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Baptist Health South Florida
Bethesda West, Florida

Pool Physical Therapist, Acute Therapy, Bethesda West, Per Diem, 9A-5:30P

Physical Therapist Above average in Physical TherapyPer Diem

Listed compensation

$52/hr

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Employment & setting
Per Diem
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Includes weekends
Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

Baptist Health is the region’s largest not-for-profit healthcare organization, with 12 hospitals, over 28,000 employees, 4,500 physicians and 200 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities and physician practices across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

With internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences, Baptist Health is supported by philanthropy and driven by its faith-based mission of medical excellence.

For 25 years, we’ve been named one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, and in the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital Rankings, Baptist Health was the most awarded healthcare system in South Florida, earning 45 high-performing honors.

What truly sets us apart is our people. At Baptist Health, we create personal connections with our colleagues that go beyond the workplace, and we form meaningful relationships with patients and their families that extend beyond delivering care.

Many of us have walked in our patients’ shoes ourselves and that shared experience fuels out commitment to compassion and quality. Our culture is rooted in purpose, and every team member plays a part in making a positive impact – because when it comes to caring for people, we’re all in.

Description

This position is responsible for the evaluation and treatment of medically prescribed therapy services, in order to achieve maximum developmental potential, functional gains and independence.

The therapist must be able to work independently, as well as, in teams and make appropriate decisions based on each patients functional needs. This job requires dependable attendance, flexibility and the ability to work on weekends, holidays and late hours on a rotational basis as needed. Estimated pay range for this position is $52.00 / hour depending on shift as applicable.

Qualifications:

Degrees

Bachelors.

Licenses & Certifications

  • Basic Life Support.
  • CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) Certification.
  • Physical Therapist.

Additional Qualifications

  • Must have a minimum of a Bachelors degree.
  • Minimum Required Experience: Less than 1 year

EOE, including disability/vets

Key Responsibilities

The physical therapist is responsible for evaluating and treating patients to improve their functional independence and developmental potential. They must work effectively both independently and within a multidisciplinary team to meet patient needs.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Physical TherapyPatient EvaluationTreatment PlanningAcute CareFunctional AssessmentRehabilitation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pool Physical Therapist, Acute Therapy, Bethesda West, Per Diem, 9A-5:30P at Baptist Health South Florida a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physical Therapy — ranked against 21,438 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Florida, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$91k (197 salary observations; 909 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (4,705 salary observations; 16,929 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 40 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 48% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.4
Higher than about 7 in 10 of 21,438 Physical Therapy listings

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

  • Includes weekends