Physical Therapy Job Listings

You can search for Physical Therapist Jobs and Physical Therapist Assistant Jobs in one of 100 different regions of the United States, and may choose if and when you want to reply to any particular physical rehabilitation listing. If you do, you can email, phone or fax the employer.

Alternatively, PTs and PTAs (or any other physical therapy professional such as rehab managers or aides) can broadcast their resumes to hospitals, home health agencies, school districts, rehab companies, skilled nursing facilities and outpatient clinics that will contact the therapists if they have an opening.

We have a complete listing of all physical therapy state license boards on our links page, as well as a bookstore with PT related books. Email is also available, along with links to industry outlooks.

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The following is a government industry outlook on Physical Therapists:

• Although the effects of Federal limits on reimbursement for therapy services will cause keen competition for jobs during the first half of the projection period, employment is expected to increase over the 1998-2008 period.
• By 2002, all physical therapist programs seeking accreditation will be required to offer master's degrees and above.
• In 1998 (last time info was collected), median annual earnings for physical therapists were $56,000, and the middle 50 percent earned between $44,460 and $77,810 a year. Home health care and nursing home wages were higher than outpatient clinics and hospitals.

Physical Therapist Assistants:

• Employment is projected to increase over the 1998-2008 period, but due to the effects of Federal limits on reimbursement for therapy services, the majority of expected employment growth is expected to occur during hte second half of the projection period.
• Most licensed physical therapist assistants have an associate's degree, but physical therapist aides usually learn skills on the job.
• Two thirds of jobs for physical therapist assistants and aides were in hospitals or offices of physical therapists.
• PTA/Aides were $21,870 in 1998. The middle 50 percent earned between $16,700 and $31,260 a year. Hospital PTAs were paid the most, with nursing center PTAs being paid the least.

What do physiotherapy professionals do all day: (for anyone doing a report or a brochure):

Physical therapists provide services that help restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients suffering from injuries or disease. They restore, maintain, and promote overall fitness and health. Their patients include accident victims and indivduals with disabling conditions such as low back pain, arthritis, heart disease, fractures, head injuries, and cerebral palsy.

Check out the APTA for more information.