If you're looking for another clock-in, clock-out PT job where patients are numbers and insurance dictates care — stop reading now.
Still here? Good. Here's an offer with actual math in it.
Who We Are
Polaris PT & Wellness is a cash-based performance physical therapy practice in Gilbert, Arizona. We work with active adults, golfers, runners, barbell athletes, and competitors of all levels who want more than "rest and ice" — they want to move better, get stronger, and keep doing what they love. Every session is one-on-one for a full hour. Our clients commit to 12-week programs, so you actually finish what you start — no insurance company cutting a plan of care off at visit six.
We're growing on purpose, and we're hiring a PT who wants to build something — a caseload, a program with their name on it, and a career — not fill a slot on a schedule.
Who You Are
- 2–5 years of outpatient orthopedic experience — enough reps to trust your clinical judgment and carry a full caseload from day one. If you're currently seeing 60+ patients a week in double-bookings and quietly hating it, you're exactly who we built this for. New grad or first-year PT? You're in the conversation IF you come from a coaching or sales background — personal training, CSCS, TPI, or real sales experience in a past life. If you've already sold packages, closed deals, or coached paying clients, you've built the muscle most PTs never develop.
- A coach as much as a clinician. You're as comfortable loading a barbell as mobilizing a joint. Care doesn't end at "pain-free" — it ends at "performing better than before."
- Able to sell — because it produces better care. Here's what we believe: when a client invests real money in a 12-week program, they show up differently. They do the homework. They're bought in — because they have skin in the game. And you show up differently too, because their investment holds you accountable to deliver results, not just visits. Commitment on both sides of the table is why our outcomes beat the insurance model. So yes, you'll present plans of care and ask people to invest in themselves. If talking about money with patients makes you uncomfortable, this isn't the fit. If you see it as the foundation of great care — and we do — keep reading, because we pay for it directly.
This Job Is Bigger Than the Treatment Table
Let's be blunt, because we'd rather lose an applicant today than lose a hire in six months: if your plan is to show up, treat your schedule, and go home — this ain't it.
You're joining a small team that builds this practice together. Here's what that actually means:
- You'll do social media. 2–4 content pieces a month plus a monthly team content session. Yes, you'll be on camera. The PTs people recognize are the PTs whose schedules fill.
- You'll run workshops and get out in the community. One workshop or marketing project a month — gym drop-ins, lunch-and-learns, injury screens. $100 per solo workshop.
- You'll develop a niche and market it in person. Pick your people — golfers, runners, barbell athletes, youth athletes — and go become known by them, face to face, where they train. That niche is the seed of the program you'll own in year three, with your name on it and a revenue share behind it.
- You'll be a teammate. Staff meetings, huddles, covering for each other, celebrating each other's wins. We're small on purpose. Everyone rows.
None of this is charity work for the clinic — every piece of it builds the caseload you collect on. The PTs who lean into this out-earn the ones who don't. That's the whole design.
The Compensation (Real Numbers)
- $75,000 base salary — your floor, never your ceiling, with a 90-day ramp before production minimums apply
- A real onboarding, on full pay: your first month is structured shadowing, co-treating, and formal sales training — you learn our systems, our POC presentation, and our clients before you're expected to produce. Nobody gets thrown in the deep end here
- Tiered monthly bonus on collections you personally generate — your percentage climbs as your production climbs, uncapped. Full-caseload PTs earn $105,000–$115,000+, and we'll walk you through the exact tier math in the interview — every number is real and in writing
- Bonus is paid on dollars collected, not visits performed — your ability to convert evaluations into committed plans of care directly drives your income. At full caseload, every 12-week program you close puts $1,000 in your pocket
- $1,000 quarterly conversion bonus when your eval-to-plan-of-care rate hits 60%+
- A written career path: all tiers bump +1 point at year two → program ownership with a 5% revenue share at year three (golf, youth athletes, runners — yours to build) → profit-share pool at year four → phantom equity for senior team members
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO (with productivity expectations), 24 hours paid sick time — plus the clinic closes the week of Christmas and you're paid for it, along with paid major holidays including Thanksgiving and the day after
- $150/month healthcare stipend toward the insurance or health-share plan you choose
- $2,000 continuing education allowance per licensure period
- Arizona PT license renewal covered — and initial AZ license or Compact privilege fee covered for relocating hires
- $100/month movement marketing benefit — train where your future clients train
- Professional liability insurance fully covered
- Schedule that respects your life.
- Extra bonuses: $100 per solo workshop
Requirements
- Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) from an accredited program
- 2–5 years of outpatient orthopedic experience — OR new grad / first-year PT with a personal training, CSCS, TPI, coaching, or sales background
- Active, unrestricted Arizona PT license (or eligibility)
- Genuine strength & conditioning competence — you coach movement and load, not just exercises
- Demonstrated comfort with consultative sales, or the coachability to master it fast
Preferred (Tell Us If You Have These)
- TPI Certification — we run an active golf performance program you could eventually own
- CSCS or equivalent strength or personal training credential
- Running/gait analysis certs, USAW, FMS/SFMA, or other performance credentials
- Cash-based or hybrid practice experience
- Force plate / return-to-sport testing experience (we utilize VALD products)
Why Polaris
You'll be mentored by a board-certified orthopedic specialist (OCS) with 16 years of outpatient experience and university faculty background — while treating one person per hour with zero insurance restrictions. Motivated clients who chose to invest in themselves. Objective testing driving decisions. And a real, written path from clinician to program owner to equity holder inside a practice that's scaling deliberately.
We don't hire resumes. We hire clinical skill, coachability, and the ability to help people say yes to their own care.
How to Apply
Email your resume to [email protected] with the subject line "Performance PT — [Your Name]" and include a short note (or video — even better) answering one question:
Tell us about a client you took from injured to performing — and how you'd help a skeptical prospect say yes to a 12-week program.
That answer matters more to us than your resume.
Pay: From $75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- License reimbursement
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid time off
Application Question(s):
- This role requires presenting 12-week plans of care ($3,500) and asking clients to invest — your bonus is tied directly to it. Are you comfortable with sales being a core, measured part of your job?
License/Certification:
- Arizona Physical Therapy License (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
