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Temple, Texas

Physical Therapist (PT) PRN

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Job Description

Title: Physical Therapist (PT)

Job Type: PRN

Your experience matters!

At Temple Rehabilitation Hospital, we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. Here, you’re not just valued as an employee, but as a person.

Temple Rehabilitation Hospital is a 36-bed inpatient acute rehabilitation facility located at 23621 SE H.K. Dodgen Loop in Temple, Texas. It’s designed to help individuals recover from serious injuries or illnesses that have significantly impacted their ability to function independently.

  • Specialized Rehabilitation Programs: Tailored care for patients recovering from stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, orthopedic trauma, and other neurological or complex conditions.
  • Intensive Therapy Model: Patients receive at least three hours of physical, occupational, and/or speech therapy per day, five days a week, under the supervision of a rehabilitation physician.
  • State-of-the-Art Facility: Offers modern therapy equipment and private rooms to support a comfortable and focused recovery environment.

As a Physical Therapist (PT), joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

How You’ll Contribute

The Physical Therapist evaluates and treats patients with physical injuries or disabilities to improve movement, reduce pain, and restore functional independence.

Essential Functions

  • Conduct physical therapy assessments and develop treatment plans.
  • Provide direct patient care to restore strength, mobility, and function.
  • Educate patients and caregivers on home exercise programs.
  • Document treatment sessions and patient outcomes accurately.
  • Collaborate with rehab teams and participate in discharge planning.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional Information

  • Clinical knowledge and strong patient rapport-building required.

Qualifications and Requirements

  • Education: Graduate of an accredited physical therapy program.
  • Experience: Previous experience in rehab setting preferred.
  • License: Current PT license.
  • Certifications: CPR certification required.

About Us

Temple Rehabilitation Hospital is located in Temple, TX, and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone—your experience matters.

EEOC Statement

“Temple Rehabilitation Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Temple Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier.

Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities.

We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Key Responsibilities

The Physical Therapist evaluates and treats patients with physical injuries or disabilities to improve movement, reduce pain, and restore functional independence. They also collaborate with rehab teams to develop treatment plans and educate patients on home exercise programs.

Requirements

Candidates must be graduates of an accredited physical therapy program and hold a current PT license. CPR certification is required, and previous experience in a rehabilitation setting is preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient assessmentTreatment planningMobility trainingStrength trainingPatient educationDocumentationInterdisciplinary collaboration

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 32% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

In Texas, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$88k (532 salary observations; 4,968 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 Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top contract/1099 Physical Therapist Jobs

46 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution46 jobs · 36 employers

22
<$110k
10
$110k-130k
8
$130k-150k
6
$150k-170k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks41 jobs · 36 employers

401k / retirement match
80%
CME allowance
73%
Sign-on bonus
56%
Loan repayment
27%
Relocation assistance
5%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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starting at $80/hour
#2

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$150k-$160k
#3

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$70-$75/hr
#4

Physical Therapist (PT) Acute Care TempForce

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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 22,195 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Temple

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$230k
Typical market rent
$1,381/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Killeen-Temple, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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