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Aegis Therapies
Effingham, Illinois

Physical Therapist Assistant - Full time

Physical Therapist AssistantNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Physical Therapy Assistant / PTA

  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Schedule: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
  • Setting: Nursing Home, Rehabilitation Center, Skilled Nursing Facility

Aegis Therapies, one of the nation’s leading providers of rehabilitation and wellness services, is hiring a Physical Therapy Assistant to join our supportive team and reap the benefits of some of the best career advantages in the industry.

Why Aegis Therapies

Career Growth & Development: We invest in your future with specialized, ongoing training, career advancement opportunities and the strongest clinical support in the industry.

Flexibility - Redefining Work-life Balance: We offer you the opportunity to maintain flexibility and a healthy work-life balance, so you never have to choose between your career and the things that make life worth living.

  • Impactful Work: Make a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients.
  • Supportive Environment: Collaborate with teams that value your expertise and dedication.

Benefits

  • Support, local clinical mentorship, clinical education and unlimited CEUs
  • Leadership Advancement Opportunities
  • Flexible schedule, paid time off, plus one paid CEU day
  • Licensure and professional membership reimbursement
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration for providing the best patient care
  • Medical, dental, vision within 30 days or less
  • National opportunity to transfer while maintaining employment status
  • Multiple settings nationwide: CCRC, SNF, Assisted Living, Outpatient Clinics, Home Health
  • New Grads Welcomed!
  • And much more

Qualifications

Current license as a Physical Therapy Assistant or ability to obtain in the state of practice.

If you enjoy working in geriatrics and have a current Physical Therapy Assistant license, we would like to discuss what is most important to you. Aegis Therapies is committed to designing jobs to meet your needs.

Let us help find the career of your dreams! Apply Today.

EEO Statement

Aegis Therapies and its Family of Companies is committed to a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For detailed information on your rights, Click Here OR aegistherapies.com.

Key Responsibilities

Provide rehabilitation and wellness services to patients in a nursing home or skilled nursing facility setting. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Geriatric careClinical documentation

Physical Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Illinois?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.0 / 10 · above average in physical therapist assistantranked against 4,946 Physical Therapist Assistant listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost of livingIllinois index 100.0US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Illinois794 active22,264 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedIllinois physical therapist listings (all specialties): 30% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 26% offer loan repayment840 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,998 in the last 30 days4,343 the 30 days before (+84%)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 (4,946 Physical Therapist Assistant 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 Assistant - Full time at Aegis Therapies a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physical Therapist Assistant — ranked against 4,946 active Physical Therapist Assistant listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Top PTA Jobs

12 matches · ranked by pay

Benefits & Perks

12 jobs · 5 employers
401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
92% this job
Sign-on bonus
17%
Relocation assistance
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Physical Therapist Assistant

Quincy Medical Group · Quincy, Illinois

$25-$37.5/hr
#2

Physical Therapist Assistant - Danville

Christie Clinic · Danville, Illinois

$25.63-$35.24/hr
#3

Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant - Full Time

$26-$35/hr
#4

Physical Therapist Assistant

$25-$30/hr
+ 10 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.0
Better work-life than 60% of Physical Therapist Assistant listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 4,946 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Aegis Therapies

Hospitals and Health Care
Fort Smith, Arkansas
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision within 30 days
Unlimited CEUs
Paid CEU day
Licensure and professional membership reimbursement
Paid time off
Leadership advancement opportunities
National transfer opportunity

Living in Effingham

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$234k
Median resident rent
$725/mo
Residents’ average commute
13 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

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