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Physical Therapist PRN

HCA Healthcare

Panama City, FLPer DiemSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
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Location
Panama City, FL
Schedule
Per Diem
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

State Licensed Physical TherapistBasic Cardiac Life SupportBachelor's degree

Job overview

The Physical Therapist at HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital evaluates patients and develops personalized therapy plans to support recovery after illness, injury, or surgery. The role delivers interventions, monitors progress, educates patients and families, and collaborates with physicians and other care team members. It also includes mentoring therapy assistants or students while supporting patient-centered care.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Patient AssessmentTreatment PlanningEvidence-Based InterventionsProgress MonitoringPatient EducationInterdisciplinary CollaborationMentoring

Qualifications

State Licensed Physical TherapistBachelor's DegreeBasic Cardiac Life Support

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a Physical Therapist PRN? At HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Physical Therapist - PRN / Per Diem / As Needed

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Physical Therapist, you play a vital role in helping patients regain strength, restore mobility, and rebuild confidence following illness, injury, or surgery. Working closely with physicians and the care team, you’ll assess each patient’s needs and create personalized therapy plans designed around meaningful goals, active engagement, and exceptional patient outcomes. Backed by our national network of clinical expertise, advanced rehabilitation technology, and ongoing professional development, you’ll have the opportunity to grow, collaborate, and be a part of our shared mission of improving human life every day.

Your role will include:

  • Evaluating patient abilities and developing personalized treatment plans in collaboration with physicians and the care team

  • Delivering evidence-based interventions that restore movement, reduce pain, and enhance quality of life

  • Monitoring progress, refining therapy plans, and ensuring accurate, timely documentation of outcomes

  • Educating patients and families on exercise programs, adaptive techniques, and safe practices that promote independence

  • Collaborating across disciplines to ensure cohesive, patient-centered care and smooth transitions throughout recovery

  • Leading by example—mentoring therapy assistants or students while upholding HCA Healthcare’s values of excellence, compassion, and integrity

What qualifications you will need:

  • State Licensed Physical Therapist

  • Bachelors Degree (minimum)

  • Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

Benefits

HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

  • Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

  • Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

  • Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

  • Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

  • Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

  • Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital is a 238-bed acute care hospital. For 40 years, we have served Bay County and the surrounding communities. We are an accredited facility offering comprehensive care. This includes advanced cardiac assessment and treatment. We offer certified women's services. Our hospital has dedicated spaces for adult and pediatric emergency services. We are certified in Advanced Primary Stroke Care. Our hospital is accredited as a Comprehensive Breast Care Center. We are the area's only Accredited Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation. Other services that we offer include orthopedic care and joint replacement, robotic surgery, cardiac, vascular, and interventional services. We are home to the only Pediatric ER in the community. We have the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in the region. Together, we continue to raise the bar in healthcare.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Physical Therapist PRN opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your resume today to join our community of caring!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

How this job compares

Set against the 10,501 open Physical Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Florida median$80–123K/yr226 salary ranges
  • Florida median$42–54/hr205 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 739 open Physical Therapist jobs in Florida and 10,501 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Florida
Experience
Physical Therapist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (2,885 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,947 of the 10,501 open Physical Therapist jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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