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Elkhorn, Nebraska

Physical Therapist / Sports Medicine-Rehab

Physical TherapistFull-Time

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Job Description

We're looking for hands-on people to join the Rehabilitative Services team at

Children's. This group handles all therapies offered at Children's, including speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy and rehabilitative services. If you enjoy working one-on-one with children and their families to build and develop life-changing skills, we encourage you to apply.

Key Responsibilities

Provide hands-on physical therapy and rehabilitative services to children and their families. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to build and develop life-changing skills for patients.

Requirements

The role requires a professional background in physical therapy or sports medicine. Candidates should be comfortable working one-on-one with pediatric patients in a clinical setting.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

RehabilitationPediatric CarePatient Care

Sports Medicine — Physical Therapist Career Context

In Nebraska, the Physical Therapist weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$91k (57 salary observations; 243 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (15,553 salary observations; 59,640 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Physical Therapist listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 50% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Nebraska is 90.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.4% of Nebraska clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

38 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution31 jobs · 20 employers

11
<$100k
12
$100k-120k
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$120k-140k
6
$140k-160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs · 20 employers

401k / retirement match
81%
CME allowance
69%
Sign-on bonus
53%
Loan repayment
16%
Relocation assistance
13%

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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 23,128 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.