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EmpowerMe Wellness
Torrance, California

Clinic Director I Licensed Physical Therapist (PT)

Physical TherapistNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$52-$60/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 7m ago · Verified live

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: Flexible schedule
  • 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.

$52.00 - $60.00 per hour

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Physical therapyTeam managementClinical operationsOccupational therapyInterdisciplinary collaborationClinical documentation

Physical Therapist Career Context

In California, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$117k (1,164 salary observations; 4,165 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (11,785 salary observations; 62,466 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 California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$116k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $105k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in California?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.2 / 10 · above average in physical therapyranked against 21,543 Physical Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$108k–$125kPhysical Therapy median $117k (middle half $95k–$132k)970 comparable listings, Nov 2026
California vs national$117k median in California$94k nationally (+24%)1,164 state / 11,785 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$105k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in California1,732 active21,679 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 6% remote · 48% no call · 48% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia Physical Therapist listings: 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 9% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,749 in the last 30 days4,154 the 30 days before (+87%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physical Therapy pay trend+1.6% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (21,543 Physical Therapy listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinic Director I Licensed Physical Therapist (PT) at EmpowerMe Wellness a 6.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physical Therapy — ranked against 21,543 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

36 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

36 jobs · 24 employers
8
<$110k
12
$110k-130k
7
$130k-150k
6
$150k-170k
3
$186k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

30 jobs · 24 employers
401k / retirement match
90% this job
CME allowance
63% this job
Sign-on bonus
53%
Loan repayment
27%
Relocation assistance
20%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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#3

Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist II, Sunnyvale

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#4

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$165,000
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.2
Better work-life than 70% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,543 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About EmpowerMe Wellness

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

Benefits & Perks

Flexible schedule
Free CEU access
Employee Assistance Program
Medical, dental, vision (full-time)
401(k) with match
HSA, FSA, life & disability insurance
Flexible Paid Time Off

Living in Torrance

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.09M
Typical market rent
$3,006/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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