Physical Therapist - Outpatient- Newly Increased Pay Scale

Physical TherapistIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

  • Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital -OutpatientA Select Medical and Vibra Healthcare partnership
  • Position: Physical TherapistLocation: Bowling Green, KYSchedule: Fulltime
  • Ask us about our newly increased pay scale!
  • J oin us for a networking event
  • Friday 8-7-26 Hot Rods Game
  • Bring another therapist with you and enjoy a night out with us!

Event Details

  • Location: Coke Deck at Bowling Green Hot Rods StadiumAddress: 300 E. 8th Ave., Bowling Green, KY
  • Gates Open: 5:30 PMFirst Pitch: 6:35 PM

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  • At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.
  • Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
  • Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
  • Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
  • Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program
  • Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP), and dental plan offerings
  • Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time to maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
  • Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.

Responsibilities

  • Performing initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment.
  • Promoting continuous quality improvement.
  • Teaching and counseling patients/families.
  • Setting goals and developing treatment plans.
  • Working cooperatively to identify and solve patient-specific and facility-wide needs.
  • Participating in discharge planning for each patient, including placement, patient/family education and adaptive equipment.
  • Supervising Physical Therapy Assistants, as well as supervising PT and PTA students.
  • Conducting individual patient therapy regimens.
  • Monitoring patient's response to treatment and modifying treatment during sessions, as needed.
  • Completing appropriate documentation according to department policies and procedures.
  • Participating in departmental, hospital, and community continuing education seminars and in-services.

Minimum Qualifications

State Licensure: Hold a current state licensure as a Physical Therapist (PT)

Certified BLS: Possess Certified BLS or obtain it within 90 days of employment.

*Post offer employment testing (POETs) are completed as part of the onboarding process and are to be completed before an employee's first day of work.*

Additional Data

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Treatment PlanningPatient CounselingClinical SupervisionClinical Documentation

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 38% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

In Kentucky, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$85k (234 salary observations; 869 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (15,056 salary observations; 57,503 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Kentucky?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysical Therapy median $78k (middle half $70k–$84k)11 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Kentucky vs national$85k median in Kentucky$94k nationally (−9%)234 state / 15,056 national salary observations
Cost of livingKentucky index 90.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Kentucky356 active21,994 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 38% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution34 jobs · 17 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks37 jobs · 17 employers

401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 30% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,942 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital

Benefits & Perks

Newly Increased Pay Scale
Extensive Orientation Program
Tuition Reimbursement
Continuing Education Opportunities
Clinical Ladder Program
Student Debt Benefit Program
Medical/RX Insurance
Health Insurance

Living in Bowling Green

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$265k
Typical market rent
$1,252/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.2
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.

BEA 2024 · Bowling Green, KY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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