Physical Therapist Assist Director of Clinical Education

Physical TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$85k

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Job Description

Title: Physical Therapist Assist Director of Clinical Education

Salary Range: $85,000.00

Contract Term Length: 10 Months

Standard Hours: 37.50

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Jefferson Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Jefferson Community College

Department: Allied Health

Total Rewards

Jefferson Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and

creativity, including:

  • Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
  • Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
  • 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
  • Vacation/Sick Time
  • Work-Life Balance
  • 9.5 Paid Holidays
  • 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
  • Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

The Allied Health Division of Jefferson Community and Technical College has an opening for a full-time Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) Clinical Coordinator.

This position will be filled for the Spring Semester 2027.

Job Duties

This position will be responsible for teaching and clinical coordination. Duties

include but are not limited to:

  • Assist Program Director in the development and revision of PTA program curriculum
  • Create classroom lectures/lessons, laboratory exercises, and assessments
  • Teach and instruct students in-person in the PTA program
  • Assess student progress in lab via skills demonstration
  • Assist Program Coordinator in maintaining electronic documents necessary for CAPTE program accreditation
  • Serve as an advisor for current and potential PTA program students
  • Stay current with advances in physical therapy and instructional practices via professional development and application in program instruction
  • Communicate and collaborate with program director, other instructors, and Dean of Allied Heath to maintain program, department, and college success
  • Participate in in-person and online department and college-wide meetings, committees, and initiatives
  • Schedule and oversee students' clinical rotation placements and assess student performance in clinical setting via clinical site visits
  • Request and maintain up to date records for clinical contracts from various corporations and disciplines within physical therapy
  • Provide clinical preceptors with up to date policies and procedures for the purposes of maintaining clinical partnerships.

Minimum Qualifications

The director of clinical education (DCE) must be a PT who holds an active, unencumbered PT license in any United States jurisdiction and is in compliance with the practice act in the jurisdiction where the program is located, and has a minimum of three years of full-time, post-licensure clinical practice.

The DCE must demonstrate contemporary expertise in assigned teaching areas and demonstrate effectiveness in teaching and evaluation of student learning.

Two years of clinical practice must include experience as a site coordinator of clinical education (SCCE) or clinical instructor (CI) in physical therapy, or the coordinator must have a minimum of two years of experience in teaching, curriculum development, and administration in a physical therapist assistant education program

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Skills Requested

Physical Requirements

Occasional and /or light lifting – limited exposure to disagreeable environmental elements (heat, cold, dirt, chemicals, etc.)

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.

Key Responsibilities

The position involves teaching physical therapist assistant students, creating curriculum, and managing clinical rotation placements. The incumbent will also assist with program accreditation and provide academic advising to students.

Requirements

Candidates must be a licensed Physical Therapist with at least three years of full-time post-licensure clinical practice. Experience as a clinical instructor or in physical therapist assistant education is required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical rotation coordinationStudent assessmentAccreditation maintenanceClinical instructionProgram administrationCAPTE complianceLaboratory instruction

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

In Kentucky, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$84k (167 salary observations; 907 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (10,394 salary observations; 56,600 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 Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$85k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $94k in an average-cost state. 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks28 jobs · 19 employers

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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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 22,485 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site

Living in Louisville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$277k≈ 3.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,353/mo≈ 19% of gross pay
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.1
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Kentucky Community and Technical College System

Higher Education
Versailles, KY
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Vision
Dental
Tuition Reimbursement/Waiver
403(b) Retirement Plan with 10% Employer Match
Vacation/Sick Time
Work-Life Balance
9.5 Paid Holidays