Physical Therapist, Clinical Expert (Contract)

Kinetic Systems; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 193,000; Part time

Job summary

Kinetic Systems invites licensed physical therapists to join an applied AI research effort in healthcare. This part-time contract role emphasizes clinical judgment, case authoring, and real-world evaluation of AI outputs.

On-site in San Francisco is strongly preferred, with US-only remote options, 10–15 hours weekly for one month, potentially extendable. No coding or AI background required; you’ll learn the tools and apply your clinical expertise to ensure safe, high-quality AI testing in

Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted physical therapist license in any US state.
• DPT, or MPT/BSPT with equivalent clinical experience.
• 3+ years of direct, hands-on patient care as a licensed PT.
• Currently practicing, or in clinical practice within the last 3 years.
• Experience in at least two practice settings (outpatient, acute care, inpatient rehab, SNF, home health or pediatrics).
• Working knowledge of current clinical practice guidelines and standard outcome measures.
• Excellent written English: you can explain your clinical reasoning precisely and concisely.
• Able to commit 10-15 hours per week for at least 1 month (possible extension)

Responsibilities

• You will partner with researchers to show them what good care looks like in rehabilitation, from referrals, evaluations and plans of care to decisions that never make it into a textbook.
• You’ll author clinical cases from the ground up, assembling realistic patient charts, posing the clinical question, answering it, and deciding what separates a strong response from a weak or unsafe one.
• You make consistent, well-reasoned judgments across many similar cases and point to the evidence behind each one.
• You work independently, hit agreed timelines, and are comfortable giving and receiving direct written feedback.
• You care about getting each case right more than producing a lot of them.

Skills

Clinical judgment

SOAP notes

Written English

Clinical experience variety

Independent work

Education

Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) or MPT/BSPT with equivalent clinical experience

Active, unrestricted PT license in any US state

Job description

Physical Therapist, Clinical Expert (Contract)

• San Francisco (on-site strongly preferred; remote considered, US only)

• 10-15 hours/week for 1 month (possible extension)

• $70 - $140/hr

About the role

You will work with an applied AI research lab at the intersection of healthcare and AI. We're looking for licensed physical therapists to bring real rehabilitation judgment into how AI is tested and improved.

This is a part-time contract role that fits alongside clinical practice. No coding or AI experience is required; we'll teach you the tools. What matters most is your clinical eye: catching the red flag in a referral or the change in a progress note that should alter the plan of care.

What you’ll do

Clinical judgment is hard to teach, and that's where you come in. You'll partner with our researchers to show them what good care looks like in rehabilitation, from referrals, evaluations and plans of care to the decisions that never make it into a textbook.

You'll then put that expertise into practice by authoring clinical cases from the ground up. For each one, you'll assemble a realistic patient chart, pose the clinical question, answer it yourself, and decide what separates a strong response from a weak or unsafe one.

Requirements

• Active, unrestricted physical therapist license in any US state

• Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), or an MPT/BSPT with equivalent clinical experience

• 3+ years of direct, hands-on patient care as a licensed PT

• Currently practicing, or in clinical practice within the last 3 years

• Experience in at least two practice settings (for example, outpatient, acute care, inpatient rehab, skilled nursing, home health or pediatrics)

• Working knowledge of current clinical practice guidelines and standard outcome measures

• Excellent written English: you can explain your clinical reasoning precisely and concisely

• Able to commit 10-15 hours per week for at least 1 month (possible extension)

Preferred qualifications

None of these are required. If you have a few, we especially want to hear from you.

Clinical depth

• ABPTS board certification in any specialty (for example, OCS, NCS, SCS, GCS, PCS, CCS or WCS)

• Residency or fellowship training, including FAAOMPT

• Experience in less common areas such as vestibular, pelvic health, oncology, wound care, lymphedema or cardiopulmonary rehab

• Strong command of documentation and payer rules (SOAP notes, plans of care, progress notes, Medicare requirements)

Experience evaluating and teaching

• Writing exam questions for the NPTE, a DPT program or continuing education courses

• Clinical instructor or DPT faculty experience

• Chart audit, utilization review, quality assurance or compliance work

• Peer reviewing for journals, or clinical research experience

Experience with AI

• Prior work writing rubrics, building test cases or reviewing AI outputs, on any platform

How you work

• You make consistent, well-reasoned judgments across many similar cases, and you can point to the specific evidence behind each one

• You enjoy building the hard case: the atypical presentation, the conflicting history, the patient who doesn't fit the textbook

• You work independently, hit agreed timelines, and are comfortable giving and receiving direct written feedback

• You care about getting each case right more than producing a lot of them