[Hiring] Physical Therapist, Clinical Expert @Kinetic Systems

Role Description

You will work with an applied AI research lab at the intersection of healthcare and AI. We're looking for licensed physical therapists to bring real rehabilitation judgment into how AI is tested and improved.

This is a part-time contract role that fits alongside clinical practice. No coding or AI experience is required; we'll teach you the tools. What matters most is your clinical eye: catching the red flag in a referral or the change in a progress note that should alter the plan of care.

What you'll do

• Partner with researchers to demonstrate what good care looks like in rehabilitation, from referrals, evaluations, and plans of care to decisions that never make it into a textbook.
• Author clinical cases from the ground up, assembling realistic patient charts, posing clinical questions, answering them, and deciding what separates strong responses from weak or unsafe ones.

Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted physical therapist license in any US state.
• Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), or an MPT/BSPT with equivalent clinical experience.
• 3+ years of direct, hands-on patient care as a licensed PT.
• Currently practicing, or in clinical practice within the last 3 years.
• Experience in at least two practice settings (e.g., outpatient, acute care, inpatient rehab, skilled nursing, home health, or pediatrics).
• Working knowledge of current clinical practice guidelines and standard outcome measures.
• Excellent written English: ability to explain clinical reasoning precisely and concisely.
• Able to commit 10–15 hours per week for at least 1 month (possible extension).

Requirements

• ABPTS board certification in any specialty (e.g., OCS, NCS, SCS, GCS, PCS, CCS, or WCS).
• Residency or fellowship training, including FAAOMPT.
• Experience in less common areas such as vestibular, pelvic health, oncology, wound care, lymphedema, or cardiopulmonary rehab.
• Strong command of documentation and payer rules (SOAP notes, plans of care, progress notes, Medicare requirements).
• Experience evaluating and teaching, including writing exam questions for the NPTE, DPT programs, or continuing education courses.
• Clinical instructor or DPT faculty experience.
• Chart audit, utilization review, quality assurance, or compliance work.
• Peer reviewing for journals, or clinical research experience.
• Prior work writing rubrics, building test cases, or reviewing AI outputs on any platform.

How you work

• Make consistent, well-reasoned judgments across many similar cases, pointing to specific evidence behind each one.
• Enjoy building the hard case: the atypical presentation, the conflicting history, the patient who doesn't fit the textbook.
• Work independently, hit agreed timelines, and are comfortable giving and receiving direct written feedback.
• Care about getting each case right more than producing a lot of them.