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Travel Physical Therapy Jobs in Tennessee

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$1,905
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    What Tennessee PT Sites Look For

    Tennessee PT contracts span three primary metros and a broad regional market. Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville support outpatient, hospital, and inpatient-rehabilitation work, while smaller communities add skilled-nursing, home-health, and community-based coverage. Tennessee participates in the PT Compact, and an eligible clinician can practice on a privilege; the state jurisprudence course must be completed within 30 days after the privilege is issued. That timing should be part of the onboarding plan rather than an afterthought. Compare supervising structure, caseload, productivity, weekend expectations, and any multi-site travel across active assignments. The right Tennessee contract is the one whose setting and workflow align with your recent PT experience.

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    Tennessee PT Demand, Local and National

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    For Tennessee, the job and pay tiles read from current listings. Growth appears as the national BLS rate, the state having no clean standalone projection of its own.

    37 Physical Therapy contracts are open in Tennessee right now, with +13 added in the last 7 days and 4 already filled. Open postings have been live about 41 days on average.

    37
    Open Physical Therapy jobs
    41 days
    Median time active
    +13
    Added last 7 days
    11%
    Projected national PT growth, 2024-2034 · physical therapists (BLS)
    Why demand stays strong
    296,400
    Projected physical therapists employed nationally by 2034 (BLS)
    ~13,200/yr
    Projected national annual openings for physical therapists, 2024-2034
    267,200
    Physical therapists employed nationally (2024)

    Live counts from the jobs feed, updated daily. Demand figures from public workforce data, sources noted with each figure.

    Pay by city · PT · Tennessee

    Comparing PT Pay Across Tennessee Cities

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    Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and regional Tennessee differ in housing expense, facility mix, and traffic patterns. Put each displayed PT package in context by checking shift structure, worksite location, and weekend coverage.

    Highest weekly pay · Physical Therapy
    Ashland City
    $2,049
    Crossville
    $2,036
    Lawrenceburg
    $2,012
    Memphis
    $2,010
    Millington
    $2,000
    Clarksville
    $1,981
    Oak Ridge
    $1,975
    Rocky Top
    $1,975

    Use the Tennessee list as a contract-by-contract screen, not a statewide leaderboard. In Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, weigh therapy setting, weekend coverage, patient mix, drive radius, documentation load, and housing together before you call one package the better value.

    Weekly pay reflects current open Advantis contracts — marketplace contract value, not a staff-nurse wage.

    Tennessee PT Credentials and the Compact

    Tennessee PT assignments span Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and regional markets, with hospital, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient orthopedic, skilled nursing, and home-health settings. The current entry pathway is a CAPTE-accredited DPT program and the NPTE, followed by a Tennessee license or an eligible compact privilege that is active by the contract start date. Tennessee is actively issuing and accepting PT Compact privileges; eligible clinicians may use a privilege instead of a separate Tennessee license, but the state jurisprudence course must be completed within 30 days after the privilege is issued. Nationally, BLS projects 11% PT employment growth from 2024 to 2034; the pay tiles show current Tennessee openings and pay.

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    Before You Apply: PT Questions for Tennessee

    Is licensing a hurdle for physical therapy contracts in Tennessee?
    Tennessee is an active PT Compact member, and privileges purchased for the state authorize practice without a new license. For PT work in Tennessee, the privilege is bought per state and rides on your home-state license, with endorsement as the fallback where eligibility fails. Across Tennessee, sorted early, none of the Tennessee process touches the first shift.
    How do Tennessee PT assignments vary by setting and metro?
    Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville support hospital, inpatient-rehab, and outpatient networks, while regional markets add skilled-nursing and home-health coverage. Compare diagnosis mix, productivity, guaranteed hours, weekend expectations, documentation, and any travel between facilities before accepting. For PT travelers, every Tennessee listing here prints weekly pay, so the first comparison takes seconds in Tennessee.
    Which non-pay terms can make two Tennessee PT contracts feel very different?
    Across Tennessee listings, for any active role in Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, have the recruiter confirm productivity target, assistant support, practice setting, documentation time, and travel radius. Two Tennessee PT offers can feel very different once you compare home-health travel radius, productivity target, and documentation expectations.
    What order makes this Tennessee physical therapy page most useful?
    Page-wide, the page rewards a filter-then-sort rhythm: facility and shift filters cut the Tennessee list to workable size, the distance sort ranks what remains, and saving favorites keeps strong physical therapy options in reach. Across Tennessee listings, pay shows on each card, so weighing offers happens without opening every posting.