Physical Therapist - Full-time
Listed compensation
$31-$54/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
- Position: Physical Therapist (PT)
- Location: Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus South (South High Street)
- Schedule: Full Time / WeekdaysCompensation: $31 - $54 per hour (depending on years of experience)
- Sign-on Bonus: $10,000 for full-time
Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus South 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. This is fostered by an interdisplinary team approach with medical staff and a focus on providing PT services to medically complex and Post ICU patients.
- 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. Plus, no weekends and a flexible schedule!
- 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.
- Working independently and collaboratively with other disciplines.
Minimum Qualifications
Current state licensure as a Physical Therapist required.
Certified BLS or completion in first 90 days of employment required.
Preferred Qualifications
- 1 year of experience in medical setting.
- Ability to work independently in a small hospital setting.
- Additional Data
- Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
In Ohio, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$89k (395 salary observations; 1,981 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (15,367 salary observations; 58,963 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.0 / 10 · above average in physical therapy | ranked against 21,818 Physical Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $64k–$112k | Physical Therapy median $88k (middle half $76k–$104k)599 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Ohio vs national | $89k median in Ohio | $94k nationally (−5%)395 state / 15,367 national salary observations |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$95k in purchasing power | Ohio index 92.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Physical Therapy listings in Ohio | 775 active | 21,930 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 42% no call · 58% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | $10k sign-on | Ohio Physical Therapist listings: 13% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 21% offer loan repayment803 active listings, Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist - Full-time at Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus South 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 21,818 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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