Physical Therapist: Full-time - Critical Illness + Inpatient Rehabilitation

Physical TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$50/hr

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Job Description

  • Select Specialty Hospital - Tallahassee
  • Critical Illness Recovery Hospital + Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
  • Position: Physical Therapist (PT)
  • Location: Housed inside of Select Specialty Hospital - Tallahassee
  • Schedule: Full-timeCompensation: Up to $50.00/hr.
  • Sign-on Bonus: $20,000

Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital with an acute rehabilitation unit. We are committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery as well as individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

Why Join Select Medical Rehabilitation - Tallahassee?

Start Strong: Extensive orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.

Opportunity for Advancement: Demonstrate your skills and dedication which could lead to potential full-time opportunities

Foster Well-being: We offer benefits which support the financial, work/life and emotional well-being of you and your family members. Part time/Per Diem positions are eligible for 401k based on reaching 1,000 hours within their first anniversary or subsequent calendar year. We also offer our employee assistance program to part time employees.

Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient 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

  • Current state licensure as a Physical Therapist required.
  • Certified BLS or completion in first 90 days of employment required.
  • Additional Data
  • Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Treatment PlanningPatient and Family EducationPatient CounselingClinical DocumentationPatient Response MonitoringTreatment ModificationSupervisionInterdisciplinary CollaborationAdaptive Equipment Planning

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 46% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

In Florida, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$90k (618 salary observations; 3,559 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (12,871 salary observations; 62,396 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Florida?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Florida vs national$90k median in Florida$94k nationally (−4%)618 state / 12,871 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$101k in purchasing powerFlorida index 103.4 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Florida1,398 active21,672 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 4% remote · 46% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$20k sign-onFlorida Physical Therapist listings: 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 10% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,556 in the last 30 days4,853 the 30 days before (+56%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physical Therapy pay trend+2.2% 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.

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$104k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$7k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

30 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

30 jobs · 22 employers
10
<$100k
10
$100k-120k
6
$120k-140k
4
$140k-160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

28 jobs · 22 employers
401k / retirement match
86% this job
CME allowance
75% this job
Sign-on bonus
64% this job
Loan repayment
25%
Relocation assistance
14%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Home Health Physical Therapist - Berkeley/Richmond

CVHCare · Berkeley, CA, United States

$150k
#2

Home Health Physical Therapist - GlendalePer Diem

CVHCare · Glendale, California

$150k
#3

Physical Therapist

$110k-$145k
#4

Physical Therapist Matawan NJ

$140k
+ 28 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 21,715 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Select Medical Rehabilitation - Tallahassee

Hospitals and Health Care
Mechanicsburg, PA
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-on Bonus: $20,000
Extensive orientation program
401k (part-time/per diem eligible after 1,000 hours)
Employee assistance program

Living in Tallahassee

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$289k
Typical market rent
$1,473/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.9
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Tallahassee, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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