Physical Therapist- Orthopedic & Sports

Summit Physical Therapy INC; Summit (NJ); On-site; USD 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Protected mentorship

Clinical autonomy

Advanced clinic equipment

Job summary

Summit Physical Therapy INC is looking for a PT who can own the patient journey from evaluation to discharge in a high-function orthopedic/sports setting. You will manage a caseload with minimal overlap, using modern tools to optimize outcomes.

New grads are welcome, with a structured 12-month mentorship and protected education time. Expect a schedule Mon/Wed/Fri 7am–4pm and Tue/Thu 12pm–9pm, with two late evenings on other days.

Qualifications

• New grads welcome.

Responsibilities

• Own your caseload from evaluation through discharge.
• See 10–16 visits per day with ~1 evaluation and 20 minute visits.
• Population is predominantly high-function orthopedic and sports patients.
• You’ll work in a clinic with no techs or aides and will not share patients between therapists.

Tools

VALD dynamometry

force plates

pelvic-floor biofeedback

BFR

dry needling

Job description

If you love talking through cases, questioning your approach, and finding better ways to help your patients, you’ll fit in at Summit. Our staff is full of PT nerds. We share articles, research, and videos, and our meetings include case reviews, new evidence, and teaching.

We ask a lot from our PTs. We invest a lot in them too.

We expect you to grow as a therapist and take ownership of your patient outcomes. In return, we give you protected mentorship, clinical autonomy, the tools to do your job well, and opportunities to grow. This isn’t for everyone, and we want you to know exactly what you’re signing up for.

New grads welcome

If you love talking through cases, questioning your approach, and finding better ways to help your patients, you’ll fit in at Summit. Our staff is full of PT nerds. We share articles, research, and videos, and our meetings include case reviews, new evidence, and teaching.

We ask a lot from our PTs. We invest a lot in them too.

We expect you to grow as a therapist and take ownership of your patient outcomes. In return, we give you protected mentorship, clinical autonomy, the tools to do your job well, and opportunities to grow. This isn’t for everyone, and we want you to know exactly what you’re signing up for.

What the job actually looks like

You’ll typically see 10-16 visits per day, including about one evaluation. Patients are scheduled every 20 minutes for roughly hour-long visits, so yes, visits overlap. Our therapists average about 2 visits per hour over the course of a week.

We have no techs or aides, and we don’t share patients between therapists. You own your caseload from evaluation through discharge.

Our population is predominantly high function orthopedic and sports patients, with relatively few high-complexity or gait and balance cases. (think suburban weekend warriors and their families) Our clinic is designed to make this model efficient and effective. We block additional time when a patient needs it.

Since adopting Prompt’s AI documentation, our therapists rarely take notes home. Occasionally, you’ll have one or two notes left at the end of the day.

The schedule is Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 9 p.m. Two late evenings come with earlier finishes on the other three days.

What you get in return

Protected mentorship

Every new grad completes a 12-month mentorship program with OCS-certified PTs: one protected hour of education and one protected hour treating patients with a mentor every week, following a defined clinical curriculum. That time is protected and non-negotiable.

The goal is to help you diagnose and reason through a problem, build a structured treatment plan, recognize psychosocial barriers, and explain your plan clearly to patients.

Autonomy and equipment

You have the autonomy to make clinical decisions and a team to talk them through with. We invest in our clinic because we want you to have the space and equipment to actually rehab people.

Our renovation and expansion add more usable rehab space as well as a brand new look. We’ve invested in VALD dynamometry and force plates, pelvic-floor biofeedback, BFR, and other tools that help us care for our population. We’re also paying for our whole staff to get certified in dry needling this fall.

Compensation and benefits

New grads start at $85,000. Every clinician can earn up to $15,000 per year in performance bonuses based on productivity. Productivity shouldn’t be the only marker of success in PT, but as you become a better and more efficient clinician, we think you should financially benefit too.