · 9% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,906 in the last 30 days4,367 the 30 days before (+81%)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 (21,960 Physical Therapy listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist / PT at Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation 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 21,960 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

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Salary Distribution

39 jobs · 19 employers
13
<$115k
14
$115k-135k
8
$135k-155k
1
$160k
3
$186k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

32 jobs · 19 employers
401k / retirement match
97%
CME allowance
66%
Sign-on bonus
59%
Loan repayment
34%
Relocation assistance
16%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.3
Better work-life than 70% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,960 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • On-site
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About Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation

Hospitals and Health Care
Louisville, Kentucky
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible schedule created by you
Paid per hour (not just per visit)
Driving, travel, mileage reimbursement
Educational programs
Growth/advancement opportunities
No weekends or holidays required
Clinical autonomy
Low caseloads

Living in San Luis Obispo

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.10M
Typical market rent
$2,968/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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