Physical Therapist Clinic Director: Leadership + Real Ownership + Work-Life Balance

Orthopaedics Plus Physical Therapy•Bedford, MA

13d•$95,000 - $135,000•Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Physical Therapist Clinic Director who wants to lead a clinic while remaining connected to patient care. The position offers leadership opportunities without the typical administrative burden, allowing for personal and professional growth, and maintaining a work-life balance. The clinic is therapist-owned and focuses on real relationships, meaningful growth, and helping both patients and team members reach their full potential. The ideal candidate is a physical therapist who has outgrown a caseload-only role and wants to develop other clinicians, own team outcomes, and stay involved in patient care. Leadership is viewed as responsibility, creating clarity, holding people accountable, and making decisions that serve the entire organization. The company values alignment with core values, meaningful results, teamwork, continuous education, and challenging the status quo. The director will have significant influence on the organization's direction, including hiring, expansion, business strategy, and compensation structure. Leadership time is protected and scheduled, with AI assistance for documentation to ensure a finish to the workday at work. The company encourages the use of paid time off with logistical support and offers a "Paid-Paid Vacation" reimbursement. Realistic caseloads, protected documentation time, and no catch-up expectations contribute to a sustainable work environment. The leadership team operates on a "Team Number One" philosophy, fostering open discussion, respectful challenges, and collaborative decision-making. Supportive culture is intentionally built through protected weekly team meetings and 1:1s, with a focus on consistent communication and action on team member ideas and concerns. Growth opportunities are structured with documented tracks for leadership, education, and organizational projects, with protected time for skill development. Mentorship and advanced clinical development are provided, including full tuition reimbursement for a manual therapy residency.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited Physical Therapy program.
Licensed or license-eligible in Massachusetts.
Meaningful clinical experience as a practicing physical therapist.
Leadership experience, formal or informal: you have developed people, owned outcomes, or been the person a team relied on.
Strong clinical reasoning and the judgment to coach it in others.
Comfort with numbers: KPIs, productivity, and the basics of clinic financial performance.
The ability to give difficult feedback while keeping trust intact.
Alignment with OP's core values and a genuine "Team Number One" mindset.

Nice To Haves

A background in orthopedic manual therapy, or an interest in developing one through OP's fellowship-trained team.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a full clinic team of physical therapists and support staff toward their personal, professional, financial, and performance goals.
Run regular 1:1s focused on support, feedback, and growth.
Build trust and psychological safety within the team.
Provide clear feedback and accountability without causing burnout.
Support clinicians through OP's growth tracks.
Contribute to a culture that values input, encourages new ideas, and celebrates successes.
Own the clinic's KPIs: retention, clinician development, patient graduation, and new-patient growth.
Understand and influence the clinic's financial performance, balancing quality, sustainability, and the bottom line.
Identify and lead the resolution of workflow and system problems.
Maintain strong patient care and patient flow, even during busy periods.
Take part in quarterly leadership off-sites, monthly strategic meetings, and weekly tactical meetings.
Run the clinic's team meetings.
Contribute to company-wide decisions and communicate organizational clarity to the team.
Advocate for the entire organization.
Maintain a reduced clinical caseload on OP's two-patients-per-hour schedule to stay sharp, credible, and connected to patients.

Benefits

Up to 33 days of Paid Time Off each year, with encouragement to use it.
"Paid-Paid Vacation": reimbursement up to $1,350 in vacation expenses.
No need to arrange patient coverage during PTO; the team handles logistics.
Student Loan Repayment Program: up to $5,000 per year paid by OP.
Reimbursement for the entire residency tuition to the Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy ($5,800 value).
401(k) with 4% Company Match
Full insurance suite: medical, dental, vision, life, accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and pet insurance.
10 hours of protected leadership and documentation time per week.
AI documentation scribe.
Free gym access 24/7.
Training and nutrition discounts at Spectrum Fitness.
HSA plans.
Paid jury duty leave and bereavement leave.