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Highbar Physical Therapy
Wellesley, Massachusetts

Outpatient Physical Therapist

Physical Therapist Top 25% in Physical TherapyFull-Time

Listed compensation

$80,000 - $100,000 a year

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Employment & setting
Full-Time · on-site
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Joint Ventures Physical Therapy is hiring Physical Therapists - Join the Movement raising the standard, together!

Joint Ventures Physical Therapy has proudly joined Highbar in elevating the profession! As a leading outpatient physical therapy practice with a strong reputation for exceptional care, Joint Ventures continues to grow and thrive with Highbar’s innovative team across New England. Join New England's leading teaching practice!

Our mission remains the same: to empower our clinicians to provide outstanding care while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. If you're looking to elevate your career in a supportive and dynamic environment, we’d love to have you join us at Joint Ventures!

Why Choose Us?

At Joint Ventures, we are revolutionizing outpatient physical therapy by putting clinicians first. We prioritize clinician support, ensuring you can focus on what matters most - providing outstanding patient care.

What Makes Joint Ventures Physical Therapists Different

Professional Growth: Over $15,000 in professional development opportunities, mentorship, and access to Special Interest Groups in Pelvic Health, Pediatrics, Neuro, Concussions, Vestibular, and more.

Competitive Compensation: Salary based on experience, bonus potential, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Cutting-Edge Support: Our advanced EMR system in combination with AI documentation software streamline documentation, allowing you to focus on patient care.

Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a team of dedicated physical therapy professionals who share a passion for patient-centered care.

Stay Balanced: Our patient caseload expectations are lower than industry norms, ensuring time for quality care and professional development.

What You'll Do

Provide expert care for a diverse caseload, including orthopedic, post-op, return-to-sport, and spine rehab. If desired, receive mentorship to treat vestibular, post-concussion, TMD, pelvic health, and more.

Integrate lifestyle medicine to physical therapy, considering factors such as sleep, nutrition, stress, and mental health in recovery plans.

  • Foster a positive and collaborative work environment with colleagues and patients.
  • Maintain timely and thorough documentation, ensuring compliance with medical guidelines.

Engage in ongoing professional development through mentorship, continuing education specialty interest groups (SIGs), orthopedic residency, COMT, on-site courses, dry needling certifications, support for OCS, and more.

What You'll Need

  • Degree in Physical Therapy from a CAPTE-accredited program
  • Active state Physical Therapy license or eligibility to obtain one.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with a commitment to patient-centered care.

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$80,000 - $100,000 a year

Salary based on experience

Total Compensation Package Includes

  • Uncapped bonus potential
  • Student loan assistance that continues until your loans are paid off
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Exclusive H-Shares
  • Paid holidays & PTO
  • Relocation assistance (when applicable)
  • Fitness & wellness benefits
  • Employee home-buying assistance

Community Volunteer Opportunities

We don’t believe in flashy perks that distract from unsustainable workloads. Compensation here is designed to support both your career growth and your financial goals.

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Physical Therapy Clinic Locations & Specialties

Joint Ventures Physical Therapy operates 12 clinics across the Boston area including Peabody, Needham, Boston, Cambridge, Quincy, Wellesley, Wayland, Concord, Leominster. Specialty services include orthopedics, sports medicine, pelvic health, vestibular, TMJ, aquatic therapy, hand and upper extremity therapy, dry needling, and more.

Highbar Physical Therapy operates outpatient physical therapy clinics across New England, focusing on empowering physical therapists to practice at the top of their license while providing best-in-class patient care.

Take the next step in your PT career with Joint Ventures and Highbar – Apply today!

More About Us

We develop leading-edge physical therapists who practice at the top of their license, acting as primary care providers for musculoskeletal disorders, and challenging themselves and their patients to reach new goals.

Highbar and Joint Ventures are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or veteran status.

Key Responsibilities

Provide expert physical therapy care for a diverse caseload including orthopedic, post-op, and sports-related conditions. Integrate lifestyle medicine into recovery plans while maintaining timely and thorough clinical documentation.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a degree in Physical Therapy from a CAPTE-accredited program. An active state Physical Therapy license or eligibility to obtain one is required.

Key Skills

Orthopedic rehabilitationPost-operative careVestibular rehabilitationPost-concussion therapyTMD treatmentClinical assessment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Physical Therapist at Highbar Physical Therapy a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 21,438 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Massachusetts, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$98k (184 salary observations; 399 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (4,705 salary observations; 16,929 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, 4% are remote, 38% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$90k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $85k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 7.2
Higher than about 8 in 10 of 21,438 Physical Therapy listings

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

  • On-site

Living in Wellesley

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.49M≈ 18.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$4,143/mo≈ 62% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Highbar Physical Therapy

Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists
Providence, Rhode Island
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Uncapped bonus potential
Student loan assistance
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k)
Exclusive H-Shares
Paid holidays & PTO
Relocation assistance
Fitness & wellness benefits