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Lead Licensed Physical Therapist

Physical TherapistFull-Time

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$48-$53/hr

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Job Description

Director of Rehabilitation — Physical Therapy

  • Premier Senior Living Community | Frederick, Maryland
  • What if your rehab program could be part of the way a community helps residents live—not just the place they go when they need therapy?
  • We're looking for a Physical Therapist and clinical leader who sees senior living differently.

This is a community built around movement, engagement, independence, and exceptional experiences. Residents participate in fitness, social programs, outings, dining, education, and daily life on their terms. The community also supports Assisted Living, Memory Care, restorative care, and specialized Parkinson's programming.

That creates an incredible environment for a PT who understands that mobility is about much more than gait and strength.

  • It's about getting someone back to the dining room.
  • Walking confidently to an activity.
  • Staying independent in their apartment.
  • Returning to something they love.
  • Helping a resident with Parkinson's move with greater confidence.
  • Recognizing a change before it becomes a crisis.

This Is Clinical Leadership.

As Director of Rehabilitation, you'll lead the physical therapy program while remaining clinically engaged. You'll develop your team, elevate clinical reasoning, build relationships across the community, and partner with leadership to make rehabilitation an integral part of the resident experience.

You'll

  • Lead and develop an exceptional therapy team
  • Maintain an active clinical caseload
  • Drive clinical quality, outcomes, and evidence-informed practice
  • Build strong relationships with residents, families, caregivers, nursing, and community leadership
  • Develop programming around mobility, balance, fall prevention, strength, function, and independence
  • Support residents across Assisted Living, Memory Care, and wellness programming
  • Identify opportunities for early intervention and proactive clinical support
  • Build strong referral and interdisciplinary relationships
  • Use data and clinical insight to continually improve the program
  • And you'll have Prava behind you.
  • Prava provides the technology, clinical infrastructure, documentation tools, RCM, credentialing, operational support, and resources that allow great clinicians to focus on leading great care.
  • You bring clinical leadership.
  • We bring the operating system.
  • Together, we elevate what rehabilitation can look like in senior living.

If you're ready to lead a program where therapy is connected to real life—and where your clinical voice actually matters—we'd love to meet you.

Key Responsibilities

The Director of Rehabilitation will lead and develop the physical therapy team while maintaining an active clinical caseload. They are responsible for driving clinical quality, building interdisciplinary relationships, and integrating rehabilitation into the broader resident experience.

Requirements

The role requires a licensed Physical Therapist with strong clinical leadership capabilities and experience in senior living environments. Candidates must demonstrate expertise in mobility, balance, and specialized programming such as Parkinson's care.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Team DevelopmentGeriatric CareMobility TrainingInterdisciplinary CollaborationClinical DocumentationRehabilitation ManagementPatient AssessmentCare Planning

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Maryland, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$92k (96 salary observations; 177 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (3,675 salary observations; 11,978 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, 48% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$105k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $100k in an average-cost state. 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution38 jobs · 22 employers

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<$100k
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$100k-110k
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$110k-120k
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$120k
1
$160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks38 jobs · 22 employers

401k / retirement match
95%
CME allowance
76%
Sign-on bonus
58%
Loan repayment
39%
Visa sponsorship
18%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,100 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Frederick

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$421k
Typical market rent
$2,182/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Clinical leadership role
Technology and clinical infrastructure provided
Documentation tools
RCM support
Credentialing support
Operational support