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Thrive Proactive Health
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Physical Therapist - Clinical Team Lead

Physical TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$45-$60/hr

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Job Description

  • Clinical Team Lead Outpatient Orthopedics & Sports
  • Virginia Beach, VA | Part-Time or Full-Time | Leadership Opportunity
  • Help us build the kind of physical therapy practice you've always wanted to work in.
  • You're an excellent clinician, but treating patients is only part of what motivates you.

You notice where systems break down. You care about clinical consistency. You enjoy developing other clinicians, improving patient experiences, and turning good ideas into better processes.

You want to help build something excellent.

At Thrive Proactive Health, we're looking for an experienced Physical Therapist who combines strong clinical reasoning with the ability to lead, mentor, organize, and improve how a growing specialty practice operates.

We're an independently owned, multidisciplinary practice and Postural Restoration Certified Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Our clinical focus includes orthopedic, spine, sports, and movement-related rehabilitation. We believe great physical therapy requires thoughtful assessment, individualized treatment, objective reassessment, and strong relationships.

What Makes This Opportunity Different

  • This isn't simply a clinical position with a leadership title.
  • You'll work directly with Thrive's founder and have the opportunity to help build our PT Playbook. Together we will shape:
  • Clinical standards, training, and consistency
  • PT and Care Team workflows
  • Mentorship and onboarding of clinicians
  • Patient engagement, continuity, and retention
  • Documentation and operational improvements
  • AI integrations
  • Hiring, interviewing, and team development

Clinical Education and Professional Growth

Your responsibilities and decision-making authority will expand based on your experience, demonstrated competencies, and success in the role.

What We Offer

Proposed starting PT compensation for this role is $45-60/hour, depending on experience, qualifications and responsibilities

  • Part-time and full-time opportunities
  • Protected leadership and administrative time based on assigned responsibilities
  • Potential performance-based leadership incentives, quarterly bonuses.
  • Potential sign on bonus, school loan assistance, or relocation assistance.
  • $3,000 annually in approved continuing education support for eligible PTs
  • PRI-centered clinical education and mentorship
  • Opportunities to help build new programs, workflows and systems
  • Collaboration with PTs, PTAs, exercise specialists, and other healthcare professionals
  • Health, dental, vision, PTO, and paid holiday benefits for eligible employees
  • A clinical environment focused on positive energy, mindset, thriving and sustainable growth.
  • Who we're looking for
  • Licensed Physical Therapist or eligible for Virginia licensure
  • Strong outpatient orthopedic, sport & spine clinical experience
  • Organized, dependable, analytical, and attentive to detail
  • Comfortable setting expectations and holding yourself accountable
  • Able to coach colleagues and communicate constructively
  • Interested in improving systems rather than simply identifying problems

Committed to Individualized Patient Care

Interested in the whole body clinical reasoning, movement and educational principles of the Postural Restoration Institute (PRI).

PRI experience is welcome but not required. You must be willing to complete two approved PRI primary courses through an agreed professional-development pathway.

A Great Fit for Someone Who Thinks

I love patient care, but I also want to improve the way care is delivered.

Interested?

Apply and “Tell us about one clinical or operational process you helped improve. What was the problem, what did you change, and what happened?”

We'd love to learn how you think and what you're hoping to build next.

Key Responsibilities

The Clinical Team Lead will oversee clinical standards, mentor staff, and improve operational workflows within an outpatient orthopedic practice. They will collaborate with the founder to develop training programs, manage patient engagement, and implement documentation improvements.

Requirements

Candidates must be a licensed Physical Therapist or eligible for Virginia licensure with strong experience in outpatient orthopedics and sports medicine. The role requires a detail-oriented leader capable of coaching colleagues and committed to individualized patient care.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical leadershipSports rehabilitationOperational improvementStaff developmentTeam managementWorkflow optimizationCommunication

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

In Virginia, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$95k (583 salary observations; 1,729 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (15,056 salary observations; 57,503 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Virginia?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Virginia vs national$95k median in Virginia$94k nationally (+1%)583 state / 15,056 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$108k in purchasing powerVirginia index 101.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Virginia790 active21,994 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 46% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs · 19 employers

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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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 21,942 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Thrive Proactive Health

Wellness and Fitness Services
Virginia Beach, Virginia
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
Paid Holidays
CME Allowance ($3,000)
Sign-On Bonus Potential
Student Loan Assistance Potential

Living in Virginia Beach

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$379k
Typical market rent
$2,086/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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