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SSM Health Physical Therapy
Creve Coeur, Missouri

Physical Therapist - Sports

Physical TherapistFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

  • SSM Health Physical Therapy
  • Creve Coeur, MO
  • Physical Therapist (PT) - Sports

Full Time

We are seeking a full-time physical therapist that either has experience treating athletes or the desire to treat an athletic patient population. Ideally this candidate would have a special interest in treating shoulders, upper extremities and overhead athletes. New grads welcome!

SSM Health Physical Therapy is the premier provider of comprehensive outpatient services! With a network of more than 80 outpatient physical therapy centers located throughout the St. Louis Metro area, SSM Health Physical Therapy specializes in the treatment of sports, orthopedic, hand and work-related injuries.

Our team of more than 700 physical, occupational and speech therapists, along with our patient service specialists, focus on providing exceptional care and unparalleled customer service.

Generous Benefits Package Including

  • Company matching 401(k)
  • Multiple and affordable PPO benefits + HSA options
  • Generous Paid Time Off + Holidays + Extended Illness Days (EID)
  • Short and Long Term Disability
  • Personal and Family Medical Leave
  • Clinical Ladder Program
  • Excellent Orientation Program
  • New Grad Mentorship
  • Residency Programs
  • National Continuing Education courses (local and online)
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance
  • Productivity standards that allow for high quality patient care

*We have been recognized numerous times by the St. Louis Post Dispatch as one of the "Top Workplaces" in St. Louis!*

Responsibilities

Evaluates all assigned patients and develops, implements, and modifies treatment plan in accordance with the patient’s need and physician direction

Responsible for delegation and direction of all discipline specific therapy services for those assigned patients

  • Ensures design of functional treatment programs allowing for effective return to community activities
  • Serves as an educator of patients, families, students, coworkers and self

Performs other professional duties associated with the care of the patient, development of discipline specific therapy services and design of program delivery

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy required.
  • Current and valid state licensure or eligibility for state licensure as a Therapist required.
  • Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification
  • Additional Data
  • Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Sports MedicineOrthopedicsPatient EvaluationTreatment PlanningShoulder RehabilitationUpper Extremity TherapyAthletic TrainingPatient EducationClinical Documentation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist - Sports at SSM Health Physical Therapy a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 23,547 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.

Sports Medicine — Physical Therapist Career Context

In Missouri, the Physical Therapist weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$89k (242 salary observations; 1,004 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (15,320 salary observations; 58,609 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Physical Therapist listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 42% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution40 jobs · 31 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs · 31 employers

401k / retirement match
86% this job
CME allowance
83% this job
Sign-on bonus
53%
Loan repayment
28% this job
Relocation assistance
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 23,547 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Creve Coeur

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$495k
Typical market rent
$1,493/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.1
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · St. Louis, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About SSM Health Physical Therapy

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201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Company matching 401(k)
Multiple and affordable PPO benefits + HSA options
Generous Paid Time Off + Holidays + Extended Illness Days (EID)
Short and Long Term Disability
Personal and Family Medical Leave
Clinical Ladder Program
Excellent Orientation Program
New Grad Mentorship