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EmpowerMe Wellness
Castle Rock, Colorado

Clinic Director I Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)

Physical Therapist AssistantNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$31-$38/hr

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Posted 12m 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.

$31.00 - $38.00 per hour

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Physical therapyOccupational therapyTeam managementClinical operations

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Colorado, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$93k (431 salary observations; 1,212 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (10,783 salary observations; 58,901 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$72k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $70k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Colorado?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.2 / 10 · above average in physical therapist assistantranked against 4,946 Physical Therapist Assistant listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$64k–$79kPhysical Therapy median $70k (middle half $64k–$70k)13 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Colorado vs national$93k median in Colorado$94k nationally (−1%)431 state / 10,783 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$70k in purchasing powerColorado index 103.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Colorado469 active21,754 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedColorado Physical Therapist listings: 26% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 19% offer loan repayment503 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (4,946 Physical Therapist Assistant listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 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 Assistant (PTA) 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 Therapist Assistant — ranked against 4,946 active Physical Therapist Assistant listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.

Top PTA Jobs

8 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

6 jobs
2
<$75k
3
$75k-80k
1
$80k

Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution

8 jobs · 7 employers
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1-2
0
3-4
0
5-6
7
7-8
1
9-10

Higher = better work-life balance

#1

Physical Therapist Assistant

Phoenix Home Care and Hospice · Joplin, Missouri

$65k-$80k
#2

Outpatient Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) - FT | Greeley Rehab

PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Greeley · Greeley, Colorado

$29-$38/hr
#3

Physical Therapist Assistant

$25-$37.5/hr
#4

PTA / Physical Therapist Assistant

$56k-$76k
+ 6 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.2
Better work-life than 60% of Physical Therapist Assistant listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 4,946 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
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About EmpowerMe Wellness

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

Benefits & Perks

Flexible Schedule
Fun, Team-Focused Culture
Career Growth & Cross-Training
Recognition Programs
Employee Assistance Program
Free CEU Access
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance

Living in Castle Rock

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$579k
Typical market rent
$2,333/mo
Residents’ average commute
29 min
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
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.