Physical Therapist
Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) Physical Therapy Residency Program Faculty
📍 Rhode Island
💼 $80,000 USD – $100,000 USD / year
🏢 Highbar Health
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About This Role
Highbar's ABPTRFE-Accredited Physical Therapy Residency Program Now Accepting Applications for Faculty Members!
Highbar (formerly Performance Physical Therapy) is New England's premier outpatient physical therapy practice, offering a tuition-free, advanced Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) residency program for ambitious physical therapists while allowing them to continue making their full salary!
Highbar Faculty and Adjunct Faculty members are clinicians who exemplify exceptional leadership and clinical skills. This individual serves as a leader within the organization and is committed to continuous professional improvement and innovating the delivery of care for the benefit of their patients, their colleagues, and their profession.
Why Choose Highbar's Residency Program?
- Industry-leading clinical mentorship
- Evidence-based practice focus
- Direct access patient care experience
- Career advancement opportunities
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Work-life balance emphasis
What You Do:
- Teaching and development of didactic course content
- Tracking of participant outcomes
- Direct the assigned Faculty Adjunct in curriculum updates
- Perform a performance review of the assigned Residency Assistant
- Act as lead instructor for the assigned weekend laboratory intensive
- Assess resident need for remediation and participate in residency remediation as needed
- Act as resident mentor a minimum of 1 time per year or as residency needs allow
- Participate in program and company marketing opportunities
- Actively leads professional development of the host company
- Engage in life-long-learning
What You Need:
- Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist for at least 3 years.
- Completed the Highbar Residency Faculty and Mentor Training course.
- 3 years preferred teaching, mentor, and leadership experience (2 years considered).
- Experienced in the creation and organization of post-professional education (2 years minimum).
Compensation
$80,000 USD – $100,000 USD / year
Salary based on experience
Total Compensation Package includes:
- Uncapped bonus potential
- Student loan assistance that continues until your loans are paid off
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Exclusive H-Shares
- Paid holidays & PTO
- Relocation assistance (when applicable)
- Fitness & wellness benefits
- Employee home-buying assistance
- Community volunteer opportunities
We don’t believe in flashy perks that distract from unsustainable workloads. Compensation here is designed to support both your career growth and your financial goals.
More About Us:
We develop leading-edge physical therapists who practice at the top of their license, acting as primary care providers for musculoskeletal disorders, and challenging themselves and their patients to reach new goals.
Highbar is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or veteran status.
What Happens Next
Our Simple 3-Step Process
- 1Just your name, contact info, and resume. No cover letter required.
- 2A quick, relaxed conversation to learn about you and answer your questions.
- 3See the space, meet your potential colleagues, and get a feel for our culture.
Why Physical Therapists Choose Highbar
Practice at a Higher Level
Autonomy, intention, and evidence-driven care — supported by the time, tools, and trust to do your best work.
Mentorship That Matters
Learn alongside experienced clinicians who are genuinely invested in your growth — not just your productivity.
A Clear Career Trajectory
Defined pathways to specialization, leadership, and long-term momentum — with support at every stage.
A Culture That Supports You
A collaborative team environment designed to protect quality care, professional growth, and sustainability.
About Highbar Physical Therapy
Highbar Physical Therapy is the parent network behind three of New England's most established outpatient PT brands — Joint Ventures Physical Therapy (Boston), Peak Physical Therapy (South Shore Massachusetts), and Physical Therapy U (Rhode Island and Massachusetts).
Each one is a Highbar practice: a clinic that keeps its own name, neighborhood roots, and local identity while sharing the clinical standards, residency-trained clinicians, and patient experience that define the Highbar network. The brands stay distinct because the communities they serve do.
Whether you walk into a JVPT clinic in Boston, a Peak clinic on the South Shore, or a PTU clinic in Rhode Island, you're walking into a Highbar practice — same standard of care, same commitment to getting you back to what you love, delivered by the local team you already know.
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