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Douglas-A-Thom Clinic
Worcester, Massachusetts

Physical Therapist

Physical TherapistNo weekendsPart-Time

Listed compensation

$51-$58/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

This position offers a hourly range of $51.00 to $58.00. Actual pay will be based on relevant skills, qualifications, and experience.

Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity working with the pediatric population (children birth to 3 years)? Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of families? Thom Child & Family Services located in Worcester, MA is seeking a Physical Therapist/PT to join their team.

As an Early Intervention Physical Therapist/Clinician, you will be responsible for providing home and community based early intervention services to infants and toddlers who have or are at risk for developmental delays and their families in both their homes and community settings.

You will partner with parents/caregivers to ensure service delivery is individualized, meaningful for the family, and grounded in evidence-based practice. Through this collaborative process you ensure families’ priorities, needs, culture, and values are prioritized.

Thom Child & Family Services offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefit package including, but not limited to:

  • Flexible Schedules: Minimum 20 hours (Monday through Friday) 8:30am to 4:30pm
  • Health Insurance, including Fitness Benefits and Wellness Incentive Program.
  • Sick time
  • 403(b) with employer matching
  • Professional Development Trainings
  • Paid professional license renewal fees
  • Clinical supervision, mentoring, and team support
  • Mileage reimbursement

Position Responsibilities

  • Participate in multidisciplinary team assessments of client’s developmental status.
  • Provide direct services and activities developmentally appropriate for children 0-3 and their families.
  • Participate in the development of Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) with responsibility for identifying goals, objectives, and strategies related to the child’s development.
  • Complete progress notes, reports, assessments, and correspondence as appropriate
  • Provides individual and group intervention for infants and toddlers from birth to three years old who have developmental delays or who are at risk for delays in the areas of cognitive, adaptive behavior, social-emotional, self-care, fine motor, gross motor, and communication development.
  • Assess family and child strengths/resources, concerns, and progress.
  • Act as service coordinator for the family by scheduling, developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the intervention plan for each family on caseload, ensuring that appropriate procedures and timelines are followed.
  • Provides supportive professional assistance to families.
  • Facilitate parent-child interactions to encourage child's development; assist families to act as advocates for their child.

Position Requirements

  • Current licensure as a Physical Therapist by the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Health Professions
  • 1 year experience in Early Intervention or minimum 3 years' experience working with infants, toddlers and families is preferred.
  • Knowledge of family systems and early childhood development.
  • Ability to engage in meaningful, therapeutic relationships with children, parents/caregivers, and community partners.
  • Commitment to delivering individualized and culturally humble services.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
  • Abide by all confidentiality and professional boundaries standards.
  • Good computer skills as well as strong documentation skills.
  • Current driver’s license and reliable transportation.
  • Bilingual/Bicultural a plus.

No Phone Calls or Recruiters Please

Thom Child and Family Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, familial status, domestic violence status, or any other status protected by law.

Key Responsibilities

The Physical Therapist provides home and community-based early intervention services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays. They collaborate with families to develop and implement Individual Family Service Plans while facilitating child development and parent-child interactions.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a current Massachusetts Physical Therapist license and possess knowledge of early childhood development. Preferred qualifications include at least one year of experience in early intervention or three years of experience working with infants, toddlers, and families.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Physical therapyPediatric careIndividualized family service planDevelopmental assessmentFamily systems knowledgeTherapeutic relationship buildingAdvocacyMultidisciplinary collaboration

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 41 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 44% have no call, 71% require no weekends.

In Massachusetts, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$99k (402 salary observations; 1,301 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (10,394 salary observations; 56,600 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 Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$113k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $107k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist at Douglas-A-Thom Clinic a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physical Therapy — ranked against 22,195 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

41 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution23 jobs

5
<$100k
3
$100k-120k
4
$120k-140k
10
$140k-160k
1
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs

CME allowance
54%
401k / retirement match
54% this job
Sign-on bonus
25%
PSLF eligible
13%
Loan repayment
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$80-$110/hr
#2

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$70-$100/hr
#3

Home Care Physical Therapist- Independent Contractor (Union County)

$74-$95/hr
#4

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$72-$95/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.0
Better work-life than 60% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,195 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Worcester

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$449k
Typical market rent
$2,130/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Douglas-A-Thom Clinic

Individual and Family Services
Framingham, Massachusetts
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible Schedules
Health Insurance
Fitness Benefits
Wellness Incentive Program
Sick time
403(b) with employer matching
Professional Development Trainings
Paid professional license renewal fees