Physical Therapist
Listed compensation
$85k-$90k
The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only
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Job Description
- Physical Therapist – Full-Time Orthopedic Rehab Position
- Coconut Creek, Florida
- An orthopedic outpatient practice is looking for an experienced Physical Therapist to join its clinical team.
- Salary: $85K–$90K/year, based on experience
- Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM
- Patient Pace: About 1–2 patients per hour
- Employment: Full-Time
What This Position Involves
Patients will come to you at different stages of recovery. Some may be working to regain motion after surgery, while others may need help rebuilding strength, improving balance, or returning safely to normal activity.
Your responsibility is to determine what each patient needs during that stage of care and provide treatment that supports steady, measurable improvement.
- Your Clinical Responsibilities
- Examine patients with orthopedic injuries and movement limitations
- Determine appropriate rehabilitation priorities
- Build individualized plans of care
- Guide strengthening, flexibility, mobility, and stability exercises
- Use hands-on treatment techniques when indicated
- Monitor response to therapy during follow-up visits
- Adjust exercises and treatment goals when necessary
- Educate patients on safe movement and continued exercise
- Record treatment progress and clinical findings
- Support discharge planning once therapy goals are reached
- Active Physical Therapist License in Florida
- Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) or MSPT Degree
- Prior outpatient PT experience
- Orthopedic rehabilitation experience
- Ability to independently manage patient care
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) with Company Match
- 3 Weeks Paid Time Off
- Consider a New Setting for Your PT Career
If Coconut Creek fits where you want to work next, bring your orthopedic background forward and explore what this position has to offer.
Key Responsibilities
The Physical Therapist will examine patients with orthopedic injuries to develop and implement individualized rehabilitation plans. They are responsible for guiding therapeutic exercises, providing hands-on treatment, and monitoring patient progress toward recovery goals.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an active Physical Therapy license in Florida and possess a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) or MSPT degree. Prior experience in an outpatient orthopedic setting is required for this role.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist at Gotham Enterprises a 9.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as exceptional. This places the position in the top 5% in Orthopedic Surgery (Physical Therapy) — ranked against 423 active Orthopedic Surgery (Physical Therapy) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Orthopedic Surgery — Physical Therapist Career Context
Gotham Enterprises holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 79/100, 734 active listings.
Of the 50 active Orthopedic Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 46% have no call, 64% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 9.3 / 10 · top 5% in orthopedic surgery (physical therapy) | ranked against 423 Orthopedic Surgery (Physical Therapy) listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $85k–$90k | Orthopedic Surgery median $94k (middle half $85k–$105k)17 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$85k in purchasing power | Florida index 103.4 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Orthopedic Surgery listings in Florida | 23 active | 418 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 4% remote · 46% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Florida Physical Therapist listings: 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 9% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Orthopedic Surgery listings | 340 in the last 30 days | 229 the 30 days before (+48%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Orthopedic Surgery pay trend | −3.0% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
| Gotham Enterprises | silver tier, 79/100 | Top Employers work-life index734 active listings |
Location & Logistics
Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$88k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$6k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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