Physical Therapist
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$90k-$100k
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Job Description
Physical Therapist – Orthopedic Practice
Full-Time | New Brunswick, NJ
Position Details
- Salary: $90K–$100K per year, depending on experience
- Schedule: Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM
- Patient Expectations: Approximately 1–2 patients per hour
- Practice Setting: Orthopedic Outpatient Physical Therapy Office
About This Position
This opportunity is intended for a Physical Therapist with outpatient experience who is comfortable overseeing the full rehabilitation process.
Patients may present with post-surgical limitations, joint injuries, muscle weakness, restricted movement, or difficulty returning to work and normal activities. You will assess their current function, determine an appropriate clinical approach, and make adjustments as they progress.
Key Responsibilities
- Review patient history and current functional concerns
- Complete orthopedic and musculoskeletal examinations
- Determine treatment priorities based on objective findings
- Create patient-specific rehabilitation programs
- Provide progressive therapeutic exercise
- Incorporate manual interventions when indicated
- Monitor functional gains throughout the episode of care
- Modify treatment strategies when appropriate
- Provide clear instructions for home-based rehabilitation
- Complete all required clinical documentation
- Current Physical Therapist (PT) License
- DPT Degree or MSPT Degree
- Previous outpatient experience
- Experience managing orthopedic cases
- Ability to work effectively within a clinical team
- Health Insurance
- Dental & Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Plan with Company Match
- 3 Weeks PTO
Explore Your Next Professional Opportunity
If you are ready to bring your orthopedic background to a new outpatient environment, submit your credentials for review for this New Brunswick Physical Therapist position.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a current Physical Therapist (PT) license and possess either a DPT or MSPT degree. Previous experience in an outpatient orthopedic setting is required to effectively manage patient cases.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist at Gotham Enterprises a 7.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Orthopedic Surgery (Physical Therapy) — ranked against 420 active Orthopedic Surgery (Physical Therapy) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Orthopedic Surgery — Physical Therapist Career Context
Gotham Enterprises holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 83/100, 601 active listings.
Of the 50 active Orthopedic Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% have no call, 78% require no weekends.
Orthopedic Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$95k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $87k in an average-cost state. 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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