Physical Therapist - Full-time

Physical TherapistIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$31-$54/hr

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Job Description

  • Position: Physical Therapist (PT)
  • Location: Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus - Vic Village (Dennison Ave)
  • Schedule: Full Time / WeekdaysCompensation: $31 - $54 per hour (depending on years of experience)
  • Sign-on Bonus: $10,000 for full-time

Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives – and Physical Therapists (PT) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.

Why Join Us

Start Strong: Extensive and thorough Physical Therapist (PT) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.

  • Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement, and continuing education opportunities.
  • Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
  • Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program.
  • Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings
  • Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO to maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
  • Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.

Responsibilities

  • Performing initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment.
  • Promoting continuous quality improvement.
  • Teaching and counseling patients/families.
  • Setting goals and developing treatment plans.
  • Working cooperatively to identify and solve patient-specific and facility-wide needs.
  • Participating in discharge planning for each patient, including placement, patient/family education and adaptive equipment.
  • Supervising Physical Therapy Assistants, as well as supervising PT and PTA students.
  • Conducting individual patient therapy regimens.
  • Monitoring patient's response to treatment and modifying treatment during sessions, as needed.
  • Completing appropriate documentation according to department policies and procedures.
  • Participating in departmental, hospital, and community continuing education seminars and in-services.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Current state licensure as a Physical Therapist required.
  • Certified BLS or completion in first 90 days of employment required.
  • Additional Data
  • Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Treatment planningPatient counselingSupervisionClinical therapyBLS certificationRehabilitation

Physical Therapist Career Context

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

In Ohio, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$89k (390 salary observations; 1,950 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (15,018 salary observations; 57,383 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 Ohio is 92.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$88k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $95k in an average-cost state. 61.3% of Ohio clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

23 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution23 jobs · 14 employers

9
<$105k
6
$105k-120k
3
$120k-135k
2
$140k
3
$150k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks23 jobs · 14 employers

401k / retirement match
91% this job
CME allowance
74% this job
Sign-on bonus
57% this job
Loan repayment
39%
Relocation assistance
13%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$150k-$160k
#3

Home Health Physical Therapist - Hayward

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$90k-$140k
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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 22,012 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Columbus

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$263k
Typical market rent
$1,450/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.5
State income tax
Up to 4%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Columbus, OH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus Vic Village(Grant)

Hospitals and Health Care
Mechanicsburg, PA
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-on bonus $10,000
Tuition reimbursement
Continuing education opportunities
Clinical ladder program
Student debt benefit program
Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan
Generous PTO
Company-matching 401(k)