Physical Therapist - Ellensburg - Part Time (8 hours/week)
Listed compensation
$51-$77.3/hr
The week · per this posting
Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
Company Description
KVH is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes 24-hour emergency care, inpatient, and outpatient hospital services through KVH Hospital. Clinics and services provided include family medicine, internal medicine, a geriatric nurse practitioner program, home health and hospice, physical therapy, orthopedics, general surgery, pediatrics, women’s health, and urgent care.
Kittitas Valley Healthcare expects all employees to uphold our Vision & Mission. The KVH Vision, Mission & Guiding Principles can be found at kvhealthcare.org.
KVH puts ‘employee care’ high on the priority list, with health benefits like low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance and a robust employee wellness program.
KVH offers company contribution toward your choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including coverage available for spouses/ domestic partners, and dependent children. KVH believes that continuing education is critical to our mission and vision.
We have implemented many educational programs such as the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program and certification pay toS encourage continuing education. We want our employees to know they are valued.
One of the ways we show this is by quickly vesting employees, making them pension eligible after just one year of part-time status. To view more details about the comprehensive benefits package we offer to eligible employees visit our website – Benefits - KV Healthcare
kvhealthcare.org
Job Description
The Physical Therapist is responsible for developing a physical plan of care based on a complete assessment, the direction of the patient's physician, and the patient to restore the patient to optimal functioning across the lifespan.
Qualifications
- What is required...
- Graduation from a certified Physical Therapy program & currently licensed in the State of Washington
- Current CPR card (maintenance required)
- What is preferred...
- Previous physical therapy experience
- Experience with pediatrics
- Neurologic Physical Therapy Certification
Additional Information
Wage: Wage range currently starts at $51.00/hour and goes up to $77.30/hour. Actual wage will be based on years' of applicable experience.
- FTE:.2 (8 hours/week)
- Benefits: This position is not benefits eligible
Compensation: USD 51.00 - USD 77.30 - hourly
Key Responsibilities
The Physical Therapist is responsible for developing and implementing physical plans of care based on patient assessments and physician direction. The goal is to restore patients to optimal functioning across their lifespan.
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
In Washington, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$102k (486 salary observations; 1,334 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (12,162 salary observations; 66,743 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for Washington is 107.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$133k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $125k in an average-cost state. 59.8% of Washington clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $106k–$161k | Physical Therapy median $100k (middle half $90k–$117k)952 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Washington vs national | $102k median in Washington | $94k nationally (+9%)486 state / 12,162 national salary observations |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$125k in purchasing power | Washington index 107.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Physical Therapy listings in Washington | 506 active | 22,215 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 3% remote · 45% no call · 48% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Washington physical therapist listings (all specialties): 34% state a sign-on bonus (median $9k) · 24% offer loan repayment526 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Physical Therapy listings | 7,996 in the last 30 days | 4,461 the 30 days before (+79%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Physical Therapy pay trend | +1.5% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Location & Logistics
Washington has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$133k midpoint, that is roughly $5k–$9k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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About Kittitas Valley Healthcare
Benefits & Perks
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Living in Ellensburg
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $463k
- Typical market rent
- $1,487/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 18 min
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.