Rehabilitation Therapist
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Job Description
Job Requirements
Carilion Clinic is seeking a compassionate and skilled Rehabilitation Therapist Nurse to join our multidisciplinary rehabilitation team in Roanoke, Virginia. This role supports patients recovering from illness, injury, surgery, stroke, neurological disorders, and other conditions requiring rehabilitative care.
The Rehabilitation Therapist Nurse combines clinical nursing expertise with therapeutic interventions to help patients achieve maximum independence, mobility, and quality of life.
Working closely with physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and case managers, this position plays a critical role in developing and implementing individualized rehabilitation care plans.
Work Experience
Required Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited Nursing program.
- Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the Commonwealth of Virginia or eligibility for licensure.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Minimum of one year of clinical nursing experience.
Key Responsibilities
The Rehabilitation Therapist Nurse provides clinical nursing and therapeutic care to patients recovering from injuries, surgeries, and neurological conditions. They collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement individualized rehabilitation care plans.
Requirements
Candidates must be graduates of an accredited nursing program and hold a current Registered Nurse license in Virginia. A minimum of one year of clinical nursing experience and Basic Life Support certification are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Mental Health Therapy — Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapist listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 38% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
In Virginia, the Physical Therapist weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$95k (411 salary observations; 1,731 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (10,746 salary observations; 56,593 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 Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Carilion Clinic ranks #3 of 12 employers hiring Physical Therapist on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 72/100, 88 active listings.
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Living in Roanoke
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $265k
- Typical market rent
- $1,413/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 93.6
- 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 · Roanoke, VA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.