Physical Therapist, Full Time, Days

Physical TherapistIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

Job Summary

Examine, plan, and administer physical therapy evaluations and treatments to patients referred by appropriate professionals. Supervise treatments performed by Licensed Physical Therapy Assistants.

Demonstrates through behavior Decatur Morgan Hospital’s mission, vision and values.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions

1. Evaluate and Treat patients referred by appropriate professionals, or patients self-referred per State of Alabama practice law.

2. Document and perform patient treatments in compliance with accepted professional and institutional standards.

3. Provide Physical Therapy treatments at productivity standard.

4. Supervise treatments performed by Licensed Physical Therapy Assistants and Aides.

5. Serve as a Clinical Instructor for Physical Therapy students and/or Physical Therapy Assistant students, as able and certified.

6. Other duties as assigned by the Clinical Coordinator and/or Director of Rehabilitation.

Qualifications

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Experience Required: Those obtained through completing the necessary degree program and obtaining a professional license. CPR certification.

Education: Masters or Doctor in Physical Therapy degree from an accredited Physical Therapy program. (grandfathered BS acceptable)

Experience: No experience required.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Physical Therapy EvaluationPatient TreatmentClinical SupervisionPatient DocumentationClinical Instruction

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 46% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Alabama is 88.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Alabama clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution35 jobs · 29 employers

15
<$110k
9
$110k-130k
4
$130k-150k
7
$150k-170k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs · 29 employers

401k / retirement match
84%
CME allowance
59%
Sign-on bonus
56%
Loan repayment
22%
Relocation assistance
6%

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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 22,017 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Decatur

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$232k
Typical market rent
$1,118/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
87.2
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Decatur, AL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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