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Spartanburg, South Carolina

Physical Therapist - Open Your Own Clinic!

Physical TherapistFull-Time

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Job Description

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DE NOVO Clinic Director

Lead the clinic you'd build yourself. Excellent care, a team you hired, and real roots in your community, supported by a PT-led organization that has your back from day one.

About Alliance and Accelerated

Accelerated Physical Therapy is Alliance Physical Therapy Partners' partner brand in Greenville. Alliance is a PT-led national leader in outpatient therapy that listens to its clinicians: our EMR was built by a PT, and several of our benefits came from their feedback.

The Opportunity

Build a new Accelerated clinic in Spartanburg, SC from day one, opening in 2027! Hire your team, shape the culture, and own your referral relationships, with no financial risk to you. No business plan needed. Bring your clinical experience, your leadership goals, and the community you want to serve.

What You'll Do

Before Opening

  • Choose the site alongside our operations team
  • Have a say in the clinic's design
  • Select your equipment
  • Build a realistic pro forma in collaboration with our Chief Growth Officer, so your KPIs are goals you helped shape, with the support and tools to reach them
  • Complete Clinic Director Bootcamp, including patient acquisition and referral management training
  • Build physician and community referral relationships

After Opening

  • Maintain a patient caseload
  • Lead and develop your team
  • Hit your business plan targets
  • Own clinical quality and patient experience
  • Represent Accelerated Physical Therapy in the community

Who You Are

Required

  • DPT or MPT, licensed (or eligible) in SC
  • 2+ years of outpatient orthopedic experience

Preferred

  • Leadership experience (lead PT, CI, mentor, military)
  • Referral relationships in Spartanburg
  • Specialty certification (OCS, SCS, FAAOMPT, etc.)
  • Growth and entrepreneur mindset

What You'll Get

  • Competitive base pay
  • Profit share from opening day, plus a ramp bonus
  • Per-visit productivity bonus
  • Sign-on bonus
  • Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match
  • Unlimited CEUs
  • Student loan assistance

You're Not on an Island: We're a Team

Our team is built on our values. We're selective about who we hire, so everyone supporting you is focused on "we," not "me."

  • Clinic Director Bootcamp
  • Field operations lead on-site before and during opening
  • Patient acquisition playbook with 30/60/90-day check-ins
  • Launch marketing support
  • 3-year leadership program with mentorship
  • A network of de novo clinic directors who've done this before

"Watching it grow from an empty building into a thriving practice has been incredibly fulfilling. If I had the opportunity to do it all over again, I wouldn't hesitate." Janaya, PT, Clinic Director, Peak Performance Sports & Physical Therapy (read her story )

ROOM to Grow

Leading a de novo can be the start of a longer path. For clinic directors interested in more, there's room to grow within Alliance, including future de novo leadership and beyond.

How to Apply

Contact Hayley McGowan at hayley.mcgowan@allianceptp.com or visit lifeatalliance.com/open-your-own-clinic.

Not ready for a formal conversation? Ask to talk with one of our current de novo clinic directors first.

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Key Responsibilities

The Clinic Director will lead the launch and daily operations of a new physical therapy clinic in Spartanburg, SC, including hiring staff and building community referral relationships. They are responsible for maintaining a patient caseload, ensuring clinical quality, and meeting business performance targets.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a DPT or MPT degree and be licensed or eligible for licensure in South Carolina. A minimum of 2 years of outpatient orthopedic experience is required, with leadership experience preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinic managementTeam buildingPatient careOrthopedic physical therapyBusiness developmentStrategic planningKPI management

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 42% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

In South Carolina, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$90k (258 salary observations; 1,275 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (10,237 salary observations; 53,813 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 South Carolina is 93.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.6% of South Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

49 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution48 jobs · 39 employers

25
<$115k
6
$115k-135k
11
$135k-155k
6
$155k-175k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks41 jobs · 39 employers

401k / retirement match
85% this job
CME allowance
71% this job
Sign-on bonus
66% this job
Loan repayment
24% this job
Relocation assistance
7%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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#2

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$150k-$160k
#3

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 30% of Physical Therapy listings

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

Living in Spartanburg

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$222k
Typical market rent
$1,376/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.1
State income tax
Up to 6.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Spartanburg, SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Competitive base pay
Profit share from opening day
Ramp bonus
Per-visit productivity bonus
Sign-on bonus
Medical, dental, vision
401(k) match
Unlimited CEUs