Physical Therapist
Listed compensation
$90k-$100k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
- Experienced Physical Therapist – Outpatient Rehab Opportunity
- Physical Therapist (PT) | South Plainfield, New Jersey
- Annual Salary: $90,000–$100,000, based on experience
- Work Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
- Typical Patient Flow: 1–2 patients per hour
- Clinical Setting: Orthopedic Outpatient Physical Therapy Office
Job Description
We're searching for an outpatient Physical Therapist in South Plainfield, NJ who can independently evaluate and treat patients across a range of orthopedic conditions.
Patients may be recovering from surgery, managing an injury, rebuilding strength after periods of limited mobility, or working toward returning to normal work, recreational, and everyday activities. Your role is to determine where each patient is functionally, establish realistic rehabilitation goals, and use appropriate physical therapy interventions to help them progress.
This is a full-time weekday opportunity for a PT with prior outpatient experience who is comfortable managing evaluations, ongoing treatment, reassessments, and documentation.
- Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Evaluate new patients and identify physical and functional limitations
- Establish individualized rehabilitation goals and plans of care
- Provide orthopedic physical therapy treatment
- Guide patients through strengthening, mobility, flexibility, and functional exercises
- Incorporate manual techniques when appropriate to the treatment plan
- Track measurable changes in patient function
- Modify exercises and interventions as recovery progresses
- Explain home programs and provide practical patient education
- Maintain organized and accurate treatment records
- Support safe transitions back to normal activities
- Active Physical Therapist (PT) license
- DPT or MSPT degree
- Outpatient physical therapy experience required
- Experience evaluating and treating orthopedic conditions
- Strong clinical judgment and patient communication skills
- Health Insurance
- Dental & Vision Insurance
- 401(k) with Company Match
- 3 Weeks PTO
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Send your resume and take the first step toward joining a practice focused on quality orthopedic rehabilitation.
Key Responsibilities
The Physical Therapist will evaluate and treat patients with various orthopedic conditions to improve functional mobility and strength. Responsibilities include developing individualized rehabilitation plans, performing manual therapy, and maintaining accurate clinical documentation.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an active Physical Therapist license and a DPT or MSPT degree. Prior experience in an outpatient orthopedic setting is required to manage patient evaluations and ongoing treatment.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
In New Jersey, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$99k (589 salary observations; 1,495 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (14,786 salary observations; 56,355 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 New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$95k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $87k in an average-cost state. 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Gotham Enterprises holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 83/100, 601 active listings.
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist at Gotham Enterprises a 7.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 22,005 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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