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Jefferson Health Plans
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Physical Medicine & Rehab Physician - Per diem

Physical Medicine & RehabilitationPer Diem

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Job Description

Jefferson Health is seeking a Board Certified/Board Eligible Consult and Outpatient Physiatrist to join our expanding rehabilitation team in Center City.

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to practice in a dynamic quaternary care, level 1 trauma academic medical center. Outpatient setting, supported by Jefferson’s nationally recognized Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.

Work Shift

  • Workday Day (United States of America)
  • Worker Sub Type
  • Temporary
  • Employee Entity
  • Jefferson University Physicians
  • Primary Location Address
  • 111 S 11th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value.

Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.

Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.

Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.

Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.

Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.

All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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Key Responsibilities

The physician will provide consult and outpatient physiatry services within a dynamic quaternary care, level 1 trauma academic medical center. They will work as part of an expanding rehabilitation team to deliver high-quality, compassionate clinical care.

Requirements

Candidates must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The role requires the ability to practice in an academic medical center environment.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

ConsultationOutpatient CarePatient AssessmentTrauma Care

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — Physician Career Context

In Pennsylvania, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$309k (366 salary observations; 2,498 listings), vs ~$294k nationally (13,718 salary observations; 56,708 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top contract/1099 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Jobs

16 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution16 jobs · 6 employers

2
<$270k
0
$270k-300k
3
$300k-330k
10
$350k
1
$380k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks14 jobs · 6 employers

401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
29%
Relocation assistance
21%
Sign-on bonus
14%
Loan repayment
14%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$250k-$380k
#2

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$200k-$350k
#3

Physical Medicine and Rehab Physician - Pittsburgh, PA

$200k-$350k
#4

Physical Medicine and Rehab Physician - Lebanon, VA

$200k-$350k
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 203 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$204k
Typical market rent
$1,768/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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