Acute Care Physical Therapist
Compensation
Pay not listed
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the pay range, the work setting, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
Job Description
- Physical Therapist - Acute/Inpatient Care
- Full-time, first shift
Job Description
The Physical Therapist performs all patient evaluations, writes Plan of Care in accordance with MD, completes required documentation and submits within the allotted timeframe, maintains standards of quality in accordance with accepted standards and hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor, Master or Doctoral degree from a physical therapy program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), or higher.
Kentucky license as a physical therapist required.
Benefits
- Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
- Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
- Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
- Employee Assistance Program
Retirement Plans with Company Match
- If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
- Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Key Responsibilities
The Physical Therapist is responsible for performing patient evaluations and developing plans of care in coordination with physicians. They must also maintain quality standards and complete all required documentation within specified timeframes.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 48% have no call, 74% require no weekends.
In Kentucky, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$85k (228 salary observations; 846 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (14,787 salary observations; 56,350 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 Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Top Physical Therapist Jobs
35 matches · ranked by paySalary Distribution33 jobs · 24 employers
Annual compensation range
Benefits & Perks31 jobs · 24 employers
Share of similar jobs offering each benefit
Physical Therapist (PT) – Travel Contract + LodgingContract
Concierge Home Care · Tallahassee, Florida
Physical Therapist (PT) – Flexible ScheduleContract
Concierge Home Care · Lakeland, Florida
Physical Therapist - Travel
$70/hrTravel Physical Therapist
$70/hrWork-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,005 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- No nights
- Includes call
Living in Elizabethtown
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $266k
- Typical market rent
- $1,299/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 20 min
- State income tax
- Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.