Physical Therapist (PT) FT, PT and PRN available!
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Job Description
Merkel Nursing Center is currently seeking a full time, part time or prn Physical Therapist to join its in-house therapy team. We seek a therapist who is innovative, positive, and team oriented. Part of Gemini Healthcare, Merkel Nursing Center is a long-term care and post-acute rehab facility located in Merkel, Texas.
We have an in-house team of therapists to work with, an amazing rehab director and opportunity to see a wide range of conditions. We offer opportunity for you to create and implement speech therapy programs that will best fit the needs of your patients.
We are supported by Vital Therapy, a growing provider of therapy support and leadership to 85 locations throughout Texas and Oklahoma. We believe in giving our patients and residents moments of joy and reason to live each day, developing and supporting our leaders, and sharing a fierce commitment to quality of care.
We offer comprehensive benefits, PTO, opportunity for career growth and fun, high energy work environment.
Requirements
Requirements
Texas License
We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Key Responsibilities
The Physical Therapist will join an in-house therapy team to provide high-quality care to patients in a long-term care and post-acute rehab setting. Responsibilities include creating and implementing individualized therapy programs to meet patient needs.
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 42% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
In Texas, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$88k (779 salary observations; 5,023 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (14,883 salary observations; 56,734 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 Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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Living in Merkel
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $217k
- Median resident rent
- $1,058/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 27 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 90.4
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Abilene, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.