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Dove Healthcare
Fennimore, Wisconsin

Physical Therapist-Casual

Physical TherapistPer Diem

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Job Description

Make a Difference. Grow Your Career. Love Where You Work.

Dove Healthcare has casual opportunities available for passionate, licensed Physical Therapists! Come join our dynamic rehabilitation team in Fennimore!

New graduate? Earn up to $10,000 over 5 years of employment. *Must have graduated within 12 months of application*

Ready to make a meaningful impact without sacrificing work-life balance? At Dove Healthcare, you'll find a supportive team, a modern, spacious therapy gym equipped with the latest technology, and manageable productivity expectations that allow you to focus on what matters most: your patients.

Whether you're an experienced therapist or a new graduate ready to launch your career, we'd love to meet you!

Why You'll Love Being Part of Our Team

  • Enhanced starting wage scale to recognize your skills and expertise
  • State-of-the-art therapy gyms with modern equipment and technology
  • Balanced productivity expectations that support quality patient care
  • Less travel and a consistent caseload of inpatient and outpatient patients
  • Opportunities to develop a specialty and expand your clinical skills
  • Flexible scheduling to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • A supportive, collaborative team where your contributions make a difference

What You'll Do

Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct physical therapy, as well as its programs and activities, in accordance with current rules regulations, and guidelines that govern the long-term care facility

Meet with administration, medical and nursing staff as well as other related departments in planning therapy services

  • Develop and maintain physical therapy standards
  • Assist in standardizing the methods in which physical therapy will be accomplished

Participate in discharge planning, development and implementation of resident care plans, resident assessments, etc. as necessary

What We're Looking For

A master's degree in physical therapy from an accredited college or university (or a bachelor's degree for those grandfathered in)

A current physical therapist license in the State of Wisconsin

New graduates are encouraged to apply! Start your career in an environment where you can learn, grow, and make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

As part of the Dove Healthcare team, all employees enjoy competitive pay, career growth opportunities!

Employees Enjoy Comprehensive Benefits Packaging, Including

  • Flexible health insurance options – choose your own health insurance (full-time only)
  • Life insurance options (full-time only)
  • Dental, vision, and supplemental insurance options (full and part-time benefit eligible)
  • Health savings account (HSA) WITH employer contribution (full-time only)
  • Medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts (full-time only)
  • 401k retirement plan with company match (full and part-time benefit eligible)
  • Your benefits that start on the date of hire:

Paid Time Off Accrual and Bereavement Pay

  • Childcare with up to 20% off and tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/per yr.
  • Health club, weight loss, or gym membership reimbursement up to 50%!
  • Employee assistance and referral bonus program
  • Career development, continuing education, and advancement opportunities
  • Employee referral bonus up to $2,000!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or Veteran status.

About Dove Healthcare

Dove Healthcare consists of eleven skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers and six assisted living residences in Barron, Bloomer, Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Osseo, Spooner, and Rice Lake.

Our core services include in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation, post-hospital care, ventilator care, dialysis, skilled nursing, long-term and end-of-life care, as well as senior independent living, assisted living, and memory care.

As an innovative healthcare provider and community partner, we provide compassionate care and service to meet the needs of those who depend on us. We commit to excellence through adherence to high standards, disciplined leadership, and mutual respect for all.

For more information, visit dovehealthcare.com.

Key Responsibilities

Plan, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct physical therapy services and programs in accordance with applicable long-term care regulations and guidelines. Coordinate therapy services with administration and clinical departments, maintain therapy standards, and contribute to discharge planning, resident care plans, and assessments.

Requirements

A master's degree in physical therapy from an accredited college or university is required, with a bachelor's degree accepted for those grandfathered in. Applicants must hold a current Wisconsin physical therapist license; new graduates are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Treatment PlanningProgram DevelopmentProgram EvaluationInterdisciplinary CollaborationResident Care PlanningClinical StandardsInpatient RehabilitationOutpatient Rehabilitation

Physical Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Wisconsin is 94.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.7% of Wisconsin clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 48% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Wisconsin?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingWisconsin index 94.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Wisconsin316 active21,896 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 4% remote · 48% no call · 56% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusWisconsin physical therapist listings (all specialties): 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 11% offer loan repayment337 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,999 in the last 30 days4,222 the 30 days before (+89%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physical Therapy pay trend+1.8% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 4.8
Better work-life than 50% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,055 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Dove Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Care
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible health insurance options (full-time only)
Life insurance options (full-time only)
Dental, vision, and supplemental insurance options
Health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution (full-time only)
Medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts (full-time only)
401k retirement plan with company match
Paid time off accrual and bereavement pay
Childcare with up to 20% off

Living in Fennimore

Median resident rent
$732/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
State income tax
Up to 7.7%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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