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Springfield, Missouri

IP Pediatric Physical Therapist - PRN

Physical TherapistNo nightsPRN

Compensation

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Job Description

Facility

CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department: 1048 SLC-CH Pediatrics

Scheduled Weekly Hours

0

Hours: 7:30-4:30

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

Job Summary

  • Provides skilled physical therapy services to patients including all aspects of evaluation and treatment.
  • Job Requirements

Education

  • Required: Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program
  • Preferred: Master’s or Doctorate from an accredited program of Physical Therapy

Experience

Preferred: One year or more experience in a pediatric developmental, neonatal intensive care, or pediatric intensive care setting.

Responsibilities

Establishes treatment plan and provides treatment, considering discharge needs; expected discharge functional status; and appropriate equipment and supplies.

Educates, collaborates with, and conferences with patients, families, and other health care providers; making recommendations for referrals to specialists as needed.

Delegates to assistants, techs, and students through written and verbal communication including determining the skill level or competency required to provide interventions to best meet the needs of the patient.

  • Completes documentation in accordance with departmental policies.
  • Provides assessment, reassessment, and/or consultations for Physical Therapy Services.

Skills

  • Good clinical expertise, communication skills, human relations skills and organizational skill required
  • Self-motivated individual who can work independently with little direct supervision required

Has demonstrated interest in professional growth by attendance at continuing education workshops, and applications of new principles and/or techniques.

Licensure/Certification/Registration

  • Required: Active Missouri licensure for Physical Therapy (temporary license not accepted)
  • Required: BLS must be obtained within 90 days of hire

Requirements

Requires a graduate degree from an accredited Physical Therapy program and active Missouri licensure. BLS certification must be obtained within 90 days of hire.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Patient evaluationTreatment planningPediatric careClinical documentationOrganizational skillsSelf-motivation

Pediatrics — Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 36% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Pediatrics pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Pediatrics by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score5.1 / 10 · above average in pediatrics (physical therapy)ranked against 465 Pediatrics (Physical Therapy) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedPediatrics median $114k (middle half $108k–$127k)26 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingMissouri index 90.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Work settingon-sitepeers: 10% remote · 36% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMissouri Physical Therapist listings: 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 28% offer loan repayment439 active listings, Nov 2026
New Pediatrics listings1,217 in the last 30 days782 the 30 days before (+56%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Pediatrics pay trend+5.7% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (465 Pediatrics (Physical Therapy) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Physical Therapist Jobs

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Salary Distribution

35 jobs · 26 employers
14
<$110k
8
$110k-130k
6
$130k-150k
7
$150k-170k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

31 jobs · 26 employers
401k / retirement match
94% this job
CME allowance
65%
Sign-on bonus
29%
Loan repayment
19%
Relocation assistance
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 5.1
Better work-life than 60% of Pediatrics (Physical Therapy) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 465 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Springfield

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$235k
Typical market rent
$1,192/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 (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 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.