Physical Therapist, Per Diem Weekends, In-patient

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Are you a skilled Physical Therapist Assistant with a passion for inpatient care and complex medical cases? Join our team at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, a nationally recognized Level 1 teaching hospital, where innovation, collaboration, and professional growth are at the heart of everything we do.

What Sets Us Apart:

-Flexible Scheduling – To support work-life balance.
-5 Paid Education Days + MedBridge Subscription – Time and access provided for CEU's
-Mentorship Program – Receive personalized guidance from experienced clinicians.
-Career Ladder for Advancement – Clear pathways for professional development and leadership.
-Interdisciplinary Collaboration – Partner daily with physicians, nurses, case managers, and specialists across orthopedics, internal medicine, neurology, cardiology, and transplant services.
-Tuition Reimbursement – Invest in your future with financial support for further education.
-Comprehensive Health & Dental Insurance
-403B Retirement Match
-Generous Earned Time Policy
-Free Parking

About the Role:
We’re seeking a dedicated inpatient Physical Therapist Assistant to join our team of highly skilled professionals. Our therapists specialize in treating patients with acute neurological, orthopedic, cardiac, and multi-system conditions across the acute care continuum.

Acute care presents unique challenges as patients are often medically complex, with rapidly changing conditions that require quick clinical decision-making, strong communication skills, and adaptability. Therapists must balance early mobilization with medical stability, navigate discharge planning, and collaborate closely with the medical team to ensure safe, effective, and timely care.

You will work side-by-side with a multidisciplinary team to deliver coordinated, evidence-based, and patient-centered care that makes a meaningful difference in patients’ recovery and outcomes.

Whether you're a new graduate or an experienced clinician, you'll find a supportive team and a culture that encourages growth, innovation, and excellence.

Job Description:

Position Summary:  Under the supervision of the manager and working within their scope of practice as part of a multidisciplinary team, the Physical Therapist I assesses, plans, organizes, and participates in rehabilitative programs that improve or restore physical function, alleviate pain and prevent dysfunction in patients with impairments, functional limitations, disabilities or changes in physical function and health status from injury, disease or other causes.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:

1)      Patient Care Examination:  

• Examines patient using appropriate testing methods and instrumentation, appropriately records and interprets all findings, and identifies patient needs. 

• Formulates a detailed assessment based upon findings of the examination.

• Develops treatment plan and patient outcomes, incorporating the input of the patient, their family and other health professionals.  Ensures that the plan and outcomes are functional, time-based, and measurable, and incorporates diagnosis, prognosis, physical/mental status and anticipated lifestyles.

2)      Treatment Planning and Intervention: 

• Safely and effectively implements the treatment intervention.  Applies sound clinical judgment and skill.

• Engages a high degree of patient motivation and cooperation in treatment, as evidenced by patient compliance with treatment intervention. 

• Provides patient/family education during therapy and in preparation for discharge. 

• Conducts ongoing assessments of the patient’s status and revises treatment intervention, goals & outcomes as appropriate.

3)      Discharge Planning:

• Initiates discharge planning.  Incorporates patient/family input in the education process.  Participates in multidisciplinary patient care planning.

• Consults with other allied health professionals as needed. 

• Discontinues unproductive treatment to patients where indicated.  Transfers patient to nursing or other appropriate staff when physical therapy services are no longer required, or when the patient has achieved their treatment goals and outcomes. 

• Documents discharge summary per department policy.

4)      Patient Care Documentation:

• Thoroughly and accurately maintains all medical record documentation in accordance with the department policy and procedures. 

• Documents the initial evaluation, daily treatment notes, rea