PRN Physical Therapist - Inpatient setting
- PRN / per diem
How this pay compares
This posting does not state an hourly rate. Open physical therapist jobs in Kansas post a median of $48 an hour, the middle half $47.50–$51.50, across 9 jobs that state their pay. Physical therapists employed in Kansas earn a median of $47.25 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).
Medicare rating of University of Kansas Hospital
Medicare gives University of Kansas Hospital 5 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; Kansas's hospitals average 3.1). 81% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Medicare did not cut its pay for patient harm in fiscal 2026. Its central line bloodstream infections ran 52% below predicted by Medicare's measure. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · Kansas hospitals by rating.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Medicare lists University of Kansas Hospital as a government hospital: the kind of employer PSLF counts (a government organization or a 501(c)(3) non-profit) for its own full-time staff, toward forgiveness of federal Direct Loans after 120 qualifying payments. The federal PSLF Help Tool confirms an employer by the EIN on your W-2. Every PSLF-eligible hospital hiring.
Licensed in another state?
Kansas issues and accepts PT Compact privileges: a physical therapist or PT assistant whose home state is a member can take this job on a compact privilege instead of a Kansas license, $112 for a PT. (PT Compact Commission, 9 Nov 2026.) For a Kansas license, apply to the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts for a license by endorsement ($80, by its own page): what Kansas asks. Every state's PT Compact status.
What Kansas requires of a physical therapist
Physical Therapist License, from the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts.
- An applicant submits a notarized application signed under oath, the fee, an official transcript from a board-recognized program, a verification on the board's form of every healthcare license held in any state, a recent photograph, and evidence sent directly by the testing entity that the applicant passed the examination (K.A.R. 100-29-1).
- Staying active: Licenses renew annually; in each odd-numbered year a physical therapist submits evidence of at least 40 contact hours of continuing education over the preceding two years, including the physical therapy jurisprudence assessment module (K.A.R. 100-29-9).
Physical therapist jobs and requirements in Kansas · Every state's rule
Physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapy jobs in our research
- How long these jobs stay listed: Still listed at 7 days 87.1%
- Applicant demand per open job on this site (1.00x is the average job): Index 0.21x · Clicks 25
- How often these jobs state their pay: Jobs stating any pay 52.9% · Stating an hourly rate 32.3%
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About the job
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