Physical Therapist - Per Diem - Acute Care
Plainsboro, NJPer Diem$37.63–60.01/hrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Penn Medicine Princeton Health seeks an experienced Physical Therapist to join its Acute Care team. The role provides patient examinations, skilled services, rehabilitation diagnosis and care planning, interventions, and documentation. The minimum schedule requirement is two weekend days per month; if possible, the therapist may also work one weekday per week for two to four hours, between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.
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Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.
Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?
Penn Medicine Princeton Health is looking for an experienced Physical Therapist to join our Acute Care team.
Location: Plainsboro, NJ
Hours: The minimum requirement is 2 weekend days per month. If possible one weekday per week - could be as little as 2 -4 hours and any time between 9am-8pm.
Responsibilities:
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Performs a patient examination in a technically competent manner. Performs skilled services. Uses sound judgment and follows established standards of practice independently.
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Evaluates clinical findings to determine rehab diagnosis and outcomes of care. Designs a plan of care that integrates the goals, treatment, outcomes and discharge plan. Performs interventions in a competent manner assessing the response to care. Adapts delivery of care to reflect respect and sensitivity to individual differences
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Documents care given within the designated time frames in the EMR and hands off problems and resolutions to the case manager and the team.
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Incorporates an understanding of economic factors in the delivery of services and maintains compliance with productivity standards of the department as specified in the staffing plan.
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Demonstrates competency in the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to meet patients’ physical, psychological, and social needs. Competent in age specific knowledge and skills. Understands age-related growth and development levels.
Credentials:
Physical Therapist (Required)
Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)
Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification - required
Education or Equivalent Experience:
Bachelor of Arts or Science (Required)
Education Specialization: Graduation from a physical therapy program accredited by the A.P.T.A. or its equivalent. if educated outside the U.S., indicates that the individual possesses the appropriate educational requirements.
Master of Arts or Science
We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.
Salary Range:
$37.63 - $60.01/Hourly
As part of their job offer, successful candidates are provided a specific rate, taking into consideration various factors including experience and education.
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Live Your Life's Work
We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.
REQNUMBER: 349090
How this job compares
Set against the 10,374 open Physical Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$37.63–60.01/hr
- New Jersey median$57–60/hr106 hourly ranges
- US median$46–60/hr3,014 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $48.82/hr, is 15% below the New Jersey median midpoint ($57/hr) — in the middle half of Physical Therapist hourly ranges in New Jersey.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 250 open Physical Therapist jobs in New Jersey and 10,374 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New Jersey
- Select Medical37 open
- Genesis Healthcare36 open
- Hackensack Meridian Health29 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 (2,850 postings).
- Education
- 3,931 of the 10,374 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 1, 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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