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Springfield, Missouri

Physical Therapist HHA - Float

Physical TherapistNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Facility

Home Support: 2240 W Sunset St, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department: 1526 Home Health CHAH

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Hours: 8:00 am- 5:00 pm

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

  • Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
  • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
  • Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
  • Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

Benefits

  • Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
  • For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Job Description

Provides in-home evaluation, direction, and application of Physical Therapy services to relieve pain, develop or restore function, and/or maintain maximum physical performance of patient.

Education

Required: Graduate of approved program in Physical Therapy as referenced in Conditions of Participation 54 FR 33354 (@484.4), or Two years experience as Physical Therapist and satisfactory grade on proficiency exam conducted, approved, or sponsored by U.S. Public Health Service. (N/A if licensed or sought qualification as PT after December 31, 1977).

Experience

Preferred: 1-year Physical Therapy experience.

Skills

Ability to provide reliable transportation as required by nature of position.

Licensure/Certification/Registration

  • Required: Current Physical Therapist license or registration as required by state
  • Required: Active Driver's License

Key Responsibilities

Provides in-home evaluation, direction, and application of physical therapy services to patients. Focuses on relieving pain, developing or restoring function, and maintaining maximum physical performance.

Requirements

Requires a graduate degree from an approved physical therapy program and a current physical therapist license. Candidates must also possess an active driver's license and the ability to provide reliable transportation.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Patient evaluationPain reliefFunctional restorationHome health careClinical documentation

Physical Therapist Career Context

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

In Missouri, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$89k (235 salary observations; 969 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (14,655 salary observations; 55,733 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

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).

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

41 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution40 jobs · 31 employers

20
<$110k
7
$110k-130k
9
$130k-150k
4
$156k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs · 31 employers

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

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 5.1
Better work-life than 50% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,389 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Springfield

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$238k
Typical market rent
$1,200/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.6
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 · Springfield, MO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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