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Travel PTA Jobs in Tennessee

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    What Tennessee PTA Sites Look For

    Travel PTA contracts in Tennessee cluster around four metros with four different feels, from Nashville's growth to Memphis's grit, and the skilled nursing and outpatient buildings between them carry most assistant caseloads. You deliver the day a supervising PT plans, and no state income tax means what you earn holds together better here. The market runs steady rather than seasonal, which suits travelers building consecutive contracts.

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    Tennessee PTA Demand, Local and National

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    For Tennessee, the job and pay tiles read from current listings. The projection tiles carry the national BLS outlook for physical therapist assistants, 2024 to 2034.

    1 Physical Therapy Assistant contract is open in Tennessee right now, with +1 added in the last 7 days.

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    Open Physical Therapy Assistant jobs
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    Median time active
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    Added last 7 days
    22%
    Projected national PTA growth, 2024-2034 · physical therapist assistants (BLS)
    Why demand stays strong
    111,500
    Physical therapist assistants employed nationally, 2024 (BLS)
    ~19,800/yr
    Projected national annual openings, physical therapist assistants (BLS, 2024-2034)
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    State license or certification · physical therapist assistants

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

    Tennessee PTA Credentials and the Compact

    Working under a supervising physical therapist, a Tennessee PTA delivers hands-on treatment, therapeutic exercise, gait and balance work, and modalities across Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville outpatient, hospital, and inpatient rehabilitation settings, with regional skilled-nursing and home-health caseloads filling in. Tennessee is a PT Compact member whose privileges cover PTAs, so an eligible home-state license supports practice through a privilege. The Tennessee jurisprudence course must be completed within 30 days after the privilege issues. The entry credential is a CAPTE-accredited associate degree and the NPTE. Tennessee's PTA trend data appears on O*NET; BLS projects 22% national growth with about 19,800 openings a year for 2024-2034.

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    Tennessee PTA Contracts: Common Questions

    What comes first on licensing for PTA work in Tennessee?
    In Tennessee, an eligible PTA license from another member state unlocks Tennessee through a compact privilege rather than fresh licensure. Across Tennessee, both conditions matter, home-state participation and license standing; with them, the privilege is a purchase away.
    How can travel radius change a home-health PTA assignment in Tennessee in practice?
    Working under a supervising physical therapist, a Tennessee PTA delivers the hands-on treatment, therapeutic exercise, gait and balance work, and modalities, across Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville's outpatient, hospital, and inpatient rehab, with regional skilled-nursing and home-health caseloads filling in.
    Which Tennessee markets support PTA assignments?
    Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville anchor hospital and outpatient rehabilitation, with regional skilled-nursing and home-health roles filling in between the metros. The listings on this page show where current contracts are concentrated. With PTA contracts in Tennessee, on this page the Tennessee cards print pay and distance together for a direct read.
    How can workload and schedule change the fit of a Tennessee PTA contract in practice?
    Tennessee is a compact member and PTAs are covered, so a member home-state license gets you working across Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville on a privilege, with the course as a quick follow-up. Place productivity target, documentation support, travel radius, and supervision model beside the weekly figure when ranking Tennessee offers. In Tennessee, two Tennessee contracts can pay alike and work very differently.
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