Source physical therapists who are not on job boards
Describe the role. Expa finds the PTs in your market, reaches out, screens the ones who reply, and books your interviews. About ten minutes of your time.
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267K+ physical therapists • 95% with verified personal data
Ten minutes, three steps
What happens after you hit start
Describe the role
Paste a job description or say it in plain English. No boolean strings, no filters to learn, no sourcing skill required.
Approve the shortlist
Expa finds the physical therapists, contacts them, follows up, and screens the ones who reply. You approve or reject.
Take the interviews
Approved candidates land in your calendar. That is the whole job on your side.
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How Expa sources physical therapists
Expa is an AI-powered healthcare recruiting and clinician sourcing platform. It identifies licensed physical therapists who are in-market, verifies their contact details, runs outreach over email, SMS and LinkedIn until they reply, screens the ones who respond, and books interviews with the candidates you approve.
There are 267,200 physical therapists in the United States. That sounds comfortable until you filter for a setting, a specialty and a commute, at which point most markets hold a few dozen people. Outpatient orthopedics, hospitals, skilled nursing, home health and school districts all recruit from the same pool, and they are not competing on job description. They are competing on who reaches a given PT first.
Expa covers PTs across every setting, plus the pipeline behind them: students in doctor of physical therapy programs and clinicians in their first weeks of licensure. New graduates are the most movable people in the profession and the fastest to disappear, usually hired within weeks of licensure.
Where physical therapists sit in the clinical workforce
| Profession | Employed in the U.S. |
|---|---|
| Clinical laboratory | 351,200 |
| Nurse practitioners | 320,400 |
| Radiologic technologists | 272,000 |
| Physical therapists | 267,200 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 187,400 |
| Physician assistants | 162,700 |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024 employment. These are national totals. The number inside your hiring radius is a small fraction of them, which is the entire problem.
Physical therapists near Boise right now
A sample of what a search returns. Identifying details stay hidden until you start.
Boise, ID • 4 miles
6 years • outpatient orthopedic
Meridian, ID • 13 miles
Licensed 5 weeks ago • acute care rotations
Nampa, ID • 18 miles
15 years • neuro rehabilitation
No names, no photos, no current employers, no license numbers.
Why PT roles stay open
It's outreach that creates hires, not job ads
267,200 PTs exist nationwide and almost none of them are reading job boards. They are treating patients.
Five settings, one pool
Outpatient, hospital, SNF, home health and schools all draw from the same local list. Whoever contacts a PT first is usually the only one who does.
New graduates vanish fast
DPT students are recruited before they license. Reaching them the month they qualify is the difference between a pipeline and a bidding war.
Where physical therapists get hired
Questions
How many physical therapists are there in the US?
267,200, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number available in a given market for a given setting is a small fraction of that.
Why are PT roles hard to fill if there are 267,000 of them?
Because the national number is not the hiring pool. Filter for setting, specialty and a commute anyone would accept and a metro-sized market holds a few dozen qualified PTs, all employed. Outpatient clinics, hospitals, skilled nursing, home health and school districts then compete for the same short list.
Can you find new DPT graduates?
Yes. Expa surfaces students in doctor of physical therapy programs and clinicians in their first weeks of licensure. New graduates are typically hired within weeks of entering the market, so reaching them early is usually the only way to hire ahead of demand.
Can you search by setting and specialty?
Yes. Outpatient orthopedic, neurologic, pediatric, sports, acute care and home health, plus state licensure and board specialist certifications such as OCS or NCS.
Do you source PTAs as well?
Physical therapist assistants can be included on request. The page is built around licensed PTs, since that is where the shortage bites hardest.
Do I have to do the sourcing myself?
No. You describe the role and approve a shortlist. Expa does the searching, the outreach, the follow-up and the screening, then books interviews with the candidates you approve. It takes about ten minutes of your time.
How fast will I see candidates?
A slate of interested, contactable physical therapists within 48 hours of starting, often within 24. Time to hire from there depends on your interview process.
How much does Expa cost?
You can start free. For ongoing hiring, Expa pilots start at $6,000 for three months and cover all your open roles, with no per-placement fees. For comparison, a contingency agency placing a single physical therapist typically charges 15% to 22% of first-year salary.
Start hiring physical therapists in about ten minutes
Describe the role, approve a shortlist, take the interviews.
Hiring across multiple sites or six or more roles?
Managed sourcing for multi-site groups, health systems and staffing agencies. Pilots from $6,000 for three months, covering all your open roles.