Join our team of physical therapists
One patient. Forty uninterrupted minutes. No double booking, and no shortcuts hiding between the two. If that is the job you thought you were signing up for when you started school, keep reading.
What the job actually is.
This is an outpatient orthopedic physical therapist role. The caseload is primarily orthopedic and sports-related: post-surgical knees and shoulders, backs and necks, tendon problems, runners, and athletes trying to get back on the field without repeating the injury. You evaluate, you build the plan, and you carry it through to the end.
You treat one patient at a time for 40 uninterrupted minutes. There is no double booking, which means there is no juggling and no version of a session where someone sits on a table waiting for you to come back. You control the room and you control the care.
What you will be doing
Evaluating and treating orthopedic and sports-related conditions. Designing individual treatment plans instead of handing out a standard sheet. Progressing patients past pain and toward performance and independence. Communicating with patients and their families, including the hard conversations. Documenting thoroughly and efficiently. And getting better at all of it on purpose rather than by accident.
How we evaluate
SFMA is the core evaluation system here, and it changes how you practice. Rather than treating the joint that hurts, you screen movement patterns and follow regional interdependence to the segment that is actually driving the problem. Dr. Greg Specht is an instructor for Functional Movement Systems and teaches SFMA to other clinicians, so you are learning the system from someone who teaches it professionally. Two clinicians on staff are board-certified orthopaedic clinical specialists, and both are down the hall when you want a second set of eyes.
The first two years
Mentoring For Mastery is the development structure, and it has a documented ramp rather than a vague promise of support. You start at roughly one evaluation per day and build to two per day. Visit load settles around 40 to 60 per week after the second month. Mentoring is weekly at the start, moves to bi-weekly, then to monthly 40-minute sessions through year two, alongside one-on-one case discussions, co-treatments when you want hands-on collaboration, and monthly clinical meetings reviewing examination and treatment technique. The Mentoring For Mastery page lays out the whole progression.
What we offer, and who does well here.
Flexible scheduling is real here rather than a favor you have to earn. Four 10-hour days or a variable-hour arrangement are both workable, depending on what you and the office need. There are no on-call expectations. When you leave, you are off.
Benefits include tuition support, a 401(k) with an employer match, and continuing education support. We would rather walk you through the specifics on a call than publish numbers that shift with the role, and compensation is part of that same conversation.
Who thrives here
Strong communicators. People who stay curious and treat learning as part of the work instead of a box to check off once a year. Positive teammates, because a small clinic feels every attitude in it. Clinicians who genuinely care whether the person in front of them feels, moves, performs and lives better, and who want to grow rather than plateau at year four.
What we are looking for on paper
A Master's or Doctorate in physical therapy from an APTA-accredited program, and a Massachusetts or Rhode Island license or eligibility to obtain one. New graduates are encouraged to apply and experienced clinicians are welcome. For an early-career clinician this is a launchpad with real mentoring attached to it. For someone already practicing, it is usually a reset back to focused one-on-one orthopedic care.
How to start the conversation
Call (508) 675-3200 and ask for Dr. Greg. Fifteen minutes on the phone will tell you more than any posting will, and you should come with questions about caseload and documentation expectations because we will answer them plainly. If you want the day-to-day picture first, read working at Specht Physical Therapy, or see the other tracks on the careers page.
The practice runs two offices, Swansea and Providence, and which one is hiring changes through the year. Ask on the call and you will get the current answer rather than a guess.
Ready when you are.
Fri: 7:00am - 3:40pm