About ATHL
ATHL (pronounced “Athlete”) is a recovery-first facility built exclusively for youth athletes under 18. Professional and collegiate athletes have dedicated recovery rooms, licensed clinical staff, and structured care built into their daily routine. Youth athletes train just as hard and have none of it. ATHL closes that gap by bringing the recovery standard of professional and collegiate athletics to young athletes in a single membership-based facility.
Our clinical team of Physical Therapists, Athletic Trainers, and Recovery Technicians works together under one roof, delivering structured recovery, restorative movement, and clinical oversight across dedicated zones. Every session is built around helping young athletes recover the right way so they can stay healthy, keep developing, and love their sport for the long term. ATHL is the flagship brand of TELOS ATHL, Inc.
Position Overview
The Physical Therapist is the senior clinical lead of the ATHL floor. This role is responsible for athlete intake evaluations, individualized recovery and movement care plans, and the clinical supervision of Athletic Trainers and Recovery Technicians. The PT sets the clinical standard for how every athlete in the facility recovers: assessing movement quality at intake, prescribing structured recovery and restorative movement programming, and adjusting each athlete's plan as they progress. This is an active, floor-based leadership role in a multi-athlete session environment, modeled on the standard of care a collegiate or professional training room provides its athletes.
Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive movement and recovery evaluations at athlete intake, establishing each athlete's baseline and care priorities
- Design individualized recovery and restorative movement plans for each athlete based on their clinical profile, training load, sport, and stage of development
- Serve as the clinical authority across all session zones, moving between recovery, treatment, and movement areas as athlete needs require
- Supervise Athletic Trainers and Recovery Technicians in the delivery of prescribed recovery protocols and movement programming
- Perform hands-on clinical care, including manual therapy and therapeutic interventions, where clinically indicated
- Establish objective readiness benchmarks for each athlete using movement screening and functional assessment data
- Oversee the safe, appropriate use of recovery modalities across the floor, including cold and heat therapy, compression, and soft tissue care
- Document all evaluations, care plans, and session notes accurately in the EMR system
- Communicate each athlete's recovery status, care plan, and progress clearly to parents, guardians, and coaches
- Contribute to clinical protocol development and staff training as the facility's senior clinician
Required Qualifications
- Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT) from a CAPTE-accredited institution
- Active, unrestricted physical therapy licensure in the state of Florida
- Minimum 3 years of post-licensure clinical experience in an outpatient orthopedic, sports medicine, or athletics setting
- Demonstrated experience working with pediatric or adolescent athletes
- Experience with EMR and clinical documentation systems
- Proven ability to supervise clinical support staff in a multi-athlete environment
- Current CPR/AED certification
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a collegiate or professional athletics training room or athlete care facility
- Board certification in Sports Physical Therapy (SCS) or Orthopedic Physical Therapy (OCS)
- Working knowledge of recovery modalities used at the collegiate and professional level, including cold water immersion, contrast therapy, pneumatic compression, and therapeutic laser
- Familiarity with force plate assessment, functional movement screening, and longitudinal athlete monitoring
- Experience developing recovery and load management protocols for in-season athletes
Pay: $85,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
