Inpatient Lead Physical Therapist, South Hospital, 8a-4:30p
Compensation
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
Primary Location: South Hospital - UMC Address: 1903 W. Hebron Lane Shepherdsville, KY 40165 Shift: First Shift (United States of America) Job Description Summary: Job Description: Additional Job Description:
Key Responsibilities
The Inpatient Lead Physical Therapist will oversee physical therapy operations and patient care at the South Hospital facility. They are responsible for providing high-quality rehabilitation services while leading the clinical team to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
Requirements
Candidates must be licensed physical therapists with experience in an inpatient clinical setting. Strong leadership skills and the ability to manage daily hospital operations are required for this role.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
In Kentucky, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$86k (74 salary observations; 239 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (4,390 salary observations; 15,589 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% have no call, 78% require no weekends.
Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
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).
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Living in Shepherdsville
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $275k
- Typical market rent
- $1,765/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 24 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 93.1
- 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 · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.
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