Travel Physical Therapist - Outpatient
Listed compensation
$65/hour
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
City/State
Woodbridge, VA
Work Shift
First (Days)
Overview
Sentara Therapy Center - Century in Woodbridge, VA is hiring a Travel Physical Therapist (PT) to work a 14-week assignment!
- Travel Physical Therapist - Outpatient
- Sentara Therapy Center - Century - Woodbridge, VA
- $65.00/hr!
- Temporary Full Time, 40 hours/week
- 14-week assignment
- Day shift
- No benefits
Overview
Performs modalities/therapeutic interventions in accordance with accepted standards of care and department policies and procedures. Provides effective instruction to the patient and family through standardized educational programs and/or individualized training.
Initiate, develop, and maintain collaborative interactions with internal and external team members, patients, and family members to improve patient outcomes. Productive and efficient in daily operations. Selects and performs the appropriate assessment procedures. Establishes and updates formal plan of care to address individual patient needs.
Required license must be valid in state of practice.
Education
- BLD – Bachelor’s Level Degree – Physical Therapy
- Certification/Licensure
- Physical Therapist License (PT) – Virginia
- Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification - American Heart Association (AHA)
Experience
Previous physical therapy experience (preferred)
Sentara Therapy Center Century offers a comprehensive range of therapies to assist you with all of your rehabilitation needs. Our services are designed to support your journey with personalized care. Our team of specialists is committed to helping you live your best life.
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Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
- Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
- Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
- Emergency Backup Care
- Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
- Life Insurance
- 401k/403B with Employer Match
- Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
- Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
- Pet Insurance
- Legal Resources Plan
- Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Key Responsibilities
Perform therapeutic interventions and assessments in accordance with established standards of care. Collaborate with the healthcare team and provide effective instruction to patients and their families to improve outcomes.
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy and a valid Physical Therapist license in Virginia. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association is also required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% have no call, 74% require no weekends.
In Virginia, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$95k (389 salary observations; 1,743 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (10,428 salary observations; 56,804 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 Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$135k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $134k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Travel Physical Therapist - Outpatient at Sentara Health a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 22,541 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.
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