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EmpowerMe Wellness
Bethesda, Maryland

Clinic Director-Licensed Therapist PT/PTA

Physical Therapist AssistantNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$34-$58/hr

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Job Description

  • This isn’t leadership as usual.
  • At EmpowerMe Wellness, our Clinic Directors don’t just manage teams — they lead the heartbeat of care inside our communities.
  • Your Impact = Stronger Teams + Healthier Communities

As a Clinic Director, you’ll shape how care is delivered every day — guiding your team, building trusted relationships, and helping residents stay active, independent, and supported.

Through EmpowerMe 360, our integrated model of care used across many of our communities, you may have opportunities to help bring therapy, wellness, and care coordination together to make a real difference.

Responsibilities

What You’ll Lead

Provide physical, occupational, or speech therapy services while leading your team in delivering high-quality care

  • Mentor and support clinicians, helping them grow in their clinical skills and confidence
  • Partner with community leadership to implement and strengthen the EmpowerMe 360 model
  • Build strong relationships that drive resident engagement, program participation, and enrollment
  • Coordinate care across therapy, wellness, and medical services to ensure a seamless resident experience
  • Lead and support team performance, scheduling, and day-to-day clinic operations
  • Contribute to program development and quality improvement
  • Why You’ll Love Leading Here

Impact You Can See: Help residents stay independent, reduce hospitalizations, and improve quality of life, while seeing the results firsthand.

Balance You Can Count On: Predictable schedules with no late nights or constant driving.

Growth You Can Build On: Leadership development and career paths into expanded roles across operations and clinical leadership.

  • Stay Connected to Care: Continue treating while leading, staying hands-on with residents and your team.
  • Support You Can Rely On: Work closely with operational leadership and a team invested in your success.
  • Benefits You’ll Love
  • All Team Members: Fun, team-focused culture
  • Career growth & cross-training
  • Recognition programs
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Free CEU Access

Full-Time: Full medical, dental, vision

  • 401(k) with match
  • HSA, FSA, Life & Disability Insurance
  • Voluntary benefits
  • Flexible Paid Time Off

Part-Time: Voluntary benefits (Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Employee Assistance Program, Pet Insurance)

  • 401(k) with match

Qualifications

  • What You’ll Bring to EmpowerMe
  • Current professional license in your therapy discipline (PT, PTA, OT, COTA, or SLP)
  • Leadership or mentorship experience (formal or informal)
  • Experience leading a team, program, or clinical initiatives preferred
  • Passion for empowering seniors to live their best lives
  • Strong clinical skills with a collaborative spirit
  • A desire to lead, connect, and be visible in your community
  • Bring your leadership, your clinical expertise, and your heart to EmpowerMe Wellness.

About EmpowerMe Wellness

EmpowerMe Wellness is an integrated healthcare company partnering with senior living communities nationwide. Through our EmpowerMe 360 program, we bring together therapy, pharmacy, and medical care to help residents live stronger, safer, and more independent lives.

Guided by our mission of improving the lives of seniors and the communities they call home, our clinicians and Clinic Directors are at the heart of this purpose — delivering care with meaning, building trusted relationships, and shaping the future of senior wellness every day.

$34.00 - $58.00 per hour

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Physical therapyOccupational therapyTeam managementClinical operationsInterdisciplinary collaboration

Mental Health Therapy Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$96k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $91k in an average-cost state. 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score5.1 / 10 · above average in physical therapist assistantranked against 4,946 Physical Therapist Assistant listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$91k in purchasing powerMaryland index 105.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
New Mental Health Therapy listings2,575 in the last 30 days1,373 the 30 days before (+88%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (4,946 Physical Therapist Assistant listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 5.1
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About EmpowerMe Wellness

Hospitals and Health Care
St Louis, Missouri
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Free CEU Access
Employee Assistance Program
Medical, Dental, Vision
401(k) with match
HSA/FSA
Life & Disability Insurance
Flexible Paid Time Off
Career growth & cross-training

Living in Bethesda

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.02M
Typical market rent
$2,971/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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