Physical Therapist Assistant

Physical TherapistFull-Time

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Job Description

Hospital Name: CoxHealth Rehabilitation in Partnership with Select MedicalPosition: Physical Therapist AssistantLocation: Ozark, MissouriSchedule: FulltimeCompensation:

Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

  • At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.
  • Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
  • Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
  • Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
  • Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program
  • Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP), and dental plan offerings
  • Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time to maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • 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

Under the direct supervision of a licensed PT, assists with the implementation of the therapy plan of care.

Responsible for delegation and direction of supportive personnel for those assigned patients, in order to enhance patient care services.

Consistently communicates with supervising PT in regard to scheduled patients to ensure identification of need for assessment and reassessment of patients, modification of treatment plans and other interventions requiring therapist direction.

  • Participates in education of patients, families, students, coworkers and self.
  • Performs other professional duties associated with the care of the patient, within the scope of practice.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Current state licensure or eligibility for licensure as a Physical Therapist Assistant required.
  • Certified BLS or completion in first 90 days of employment required.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Preferred candidate has one or more years of experience.
  • Additional Data
  • Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Physical therapy assistanceTreatment plan implementationPatient educationClinical documentationNeurological rehabilitationOrthopedic rehabilitationCommunicationBLS certification

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Missouri, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$89k (236 salary observations; 978 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (14,787 salary observations; 56,350 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 Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top PTA Jobs

7 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution7 jobs · 6 employers

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$54k
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$60k-70k
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$70k-80k
1
$80k

Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution7 jobs · 6 employers

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1-2
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5-6
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Higher = better work-life balance

#1

Physical Therapist Assistant

Phoenix Home Care and Hospice · Sedalia, Missouri

$65k-$80k
#2

Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA), Millsboro Delaware

Aquacare & Fitness Forum Physical Therapy · Millsboro, Delaware

$27-$35/hr
#3

Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA), Millville Delaware

$27-$35/hr
#4

Physical Therapist Assistant

$28-$34/hr
+ 5 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Physical Therapist Assistant listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 4,946 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Ozark

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$282k
Typical market rent
$1,419/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.6
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Springfield, MO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About CoxHealth Rehabilitation Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Mechanicsburg, PA
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Tuition reimbursement
Continuing education opportunities
Clinical ladder program
Student debt benefit program
Medical/RX, health, vision, EAP, and dental plans
Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time
Company-matching 401(k)
Life and disability protection