Physical Therapist Home Care (Week-ends)
Listed compensation
$103k-$149k
The week · per this posting
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Job Description
City/State
Harrisonburg, VA
Work Shift
Weekend Days
Overview
Week-ends
Overview
Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve functional mobility, relieve pain, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury. Provides age-appropriate education for clients and caregivers. Supervise and assume responsibility for care provided by identified team members.
Education
- Bachelors Physical Therapy (Required)
- Masters in Physical Therapy Degree (Preferred)
- Doctorate in Physical Therapy
- Certification/Licensure
- Physical Therapy License (Required)
Experience
Performs modalities/therapeutic interventions in accordance with accepted standards of care and department policies and procedures.
Provides effective instruction to the patient and family through standardized educational programs and/or individualized training. Initiate, develop, and maintain collaborative interactions with internal and external team members, patients, and family members to improve patient outcomes.
- Productive and efficient in daily operations.
- Selects and performs the appropriate assessment procedures.
- Establishes and updates formal plan of care to address individual patient needs.
We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $103,376.00 - $149,115.20 annually. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs. Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually.
Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
- Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
- Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
- Emergency Backup Care
- Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
- Life Insurance
- 401k/403B with Employer Match
- Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
- Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
- Pet Insurance
- Legal Resources Plan
- Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Key Responsibilities
The physical therapist will assess, plan, and implement rehabilitative programs to improve patient functional mobility and relieve pain. They are also responsible for providing education to patients and caregivers while supervising team members to ensure high-quality care.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy and possess a valid Physical Therapy license. Experience in performing therapeutic modalities and maintaining collaborative patient care plans is required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
In Virginia, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$96k (484 salary observations; 1,969 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (11,898 salary observations; 60,349 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$126k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $125k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.4 / 10 · top 25% in physical therapy | ranked against 21,894 Physical Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $103k–$149k | Physical Therapy median $96k (middle half $93k–$100k)24 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Virginia vs national | $96k median in Virginia | $94k nationally (+2%)484 state / 11,898 national salary observations |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$125k in purchasing power | Virginia index 101.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Physical Therapy listings in Virginia | 794 active | 21,872 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 6% remote · 44% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | $10k loan repayment | Virginia Physical Therapist listings: 31% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 24% offer loan repayment838 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Physical Therapy listings | 7,820 in the last 30 days | 4,435 the 30 days before (+76%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Physical Therapy pay trend | +1.5% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist Home Care (Week-ends) at Sentara Health a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 21,894 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
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