Physical Therapist
Listed compensation
$85k-$110k
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- No call
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job Description
Overview
- Sign-on bonus up to $20,000 and indefinite student loan help
- Position: Full-Time Physical Therapist - Outpatient
- Specialties Offered: Orthopedics, Vestibular, and Oncology (ReVital)
- Location: NovaCare in Waldorf, Maryland
- Compensation: $85,000 - $110,000
Join NovaCare in Waldorf, Maryland, where excellence and innovation drive patient care. We support your professional growth and empower patients to return to active lifestyles.
We seek a full-time physical therapist with experience in outpatient orthopedics.
You will treat a diverse population, including teens through geriatrics, and provide orthopedic, vestibular, aquatics, and oncology rehabilitation. Average caseload is 10–12 patients per day, with 60-minute evaluations and 45-minute treatments. Leadership training is available for experienced clinicians.
Schedule: 40-hour weekday schedule, including two evenings until 7:00 PM, with the last patient scheduled one hour before closing.
Incentives: Sign-On bonus up to $20,000 and ongoing loan help
Why Choose Us?
- Reasonable caseload expectations (10–12 patients/day) allow for true 1:1 care
- A culture that values innovation, teamwork, and continuous learning
- Our comprehensive benefits package supports your career growth and personal well-being:
- Start Strong: Our orientation and experienced onsite clinicians ensure a successful transition
- Education for Growth: Unmatched CEU program with paid national certifications
Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO to maintain a healthy work-life balance with separate sick time and holiday accruals
- Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings
- Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plans as well as life and disability protection
- Ease the Burden: Our student loan repayment program helps alleviate the financial pressure of student debt
Specialized Care: Explore different specialties like aquatics, sports medicine, neuro, pelvic health, concussion care, hand therapy, and more
Advance your Career: Our Outpatient Clinical Advancement Program supports professional growth and clinical expertise with bonus incentives
- If you are passionate about quality patient care and improving patient outcomes, we’d love to hear from you!
- Apply today
- Shanel Green
- NovaCare Rehabilitation
- 610-223-5944 Cell
ssgreen@selectmedical.com
Responsibilities
Complete and maintain all corporate and clinical services required training and maintain compliance with state/local/federal regulations
Evaluate, treat, direct, and document treatment for patients
Maintain open and respectful communication with colleagues, physicians, patients, family members and third-party payors
Attend/participate in center meetings as directed by the center manager
Qualifications
- Degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited school
- Current State physical therapist license or eligibility for licensure in the State of practice
- CPR certification
- Additional Data
- Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist at NovaCare Rehabilitation a 8.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 20,466 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.
Physical Therapist Career Context
NovaCare Rehabilitation ranks #4 of 10 employers hiring Physical Therapist on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.
In Maryland, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$90k (143 salary observations; 180 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (8,033 salary observations; 18,890 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, 52% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$98k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $93k in an average-cost state. 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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