Physical Therapist (PT)Location: Fort Bragg, NC
Clearance required: Secret
SummaryIndependent licensed practitioner who evaluates, treats and rehabilitates musculoskeletal conditions to optimize SOF mission readiness; advises on injury mitigation and supervises support staff within the physical domain program.
Responsibilities- Evaluate, treat and rehabilitate neuromusculoskeletal conditions as a direct-access provider (no referral required).
- Provide post-operative evaluation and rehabilitative plans of care based on clinical practice guidelines and current evidence.
- Use proactive injury mitigation strategies, including risk identification and unit-specific programs.
- Practice within state licensing and APTA standards and under local clinical privileges.
- Supervise PT techs and assistants as directed.
- Advise the POTFF/physical domain manager, medical staff and command leadership on sports medicine, rehabilitation and research.
- Help develop clinical practice guidelines and training materials.
- Participate in quality assurance, patient safety procedures and in-service training; report data as requested.
Qualifications- Master's degree (doctorate preferred) in physical therapy from a CAPTE-accredited institution, plus ABPTS certification.
- One of: Orthopedic Certified Specialist (OCS), Sports Certified Specialist (SCS), or BOC Athletic Trainer Certified (ATC).
- Manual therapy, dry needling and joint manipulation experience strongly recommended.
- Fellowship-trained PTs (sports, orthopedics, manual therapy) also considered; orthopedic/sports residencies may substitute for board certification as an exception under SOW 4.1.8.
Required Minimum ExperienceMinimum 3 years as a PT with NCAA Division I, Olympic, professional sports, USAF CRAFT/SWTW or SOF operator populations; alternatively 5+ years paid full-time embedded staff at qualifying units (Division II/III athlete experience counts toward this path).
Additional Requirements- Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Document all encounters in HPDMS per USSOCOM Directive 10-12.
- For embedded field positions, where the task order requires: meet SOF training physical demands (hiking rough terrain, austere environments, aircraft and watercraft) and lift up to 25 kg.
- Maintain 100% compliance with local mandatory command training.
- Current, full, active, unrestricted U.S. license.
- Current BCLS.
- Meet DHA-PM 6025.13 credentialing; be eligible for privileges without a supervision plan.
- Satisfy BOTH the Appendix 1 minimum experience and the credentialing authority's current-competency standard (separate gates).
