Physical Therapist
Compensation
Pay not disclosed
- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job description
Join Ascension as a Outpatient Physical Therapist – Full-Time, No Weekends in Waco, Texas, United States.
Benefits & Compensation
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- Retirement Benefits with Employer Match
- Long-term & Short-term Disability
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance
- Tuition Reimbursement
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No weekends required.
This position offers weekends off. Work with Ascension in Waco, Texas, United States.
Key Responsibilities
The physical therapist will evaluate and conduct medically prescribed treatment programs while performing initial and ongoing patient assessments. They are also responsible for establishing plans of care and overseeing the activities of physical therapy assistants and students.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree and obtain Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners credentialing within 6 months. A BLS provider certification is also required within 30 days of the hire date.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 42% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
In Texas, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$87k (883 salary observations; 3,565 listings), vs ~$92k nationally (20,771 salary observations; 46,774 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; 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).
Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist at Ascension a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Physical Therapy physical therapist listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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