Director of Physical Therapy

Ready to be the CEO of your own clinic?

You’re a strong outpatient ortho PT. You already mentor new grads, your caseload stays full, and you know which providers send you patients. If your next step is running a clinic, this role gives you the clinic. You won’t need to buy a practice or wait years for a director seat to open.

They have a tech and PTA as support. We are planning to grow this clinic to a team of 5 PTs.

About the group

• Founder-led outpatient PT group, started in 2018, now 8 clinics across Chicagoland and still adding locations.
• Every visit is one-on-one with a licensed PT. No hand-offs to aides.
• PTs, behavioral health clinicians and registered dietitians work as one team. About 70% of patients are PT-only. The other 30% also use nutrition, weight management or behavioral health.
• Patient mix: post-surgical rehab (ACL, rotator cuff, spine, joint replacement), sports and return-to-play, chronic back and neck pain, work comp, auto and personal injury, and vestibular.
• At Elmhurst that means high school and college athletes, Metra commuters, weekend runners and active adults from Elmhurst, Villa Park, Lombard and Oak Brook.
• Illinois is direct access, so patients can come through the door without a referral.

What you’ll do

• Treat patients. You’ll carry a caseload sized to leave room for leadership work.
• Grow the clinic. You’ll build referral relationships with physicians, chiropractors, schools, coaches and employers. You’ll run workshops and free injury screens, and get new evals scheduled within 24 to 48 hours.
• Lead the team. You’ll hire, coach and keep your PTs, PTAs and front desk staff.
• Run the business. You’ll set the budget with leadership and track visits per day, new patients, cancellations and outcomes every week.

What you need

• DPT (or equivalent) and an active Illinois PT license
• 3+ years of outpatient orthopedic experience
• 1+ year of leadership experience. Lead PT, clinical mentor or assistant director all count.
• A track record of building a caseload through referral relationships
• Bonus points for: OCS, SCS or FAAOMPT certification, work comp or sports program experience, or existing referral relationships in DuPage County

Why make the move

• Ownership without the buy-in. You run Elmhurst like your own practice. Billing, marketing and systems are already in place.
• Bonuses tied to results. One bonus is for growing the clinic. The other is the clinician bonus program. There’s also an incentive for recruiting clinicians.
• Room to grow. The group is growing fast, so strong directors can move into multi-site and regional leadership. A formal clinic manager development program supports that path.
• Benefits. BCBS medical, dental and vision, 401(k), PTO, CEU allowance, license reimbursement, flexible schedule and manageable productivity expectations.