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Concentra
Joliet, Illinois

Physical Therapist Center Therapy Director

Physical TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$88k-$110k

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Job Description

Bonus Potential! Monthly and Quarterly Bonus Incentives!

Are you ready to take your career to new heights? At Concentra, you will be a vital member of our patient care team and play a crucial role in providing exceptional care to our patients. Our mission is to improve the health of America's workforce, one patient at a time. Join us at Concentra and see how your clinical competency and compassion can make a meaningful difference in the lives of the patients you serve.

As the Center Therapy Director, your responsibilities include supervisory duties and providing rehabilitative services for disabled, injured, and diseased patients within the center. You’ll align with Concentra Medical Centers’ Injury Process Management, their rehabilitation philosophy in occupational medicine, and relevant policies, practices, and regulations.

Responsibilities

Spends 100% of time in a center providing direct patient care, leading by example, and creating an exceptional patient experience

Manages key clinical center metrics that are provided by Clinical Analytics and relate to quality outcomes and holds therapists accountable

  • Consistently demonstrates all components of the Physical Therapy Guidebook and the Perfect PT visit
  • Manages clinical outcomes and addresses outlier cases with staff therapists
  • Ensures clinical workflows to optimize patient capture, processing of referrals and scheduling
  • Executes therapy plan for each patient with a focus on early intervention and same day evaluation
  • Creates a professional and collaborative working environment with full colleague participation that promotes teamwork, quality, exceptional outcomes, and patient safety
  • Works with DTO to identify clinical improvement opportunities

Fosters relationships with employers, referral sources and payer groups through routine communications and engagement opportunities

Masters use of clinical systems to ensure efficient and excellent supportive documentation, appropriate and optimal coding levels, charge capture, and follow-through on all patient care orders

  • Ensures compliance with individual State Practice Act/Rules and Regulations/WC Regulations
  • Drives patient and client experience and satisfaction metrics

Actively participates in CLT meetings with COD and CMD to improve quality, patient safety, outlier management, and ensures the ongoing development and growth of the center’s business

Maintains and cultivates relationships with center clients and payers while responding to requests within 24 hours

Works with DTO and CLT to manage clinical and support staffing levels and proficiencies that will optimize patient satisfaction, workflows, and efficiencies

Promotes, cultivates, and exemplifies Orange Book values for all center colleagues

Develops colleague success through all aspects of the talent life cycle for staff therapists and PTSS within the center

Fosters an environment of collaboration, professionalism, patient and colleague safety, quality care, continuous improvement and reward and recognition

  • Leads and promotes collaboration within CLT and across disciplines to achieve clinical and business outcomes
  • Accountable for understanding and input on Center financial drivers (GRV, PI, New Injuries, TAT) and outcomes in order to achieve annual business plan
  • Promotes center initiatives and work flows that are consistent with those in other centers
  • Possesses financial awareness and provides input to center budget and key business metrics

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

Bachelors of Science or advanced degree in Physical Therapy (Doctor of Physical Therapy) from an accredited college or university

  • Must meet licensure requirements of jurisdiction
  • Customarily at least two years of demonstrated clinical experience

Concentra Core Competencies of Service Mentality, Attention to Detail, Sense of Urgency, Initiative and Flexibility

Ability to make decisions or solve problems by using logic to identify key facts, explore alternatives, and propose quality solutions

Outstanding customer service skills as well as the ability to deal with people in a manner which shows tact and professionalism

The ability to properly handle sensitive and confidential information (including HIPAA and PHI) in accordance with federal and state laws and company policies

  • Demonstrated outstanding clinical knowledge of physical/occupational therapy services
  • Demonstrated outstanding dedication to Concentra’s philosophy of therapy in occupational medicine
  • Demonstrated outstanding interest in the leadership of therapy staff
  • Demonstrated leadership qualities and administrative abilities to the job responsibilities as described
  • Demonstrated excellent communication skills and the ability to exercise proper judgment, make decisions, and motivate employees
  • Additional Data
  • Generous paid time off (PTO)
  • Paid holidays
  • Paid sick/EID days
  • Set schedule
  • Flexible per diem opportunities*
  • Medical and prescription plans
  • Basic and enhanced dental and vision plans
  • Supplemental health benefits (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance)
  • LifeWorks employee assistance program
  • Company-funded HSA
  • Short-term disability
  • Pre-tax spending accounts (health care and dependent care FSA)
  • Training provided in our world-class occupational medicine process management model*
  • Medical experts panel (MEP)
  • Concentra CEU courses
  • New hire learning program
  • Occupational Health University
  • Leadership development program
  • Manual therapy certification
  • Yearly CEU stipend and CEU time
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Professional On-demand Learning Modules*
  • Malpractice insurance*
  • Unmatched opportunities for advancement locally and nationally*
  • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with employer match*
  • Competitive salary*
  • Colleague referral bonus program*
  • Colleague discount program*
  • Life insurance/disability
  • Pre-tax spending accounts
  • Relocation assistance (when applicable)
  • Incentive/RVU bonus
  • Commuter benefits
  • Identity theft services

Company-paid Long-term Disability

This position is eligible to earn a base compensation rate in the state range of $88,000 to $110,000 annual salary depending on job-related factors as permitted by applicable law, such as level of experience, geographic location where the work is performed, and/or seniority.

Concentra is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination, and will make decisions regarding employment opportunities, including hiring, promotion and advancement, without regard to the following characteristics: race, color, national origin, religious beliefs, sex (including pregnancy), age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, military status, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local fair employment practice laws.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical LeadershipStaff SupervisionClinical Outcomes ManagementWorkflow OptimizationReferral ManagementRegulatory ComplianceClinical DocumentationMedical Coding

Physical Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$99k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $99k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Illinois?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$88k–$110kPhysical Therapy median $90k (middle half $90k–$92k)13 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$99k in purchasing powerIllinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Illinois781 active22,065 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 46% no call · 56% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusIllinois physical therapist listings (all specialties): 31% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 26% offer loan repayment832 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,998 in the last 30 days4,222 the 30 days before (+89%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physical Therapy pay trend+1.8% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Concentrasilver tier, 74/100Top Employers work-life index593 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

36 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

36 jobs · 25 employers
12
<$105k
12
$105k-120k
4
$120k-135k
5
$135k-150k
3
$150k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

35 jobs · 25 employers
401k / retirement match
94% this job
Sign-on bonus
74% this job
CME allowance
66% this job
Loan repayment
20%
Relocation assistance
6% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Physical Therapist

Home Care Providers Group · Yuba City, California

$165,000
#2

Home Health Physical Therapist - Berkeley/Richmond

CVHCare · Berkeley, CA, United States

$150k
#3

Home Health Physical Therapist - Glendale

$150k
#4

Traveler Physical Therapist: Dutch Harbor, AK

$2800/week
+ 34 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 21,960 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Concentra

Hospitals and Health Care
Addison, Texas
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Generous paid time off (PTO)
Paid holidays
Paid sick/EID days
Set schedule
Flexible per diem opportunities
Medical and prescription plans
Basic and enhanced dental and vision plans
Supplemental health benefits (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity)

Living in Joliet

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$285k≈ 3.2× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,675/mo≈ 23% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
29 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.