Rehab Team Leader - Physical Therapist (PT) or Occupational Therapist (OT)
Compensation
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
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- Weekends
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Job Description
A full-time REHAB TEAM LEADER position is now available in our sub-acute/skilled nursing Rehab Department located in North Haven, CT. This position is open to a Physical Therapist (PT) or Occupational Therapist (OT)
You may have already heard that Preferred Therapy Solutions is different from other therapy companies. Let us tell you why we are a step above the rest.
Excellence. Stability. Integrity.
- We are owned and operated by therapists.
- We focus on appropriate and ethical patient care.
- Members of our management team have worked in the very position you are interested in.
- We understand what therapists need to be successful.
- We know that a healthy balance between work and family is important, so we offer a very generous paid time off package for full and part-time employees.
- We know that continuing your education is important, so we have a great education department to help you stay up to date.
The success of our residents relies on the success of our therapists. We know that providing the highest quality care brings the highest outcome for our residents. After all, we are all in this to help those we treat reach their highest level of independence. Come join our team and be part of our success!
We offer competitive rates and great benefits
- Up to 5 weeks of paid time off to start and up to 6 weeks of PTO after 5 years of employment
- Medical/ Dental/ Vision/ Rx plan/ H. S. A
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance
- Continuing Education program
- 401(k) plan with a discretionary employer match
- Flexible schedules to promote a balance between career and personal life
- Mentor programs for therapists interested in growing their skills or management opportunities.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Under the direction of a Rehab Director, a successful Rehab Team Leader will:
- Provide daily oversight of rehabilitation services
- Ensure efficient and effective operations of the facility's rehabilitation
department
- Provide therapy services to patients
- Provide clinical support, training and oversight of specialty programs within his/her specific discipline.
- Plan and coordinate with other facility therapists in the implementation of programs and procedures to optimize patient outcomes
- Monitor patient admissions, schedules, MDS assessment periods and data
- Provide administrative supervision of therapists in the rehabilitation
department
- Be a licensed Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist or license eligible in the state where employed
- Have experience as a treating therapist in the Skilled Nursing Facility setting.
Key Responsibilities
The Rehab Team Leader will provide daily oversight of rehabilitation services and ensure efficient operations of the rehabilitation department. They will also provide therapy services and clinical support to optimize patient outcomes.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Rehab Team Leader - Physical Therapist (PT) or Occupational Therapist (OT) at Preferred Therapy Solutions a 7.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 21,484 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include flexible scheduling.
Physical Therapist Career Context
In Connecticut, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$101k (69 salary observations; 201 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (4,390 salary observations; 15,589 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 44% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Connecticut is 103.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Connecticut clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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