Orthopedic Physical Therapist

DESERT EDGE PHYSICAL THERAPY LLC; Peoria (AZ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Desert Edge Physical Therapy LLC in Peoria, AZ seeks a physical therapist to join our privately owned outpatient orthopedic team. New graduates are encouraged to apply.

You’ll work with a broad orthopedic population, emphasize clinical reasoning, patient education, and evidence-based exercise progression in a supportive, team-based setting. We value curiosity, collaboration, and professional growth, with a schedule that supports work-life balance and meaningful patient relationships.

Qualifications

• New graduates are encouraged to apply.
• Outpatient orthopedic care experience or interest is preferred but not required.
• Strong clinical reasoning, communication, manual therapy, and exercise prescription skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide PT evaluation and treatment for an outpatient orthopedic population.
• Develop and progress individualized exercise programs.
• Educate patients and document progress in the chart.
• Collaborate with a team to ensure high-quality patient care.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Communication skills

Manual therapy skills

Exercise prescription

Job description

You spent years learning how to become a physical therapist. Your first job shouldn’t simply teach you how to see more patients faster.

Desert Edge Physical Therapy is a privately owned outpatient orthopedic practice in Peoria, Arizona. We’re currently looking for one physical therapist to join our team, and new graduates are encouraged to apply.

We want to develop excellent clinicians while providing excellent care. That means creating an environment where therapists can think, ask questions, build relationships with patients, receive feedback, and continue getting better throughout their careers.

What it’s like to practice here

Our therapists work with a broad orthopedic population in a team-based environment focused on skilled care, clinical reasoning, patient education, exercise progression, and meaningful patient relationships.

We believe excellent patient care and a healthy, sustainable private practice can coexist. We are intentional about building a clinical model that supports both.

Our purpose is simple:

We help people live full and purposeful lives. We make life better.

Our core values are Excellence, Integrity, Teamwork, Friendliness, and Professionalism.

For new graduates

We know graduation is just the beginning of becoming the clinician you want to be.

You’ll work alongside experienced physical therapists, including an Orthopedic Certified Specialist, with opportunities to ask questions, discuss challenging cases, receive feedback, and continue developing your clinical reasoning, communication, manual therapy skills, and exercise prescription.

We won’t expect you to know everything on day one.

We will expect you to be curious, coachable, dependable, willing to take ownership of your patients, and committed to getting better.

Schedule

This is a full-time, five-day-per-week position.

The schedule includes some later clinical hours during the week so we can serve patients who cannot easily attend physical therapy during traditional working hours.

There is no routine weekend schedule.

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who:

• Wants to become an excellent clinician
• Is curious and comfortable asking questions
• Is receptive to feedback
• Communicates and connects well with patients
• Takes ownership of their responsibilities
• Values being part of a team
• Is interested in outpatient orthopedic care

Why Desert Edge?

We’re still small enough that your voice matters.

You’ll know the people making the decisions, understand why we’re making them, and have an opportunity to contribute as the practice grows.

We’re not trying to become a high-volume PT mill. We’re building a strong private practice where excellent clinicians can provide meaningful care, continue growing professionally, support one another, and enjoy being part of the community we’ve created.

If that sounds like the kind of place where you’d like to begin, or continue, your career, we’d like to meet you.