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Merritt Island, Florida

HFMG Physical Therapist - Physical Therapy

Physical Therapist Top 25% in Physical TherapyPer Diem

Compensation

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Employment & setting
Per Diem
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Job Requirements

Position Summary

To be fully engaged in providing Quality/No Harm, Customer Experience, and Stewardship by: providing exceptional healthcare in a professional manner.

Primary Accountabilities

  • Quality/No Harm:
  • Maintains patient safety at all times.
  • Ensures compliance with precautions and documents all current precautions and changes in status.

Evaluates patients thoroughly and documents evaluations according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.

Completes progress notes and reassessments when required and documents them according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.

Provides patients with effective treatments that progress them towards their goals and documents treatments according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.

Attends department meetings that take place during scheduled work hours; otherwise, reviews and signs meeting minutes. Attends in-services given by other staff and students that take place during scheduled work hours.

Customer Experience

  • Responds to therapy referrals and inquiries upon receipt.
  • Reviews daily assignments/schedules with the team.

Provides patients, families and staff with education regarding therapy services related to the patients' needs.

Stewardship

Demonstrates financial responsibility by meeting patient scheduling requirements, ensuring productivity targets are met, and utilizing their time, supplies and support staff responsibly.

  • Prepares/reviews schedule for the next day.
  • Issues charges that correspond to the services provided and the documented treatment times.

Work Experience

Qualifications Required

  • Completion of a discipline appropriate degree from an accredited program/college.
  • Current Florida license.
  • Interpersonal communications skills.
  • Basic computer skills or willingness to learn.
  • Must hold current AHA BLS Healthcare Provider Completion Card prior to start date and maintain.

Physical Demands

  • Knowledge and use of proper lifting and body mechanics
  • Must be able to assist in lifting, standing, supporting patients.
  • Able to bend and stoop as PT care requires.

Mental Demands

  • Problem-solving ability
  • Decision-making skills
  • Able to interact with all people
  • Able to concentrate under multiple demands/time constraints
  • Able to concentrate in stressful and distracting surroundings

Benefits

ABOUT HEALTH FIRST

At Health First, diversity and inclusion are essential for our continued growth and evolution. Working together, we strive to build and nurture a culture that recognizes, encourages, and respects the diverse voices of our associates. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more collaborative work environment that delivers better results. As an organization, it fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our associates, customers, and the communities we serve.

Schedule: Per Diem

Shift Times: days

Paygrade: PG-42

Key Responsibilities

The Physical Therapist is responsible for evaluating patients, developing effective treatment plans, and documenting progress according to clinical standards. They must also ensure patient safety, provide education to families, and maintain productivity targets.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a discipline-appropriate degree from an accredited program and a current Florida license. A current AHA BLS Healthcare Provider card is required prior to the start date.

Key Skills

Physical TherapyPatient EvaluationTreatment PlanningDocumentationInterpersonal CommunicationTime ManagementPatient Education

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates HFMG Physical Therapist - Physical Therapy at Health First Careers a 7.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 21,484 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Florida, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$90k (474 salary observations; 2,866 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (9,517 salary observations; 49,669 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, 36% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

7.3/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Physical Therapy

Living in Merritt Island

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$388k
Typical market rent
$2,253/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.0
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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