Physical Therapist - Inpatient Adult Long‑Term Acute Care (LTAC) at Covenant Specialty Hospital in Lubbock, TX
Looking for meaningful work with flexibility built in? Join our team as a per diem or on-call Physical Therapist and shape your schedule around your life. We offer competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and the chance to make a lasting impact by empowering patients on their journey to recovery and wellness.
***Please note that this position is onsite and therefore requires the ability to commute to Covenant Specialty Hospital in Lubbock, TX.***
New and Upcoming Physical Therapy Graduates Are Encouraged to Apply!
If you're nearing completion of your accredited physical therapy program, we’d love to support your transition into professional practice. Our Long‑Term Acute Care environment offers a highly supportive setting, specialized training, and the opportunity to build strong clinical foundations while making a meaningful impact from day one. Start your PT career with a team that’s committed to helping you grow, thrive, and succeed.
As a physical therapist, you’ll independently guide patients and families through the journey of assessment, goal‑setting, and hands‑on treatment—helping them regain strength, mobility, and confidence. From crafting personalized goals and plans to selecting the perfect therapeutic techniques, you bring clarity, motivation, and expert care to each unique situation. You’ll educate patients and families, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, document progress with precision, and uphold the highest standards of safety, ethics, and practice. You’ll guide patients through a paced inpatient rotation as they move toward recovery using your specialized training, flexibility, professionalism, and heart to serve as an essential partner at every step of the rehabilitation journey. This is a role where growth is constant, teamwork is energizing, and every day brings the opportunity to make meaningful movement possible.
Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Covenant Specialty Hospital and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.
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Why Join Providence?
Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.
Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits
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Every day, 119,000 compassionate caregivers serve patients and communities through Providence St. Joseph Health, a national, Catholic, not-for-profit health system, driven by a belief that health is a human right.
Rooted in the founding missions of the Sisters of Providence and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, courageous women ahead of their time who brought health care and other social services to the American West when it was still a rugged, untamed frontier, we share a singular commitment to improve the health of all.
From our earliest days, we’ve met new challenges by pioneering new solutions. Today, with 51 hospitals, 829 clinics and a comprehensive range of services, we strive to meet the needs of communities across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington through a diverse family of Catholic, other faith-based and mission-driven secular organizations.
Now, as we face a new frontier—a changing health care landscape—we draw upon their pioneering and compassionate spirit to plan for the next century of health for a better world, especially for the poor and vulnerable.
If you need treatment, please visit www.providence.org to locate a health care provider.
