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Lafayette, Indiana

Physical Therapist - Per Diem

Physical TherapistPer Diem

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Physical Therapist - Per Diem - Lafayette, Indiana
  • Join our world-class team of driven, passionate healthcare professionals who are focused on service excellence and providing top quality care!
  • We have a great Per Diem opportunity for a Physical Therapist in Lafayette, Indiana.

At Lafayette Regional Rehabilitation Hospital we strive to attract, retain, develop, and empower our employees, supporting them in their professional growth with career advancement opportunities and a path to success within our organization.

Lafayette Regional Rehabilitation Hospital in Lafayette, Indiana is a state-of-the-art inpatient rehabilitation hospital providing compassionate care to patients in Greater Lafayette and surrounding communities.

We specialize in intensive rehabilitation for people overcoming strokes, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, multiple trauma, and complex orthopedic conditions.

Our interdisciplinary rehab team – including therapists, nurses, and rehabilitation physicians – tailors comprehensive therapy programs for each patient, helping them relearn skills and gain strength through physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and innovative rehabilitation techniques.

The hospital features modern amenities such as a large therapy gym, an indoor therapy pool, and transitional living spaces to practice daily activities, all designed to support a holistic recovery.

Accredited and consistently praised for high patient satisfaction and outcomes, Lafayette Regional Rehabilitation Hospital fosters a positive, teamwork-driven culture where patients are empowered to achieve their rehabilitation goals in a warm and professional setting.

As a participating hospital of Ernest Health, we offer robust recognition, wellness, and retention programs. These programs focus to enhance the employees’ work experience, recognize, and celebrate achievements.

We also encourage employees to share their work experience through “My Ernest Journey” and through our Engagement Survey, where our approach is “You Spoke, We Listened”. These platforms provide additional avenues for employees to give feedback about their work experience and share what is important to them.

Qualifications

Required Skills

  • Current and valid licensure as a Physical Therapist required.
  • BLS Certification from an approved vendor required.
  • One year of direct patient care experience in a hospital setting preferred.

Additional Qualifications/Skills

  • Knowledge of clinical operations and procedures.
  • Demonstrates an understanding of treatment costs and financial support as they relate to quality and efficiency.
  • Demonstrates competency in the provision of care according to established standards
  • Demonstrates appropriate application of age specific standards, policies and procedures and guidelines in caring for pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients
  • Demonstrates general computer skills including: data entry, word processing, email, and record management.
  • Leadership skills in delegating, organizing, and educating coworkers and staff.
  • Effective organizational and time management skills.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to maintain proper levels of confidentiality.
  • Ability to work closely and professionally with others.
  • Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.

Responsibilities

Provides services that help restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients suffering from injuries or disease. Examines patient's medical history, evaluates their physical abilities, determines their potential to respond to therapy, and develops treatment plans. Integrates the hospital’s mission and “Guiding Principles” into daily practice.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient evaluationTreatment planningDelegation

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 38% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Indiana is 93.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.4% of Indiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Indiana?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysical Therapy median $90k (middle half $84k–$92k)13 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingIndiana index 93.3US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Indiana579 active22,132 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 4% remote · 38% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedIndiana Physical Therapist listings: 19% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 28% offer loan repayment590 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Physical Therapist Jobs

34 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

30 jobs · 22 employers
7
<$95k
15
$95k-105k
4
$105k-115k
2
$115k
2
$125k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

28 jobs · 22 employers
401k / retirement match
86%
CME allowance
75%
Sign-on bonus
39%
Loan repayment
36%
Relocation assistance
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Travel Physical TherapistContract

Ironside Human Resources · Fargo, North Dakota

$70/hr
#2

Physical Therapist

New Jersey Centers of Physical Therapy · Riverdale, New Jersey

up to $130,000
#3

Physical Therapist (NEW GRAD MENTOR PROGRAM) - Ossining, NY

$75k-$115k
#4

Physical Therapist (NEW GRAD MENTOR PROGRAM) - White Plains, NY

$75k-$115k
+ 32 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 30% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,084 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Ernest Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Mesquite, Texas
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Wellness programs
Recognition programs
Retention programs

Living in Lafayette

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$263k
Typical market rent
$1,282/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.4
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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