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Douglas-A-Thom Clinic
West Newbury, Massachusetts

Physical Therapist

Physical TherapistNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$75k-$77k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

This position offers a salary range of $75,000 to $77,000. Actual pay will be based on relevant skills, qualifications, and experience.

Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity working with the pediatric population (children birth to 3 years)? Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of families? Thom Child & Family Services located in West Newbury, MA is seeking a Physical Therapist/PT to join their team.

As an Early Intervention Physical Therapist/Clinician, you will be responsible for providing home and community-based early intervention services to infants and toddlers who have or are at risk for developmental delays and their families in both their homes and community settings.

You will partner with parents/caregivers to ensure service delivery is individualized, meaningful for the family, and grounded in evidence-based practice. Through this collaborative process, you ensure families’ priorities, needs, culture, and values are prioritized.

Thom Child & Family Services offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to:

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary range: $75,000–$77,000, based on relevant skills, qualifications, and experience
  • Productivity bonus opportunities
  • Mileage reimbursement
  • 403(b) retirement plan with employer match

Schedule & Paid Time Off

  • Flexible FT, PT, Per Diem, and flexible hours
  • Monday–Friday schedule, generally between 8:30 a. m. and 4:30 p. m.
  • Generous vacation time
  • 96 hours of sick time annually
  • 12 paid holidays
  • Up to 24 hours of professional development/conference time annually

Health & Insurance Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Fitness benefits and wellness incentive program
  • Employer-sponsored Health Reimbursement Account
  • Section 125 flexible benefits plan for medical and dependent care expenses
  • Employer-paid long-term disability insurance
  • Employer-paid life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Optional coverage is also available, including:
  • Short-term disability insurance
  • Accident insurance
  • Cancer insurance

Professional Support & Development

  • Paid professional license renewal fees
  • Clinical supervision and structured orientation
  • Ongoing mentoring and team support
  • Scholarship opportunities through the Fazzio Scholarship and Thom Academy

Tools Provided

  • Employer-issued laptop
  • Employer-issued cell phone

Position Responsibilities

  • Participate in multidisciplinary team assessments of the client’s developmental status.
  • Assess family and child strengths/resources, concerns, and progress.
  • Provide child and family centered services and activities developmentally appropriate for children birth to three and their families using parent coaching model.
  • Provide service coordination by scheduling, developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the intervention plan for each family, ensuring that appropriate procedures and timelines are followed.
  • Partner with families in the development of Individual Family Service Plans (IFSPs) to identify goals, objectives, and strategies related to the child’s development.
  • Facilitate parent-child interactions to encourage child's development; assist families to act as advocates for their child.
  • Complete progress notes, reports, assessments, and correspondence as appropriate using the Thom electronic documentation system.
  • Provide individual and group intervention for infants and toddlers from birth to three years old who have developmental delays or who are at risk for delays in the areas of cognition, adaptive behavior, social-emotional development, self-care, fine motor, gross motor, and communication.

Position Requirements

  • Current licensure as a Physical Therapist by the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Health Professions
  • Experience with infants, toddlers and families is preferred
  • Knowledge of family systems and early childhood development.
  • Ability to engage in meaningful, therapeutic relationships with children, parents/caregivers, and community partners.
  • Commitment to delivering individualized and culturally humble services.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
  • Abide by all confidentiality and professional boundaries standards.
  • Good computer skills as well as strong documentation skills.
  • Current driver’s license and reliable transportation.
  • Bilingual/Bicultural a plus.

No Phone Calls or Recruiters Please

Thom Child and Family Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, familial status, domestic violence status, or any other status protected by law.

Key Responsibilities

The Physical Therapist provides home and community-based early intervention services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays. They partner with families to develop and implement individualized intervention plans while facilitating parent-child interactions.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a current Physical Therapist license from the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Health Professions. Experience with infants, toddlers, and families is preferred, along with strong documentation and communication skills.

Key Skills

Physical therapyPediatric physical therapyIndividualized family service plansDevelopmental assessmentMultidisciplinary collaborationAdvocacy

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

In Massachusetts, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$99k (402 salary observations; 1,301 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (10,394 salary observations; 56,600 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 Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$76k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $72k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist at Douglas-A-Thom Clinic a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physical Therapy — ranked against 22,195 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs · 26 employers

401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
67%
Loan repayment
14%
Relocation assistance
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.3
Better work-life than 70% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,195 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in West Newbury

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$878k≈ 11.7× annual pay
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026).

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 Douglas-A-Thom Clinic

Individual and Family Services
Framingham, Massachusetts
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Productivity bonus opportunities
Mileage reimbursement
403(b) retirement plan with employer match
Flexible FT, PT, Per Diem, and flexible hours
Monday–Friday schedule, generally between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Generous vacation time
96 hours of sick time annually
12 paid holidays