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Brevard County, Florida

Physical Therapist- Acute Care Viera

Physical TherapistFull-Time

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Job Description

Job Requirements

Position Summary

To be fully engaged in providing Quality/No Harm, Customer Experience, and Stewardship by: providing exceptional healthcare in a professional manner.

Primary Accountabilities

Quality/No Harm

  • Maintains patient safety at all times.
  • Ensures compliance with precautions and documents all current precautions and changes in status.

Evaluates patients thoroughly and documents evaluations according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.

Completes progress notes and reassessments when required and documents them according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.

Provides patients with effective treatments that progress them towards their goals and documents treatments according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.

Attends department meetings that take place during scheduled work hours; otherwise, reviews and signs meeting minutes. Attends in services given by other staff and students that take place during scheduled work hours.

Customer Experience

  • Responds to therapy referrals and inquiries upon receipt.
  • Reviews daily assignments/schedules with the team.

Provides patients, families and staff with education regarding therapy services related to the patients' needs.

Stewardship

Demonstrates financial responsibility by meeting patient scheduling requirements, ensuring productivity targets are met, and utilizing their time, supplies and support staff responsibly.

  • Prepares/reviews schedule for the next day.
  • Issues charges that correspond to the services provided and the documented treatment times.

Work Experience

Qualifications Required

  • Completion of a discipline appropriate degree from an accredited program/college.
  • Current or temporary Florida license.
  • Interpersonal communications skills.
  • Basic computer skills or willingness to learn.
  • Must hold current AHA BLS Healthcare Provider Completion Card prior to start date and maintain.

Physical Demands

  • Knowledge and use of proper lifting and body mechanics
  • Must be able to assist in lifting, standing, supporting patients.
  • Able to bend and stoop as pt care requires.
  • The position requires the individual to perform lifting tasks in the following weight and frequencies:

Mental Demands

  • Problem-solving ability.
  • Decision-making skills.
  • Able to interact with all people.
  • Able to concentrate under multiple demands/time constraints.
  • Able to concentrate in stressful and distracting surroundings.

Benefits

About Health First

At Health First, diversity and inclusion are essential for our continued growth and evolution. Working together, we strive to build and nurture a culture that recognizes, encourages, and respects the diverse voices of our associates.

We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more collaborative work environment that delivers better results. As an organization, it fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our associates, customers, and the communities we serve.

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift Times: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Paygrade: PG-PG-PG-PG-PG-PG-PG-42

Key Responsibilities

Evaluate acute care patients, provide effective physical therapy treatments that advance their goals, and document evaluations, progress, reassessments, and treatment. Maintain patient safety, respond to referrals, educate patients and families, coordinate schedules, and manage time and resources responsibly.

Requirements

Requires completion of a discipline-appropriate degree from an accredited program or college, a current or temporary Florida license, and a current AHA BLS Healthcare Provider card before starting. Candidates must have interpersonal communication skills, basic computer skills or willingness to learn, and the physical and mental ability to meet patient-care demands.

Key Skills

Patient EvaluationTreatment PlanningClinical DocumentationPatient EducationTime ManagementProductivity Management

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 36% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

In Florida, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$90k (736 salary observations; 3,331 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (15,056 salary observations; 57,503 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%)736 state / 15,056 national salary observations
Cost of livingFlorida index 103.4US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Florida3,331 active57,503 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 36% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 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.

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Salary Distribution33 jobs · 24 employers

8
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15
$100k-115k
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$115k-130k
4
$130k-145k
3
$146k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks29 jobs · 24 employers

401k / retirement match
90%
CME allowance
72%
Sign-on bonus
55%
Loan repayment
28%
Relocation assistance
10%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 1.7
Below most Physical Therapy listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,085 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.