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Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Physical Therapist, PRN, Pediatrics

Physical TherapistIncludes callIncludes weekendsPer Diem

Listed compensation

Pay Range: $49.00/day

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Job Description

Department

Status: Benefits Eligible:

No

Hours Per Week

0

Schedule Details/Additional Information

  • Acute setting at Brenner Children's Hospital on our general medicine, orthopedic, and trauma patients.
  • 1 weekend shift/ month

Pay Range

$49.00 - $49.00

What You'll Need

Licensed to practice Physical Therapy in the State of North Carolina with current licensure, active member of APTA encouraged, but not required.

  • Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited physical therapy school required
  • CPR certification required every two years.

What You'll Do

Provides patient care assessment and treatment. Ensures patient evaluations and treatments are comprehensive, functional and according to the Standard of Practice. Provides sound professional judgment in interpreting the evaluation results and establishing an acceptable treatment plan with realistic goals.

Maintains accurate patient documentation. Completes written patient evaluations, progress notes, and discharge notes per policy. Ensures accurate and timely documentation of patient/family education, charges and departmental statistics, and ICD-9 codes as appropriate.

Meets department financial and productivity standards. Understands the budgeted expectations. Maintains productivity standards. Adjusts individual schedules to meet the needs of the patient and department.

Participates in process management to optimize quality and efficiency of services. Identifies quality and operational opportunities.

Promotes professional development and education of other health care workers and provides representation on committees. Conducts in-service training programs to provide state-of-the-art information to health care workers and enhances safety.

Supervises physical therapy and physical therapy assistant students to develop their clinical skills and ensure the delivery of quality patient care.

Communicates in a professional and timely manner with patients, physicians, staff, and all external customers.

Provides appropriate patient care in accordance with age/developmental guidelines. Demonstrates age/developmentally specific knowledge, skills, and abilities for the patients served.

Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building.

Our Commitment to You

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
  • Benefits and more

Paid Time Off Programs

  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e. g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health.

Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise.

It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs.

Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs.

Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

Key Responsibilities

Provides comprehensive patient care, assessment, and treatment in an acute pediatric setting. Maintains accurate documentation, manages patient evaluations, and supervises clinical students to ensure quality care.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited physical therapy school and current licensure in the State of North Carolina. Must hold a valid CPR certification and demonstrate age-specific clinical knowledge.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentPatient TreatmentClinical DocumentationPediatric CareOrthopedic CareTrauma CareICD-9 CodingPatient EducationClinical SupervisionInterdisciplinary CommunicationQuality Improvement

Pediatrics — Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 46% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Pediatrics pay on WeekdayDoc is up 9.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Physical Therapist Jobs

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Salary Distribution35 jobs · 24 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs · 24 employers

401k / retirement match
74% this job
CME allowance
43%
Sign-on bonus
23%
Loan repayment
14%
Relocation assistance
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Pediatrics (Physical Therapy) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 484 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Winston-Salem

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$263k
Typical market rent
$1,507/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.0
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Winston-Salem, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Advocate Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Charlotte, North Carolina
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Short-term Disability
Long-term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts