Physical Therapist - Per Diem

Physical TherapistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$60 per hour

The week · per this posting

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

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Job Description

  • Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital
  • A Select Medical and Vibra Healthcare partnership
  • Position: Physical Therapist
  • Location: Bowling Green, KY
  • Schedule: Per Diem
  • Sign-on bonus: $7,500
  • Up to $60.00 per hour based on # of shift committments/schedule

Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

  • At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.
  • Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
  • Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
  • Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
  • Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program

Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP), and dental plan offerings

  • Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time to maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
  • Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.

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.

*Post offer employment testing (POETs) are completed as part of the onboarding process and are to be completed before an employee's first day of work.*

Additional Data

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Key Skills

Treatment PlanningPatient and Family EducationPatient CounselingClinical DocumentationTherapeutic ExerciseTreatment MonitoringTreatment ModificationPhysical Therapy Assistant SupervisionStudent SupervisionInterdisciplinary CollaborationAdaptive Equipment Planning

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Kentucky, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$83k (188 salary observations; 910 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (11,785 salary observations; 62,466 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 Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$125k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $138k in an average-cost state. 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Kentucky?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$125kPhysical Therapy median $64k (middle half $63k–$94k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Kentucky vs national$83k median in Kentucky$94k nationally (−12%)188 state / 11,785 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$138k in purchasing powerKentucky index 90.2 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Kentucky342 active21,525 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 55% no call · 48% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$8k sign-onKentucky Physical Therapist listings: 30% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 22% offer loan repayment354 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,750 in the last 30 days4,154 the 30 days before (+87%)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, 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

39 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

27 jobs · 25 employers
14
<$115k
7
$115k-130k
2
$130k-145k
4
$145k-160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

32 jobs · 25 employers
401k / retirement match
91% this job
CME allowance
44% this job
Sign-on bonus
25% this job
Loan repayment
22%
Relocation assistance
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 4.8
Better work-life than 50% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,566 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital

Benefits & Perks

Medical/RX
Health
Vision
Dental
Employee assistance program (EAP)
Company-matching 401(k)
Life and disability protection
Student debt benefit program

Living in Bowling Green

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$263k
Typical market rent
$1,240/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.2
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Bowling Green, KY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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