Physical Therapist FT
Jefferson, LAFull-time$78–116K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Physical Therapist will provide care at Ochsner Rehabilitation Hospital, an inpatient rehabilitation hospital serving individuals with brain and spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputations, and multiple traumas. The role includes patient assessment and treatment planning, therapy delivery, patient and family education, discharge planning, and supervision of assistants and students. The position is full-time in Jefferson, Louisiana.
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Overview
Hospital Name: Ochsner Rehabilitation Hospital
Joint venture/Partnership/Affiliation with Select Medical
Position: Physical Therapist
Location: New Orleans, LA
Schedule: Full-time
Compensation: $78,008 to $116,000 (Based on years of experience)
Sign-On Bonus: $15,000
Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care tobest address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries,spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.
At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.
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Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
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Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
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Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
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Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program
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Your Health Matters : Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision,employee assistance program (EAP), and dental plan offerings
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Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time to maintain a healthy work-life balance
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Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
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Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.
Responsibilities
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Performing initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment.
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Promoting continuous quality improvement.
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Teaching and counseling patients/families.
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Setting goals and developing treatment plans.
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Working cooperatively to identify and solve patient-specific and facility-wide needs.
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Participating in discharge planning for each patient, including placement, patient/family education and adaptive equipment.
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Supervising Physical Therapy Assistants, as well as supervising PT and PTA students.
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Conducting individual patient therapy regimens.
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Monitoring patient's response to treatment and modifying treatment during sessions, as needed.
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Completing appropriate documentation according to department policies and procedures.
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Participating in departmental, hospital, and community continuing education seminars and in-services.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
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State Licensure: Hold a current state licensure as a Physical Therapist (PT)
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Certified BLS: Possess Certified BLS or obtain it within 90 days of employment.
Additional Data
Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans
Location : Location US-LA-Jefferson
Job ID 388143
Position Type Full Time
Experience (Years) 1
Category Physical Therapist
Company Ochsner Rehabilitation Hospital
How this job compares
Set against the 10,062 open Physical Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$78–116K/yr
- US median$85–110K/yr2,955 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $97K, is close to the US median midpoint ($98K) — in the middle half of Physical Therapist salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 110 open Physical Therapist jobs in Louisiana and 10,062 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Louisiana
- Ochsner Health78 open
- UnitedHealth Group12 open
- Elara Caring6 open
- 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 (2,793 postings).
- Education
- 3,912 of the 10,062 open Physical Therapist jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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