Telehealth/Hybrid Physical Therapist

Core Medical Center; Blue Springs (MO); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus based on performance

Competitive salary

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Core Medical Center is seeking a licensed Physical Therapist to join our rehabilitation team serving patients throughout Missouri and Kansas. This role supports workers' compensation, occupational medicine, federal injury, personal injury, and MVA rehab with options for fully remote or hybrid work.

Evaluations and follow-up treatments may be conducted via telehealth or in-clinic, with initial evaluations possible in person for hybrid arrangements.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program.
• License or eligibility to practice in MO and KS.
• Strong communication and clinical reasoning skills.
• Ability to work independently and with a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Perform Physical Therapy evaluations and re-evaluations.
• Develop individualized treatment plans.
• Treat workers' compensation, federal injury, personal injury, and MVA patients.
• Monitor patient progress and modify treatment plans as appropriate.
• Establish functional goals and return-to-work recommendations.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurse practitioners, employers, case managers, attorneys, adjusters, and healthcare professionals when appropriate.
• Participate in multidisciplinary treatment planning.

Skills

Strong communication

Clinical reasoning

Independent work

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program

Licensed or eligible for licensure in Missouri

Licensed or eligible for licensure in Kansas

Job description

Benefits

• Bonus based on performance
• Competitive salary
• Flexible schedule

Telehealth / Hybrid Physical Therapist (PT) Core Medical Center Missouri & Kansas

Compensation

$40.00–$50.00 per hour based on experience, qualifications, availability, and licensure

Position Overview

Core Medical Center is seeking a licensed Physical Therapist to join our growing multidisciplinary rehabilitation team serving patients throughout Missouri and Kansas. This position focuses primarily on workers' compensation, occupational medicine, federal injury, personal injury, and motor vehicle accident (MVA) rehabilitation cases. The role offers flexibility through a fully remote or hybrid work model.

Flexible Work Models

Fully Remote

• Evaluations performed remotely when appropriate.
• Follow-up treatment sessions provided through telehealth.
• Flexible scheduling opportunities.

Hybrid

• Initial evaluations may be performed in person.
• Follow-up visits may be completed in person or remotely.
• Combination of clinic-based and telehealth care delivery.

Therapists willing to perform in-person initial evaluations may experience improved patient engagement, treatment compliance, and scheduling opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Perform Physical Therapy evaluations and re-evaluations.
• Develop individualized treatment plans.
• Treat workers' compensation, federal injury, personal injury, and motor vehicle accident patients.
• Monitor patient progress and modify treatment plans as appropriate.
• Establish functional goals and return-to-work recommendations.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurse practitioners, employers, case managers, attorneys, adjusters, and healthcare professionals when appropriate.
• Participate in multidisciplinary treatment planning.

Support Staff Model

Each treatment session is supported by trained rehabilitation technicians who assist with equipment setup, patient preparation, and treatment support activities under the direction and supervision of the treating Physical Therapist.

All evaluations, treatment planning, clinical decision-making, patient assessments, progress evaluations, and patient care responsibilities remain with the licensed Physical Therapist.

Rehabilitation technicians do not independently provide therapy services, perform evaluations, establish plans of care, or make clinical decisions.

Training & Professional Development

Core Medical Center provides onboarding and ongoing professional development in:

• Occupational medicine rehabilitation.
• Workers' compensation rehabilitation.
• Personal injury rehabilitation.
• Functional restoration programs.
• Return-to-work planning.
• Telehealth care delivery.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program.
• Licensed or eligible for licensure as a Physical Therapist in Missouri.
• Licensed or eligible for licensure as a Physical Therapist in Kansas.
• Strong communication and clinical reasoning skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Preferred

• Workers' compensation experience.
• Occupational medicine experience.
• Personal injury or MVA rehabilitation experience.
• Functional restoration experience.
• Telehealth experience.

About Core Medical Center

Core Medical Center is a multidisciplinary healthcare organization specializing in occupational medicine, workers' compensation, federal injury programs, personal injury care, diagnostics, rehabilitation, and return-to-work services.

This is a remote position.