Job Description

Salary

$44.00 / hr - $55.80 / hr

Join Our Team as a Full-Time Physical Therapist!

Elderwood at Scallop Shell – Wakefield

Looking for a role where you can truly make an impact every single day? We’re on the hunt for a passionate Physical Therapist (PT) to join our team full-time at Elderwood at Scallop Shell!

In this role, you’ll do more than just provide therapy—you’ll help individuals regain independence, build strength, and improve their overall quality of life. Our therapy team is dedicated, collaborative, and focused on delivering care that truly makes a difference.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Delivering skilled, hands-on physical therapy treatments
• Creating meaningful connections with residents while supporting their recovery goals
• Collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to provide well-rounded, high-quality care
• Ensuring every patient receives the highest standard of therapy services

What We’re Looking For:

• A licensed Physical Therapist (state-specific license required)
• Someone who is compassionate, motivated, and committed to excellence in care
• A team player who thrives in a supportive, resident-focused environment

If you’re ready to bring your skills to a place where they’re truly valued—and where your work has a real, lasting impact—we’d love to meet you.

Apply today and take the next step in a rewarding career with Elderwood!

Responsibilities

Physical Therapist:

• Initiates skilled physical therapy treatments in accordance with physician’s orders; maintains required contact with physician.

• Maintains written evaluations, progress notes and discharge summaries for individuals in physical therapy program.

• Confers with other health care staff regarding special needs of individuals to enhance rehabilitation or maintenance of function.

• Provides input for meetings and attends during absences of the Director Physical Therapy.

• Maintains statistical records of individuals’ treatments.

• Assists with in-service training programs upon request.

• Records and updates individual’s plan of care in the Inter-disciplinary Kardex.

• Submits requisition for supplies needed in the treatment to Director Physical Therapy.

• Assumes all duties of the Director Physical Therapy during absences including supervision of Physical Therapy Aides and responsibility for all necessary documentation.

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Qualifications

Physical Therapist

• Graduation from an approved school of physical therapy required.
• State license to practice physical therapy required.
• Two years’ experience in physical therapy preferred.
• Ability to direct others necessary.
• This position requires regular interaction with residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors. In order to ensure a safe work environment for residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors of the Company, and to permit unfettered communication between the employee and those residents, coworkers, visitors, and supervisors, this position requires that the employee be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language at an intermediate or more advanced level.

EOE Statement

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.