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Bradenton, Florida

Physical Therapist- Lakewood Ranch

Physical Therapist Top 25% in Physical TherapyNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$43 per hour

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Employment & setting
Full-Time · on-site
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
No weekends
Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

MaxHealth has an immediate opening for a full-time Physical Therapist to work within our Physical Therapy practice located in Lakewood Ranch.

  • Starting pay at $43 per hour.
  • Location- State Road 70 E, Lakewood Ranch
  • Hours- 9:00am-5:30pm

The Physical Therapist will help patients improve their movement and manage their pain. They will provide treatment of patients with chronic conditions or injuries.

Responsibilities

  • Diagnose patients' dysfunctional movements by watching them stand or walk and by listening to their concerns.
  • Set up a physical therapy plan; outline the patient's goals and the planned treatments
  • Evaluate a patient's progress, modifying a treatment plan and trying new treatments as needed

Educate patients and their families about what to expect during recovery from injury and illness and how best to cope with what happens

Position Requirements

  • Has a Physical Therapy Degree
  • Hold a valid license to practice physical therapy
  • Strong communication and customer service skills at all levels of interaction
  • Computer Skills (Preferably experience with EMR/EHR)
  • Ability to Multi-Task and prioritize while functioning well in a fast-paced environment

About Maxhealth

MaxHealth is dedicated to simplifying healthcare and ensuring healthier futures-for our patients and our people.

Founded in 2015, MaxHealth is a leading primary care platform focused on delivering high‑quality, integrated, value‑based care to adults and senior patients throughout Florida. Today, we support more than 70,000 value‑based care patients through a growing network of more than 55 owned clinics and 30 affiliated practices across central and southern Florida.

Our success is driven by our people. MaxHealth is home to a diverse, multidisciplinary team of more than 700 employees-including primary care providers, specialists, clinical staff, and corporate professionals-who are united by a shared purpose: to make healthcare simpler, more compassionate, and more human.

We are proud to offer a workplace that supports career growth, internal advancement, and work‑life balance, with regular weekday office hours and a strong commitment to employee well‑being.

At MaxHealth, team members are encouraged to grow their skills, pursue leadership opportunities, and build long‑term careers in an environment where their contributions truly matter.

MaxHealth also partners with like‑minded independent providers, leveraging our platform to expand access to high‑quality care while preserving the personalized relationships that define great medicine.

Our values guide everything we do: we are customer‑centered, compassionate, results‑driven, proactive, collaborative, and adaptable. These values shape not only how we care for patients, but how we support one another as colleagues.

Our mission is simple: to deliver quality care, a simplified experience, and happiness-one patient, and one team member, at a time

#IND123

Requirements

Candidates must possess a Physical Therapy degree and a valid license to practice. Proficiency in EMR/EHR software and strong communication skills are also required.

Key Skills

Patient DiagnosisTreatment PlanningPatient EducationMulti-taskingPain Management

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist- Lakewood Ranch at MAXhealth 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 20,734 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Florida, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$88k (582 salary observations; 1,784 listings), vs ~$92k nationally (14,040 salary observations; 32,591 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, 50% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.7% 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)), so the posted ~$89k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $86k in an average-cost state. 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. At the posted ~$89k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$6k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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401k / retirement match
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

7.2/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Physical Therapy

  • No weekends
  • On-site

Living in Bradenton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$402k
Typical market rent
$1,782/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

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