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Free Physical Therapist Resume Templates

Free, ATS-friendly physical therapist resume templates in Microsoft Word and Google Docs — built around what rehab hiring actually screens for: your DPT and state licensure, board specialties (OCS, SCS, NCS, PCS, GCS), manual therapy and therapeutic exercise, plan of care and outcome measures, and EMR like WebPT and Epic. Five designs map to the five settings PTs hire into — outpatient/orthopedic, sports, neurologic/inpatient, pediatric, and geriatric/home health — three of them carrying a discipline-true graphic (a goniometer ROM chip, a return-to-sport recovery curve, and admit-vs-discharge outcome bars). Whether you're a new-grad DPT writing a first resume, an OCS-certified clinic PT, or a home-health therapist, pick the layout that matches your setting and make it yours.

The templates

Five setting-true designs, each in three colors.

Outpatient / Orthopedic (manual therapy, caseload, ROM) for clinic and OCS PTs · Sports (return-to-sport recovery curve, ACL rehab) for sports-medicine roles · Neurologic / Inpatient (admit-vs-discharge outcome bars) for stroke, SCI, and acute rehab · Pediatric (developmental, early-intervention, IEP) · Geriatric / Home Health (fall prevention, OASIS, visit productivity) — also a strong fit for SNF and travel PT. Every one opens in Word or Google Docs, holds on one page, and is built to be ATS-friendly.

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Outpatient / Orthopedic — Blue

For the outpatient and orthopedic PT — a skills-forward layout with a goniometer ROM chip that puts manual therapy, post-op rehab, therapeutic exercise, and caseload metrics where hiring managers look first.

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Outpatient / Orthopedic — Teal

The outpatient-ortho design in teal — manual therapy, dry needling, and functional-goal metrics forward for clinic and OCS-track physical therapists.

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Outpatient / Orthopedic — Indigo

The orthopedic outpatient layout in indigo — a confident take for high-volume clinic PTs leading with caseload, goals met, and post-op rehab outcomes.

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Sports PT — Orange

For the sports physical therapist — a bold dark-header design with a return-to-sport recovery curve, built around ACL rehab, criteria-based progressions, and athlete return-to-play metrics (SCS/CSCS).

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Sports PT — Teal

The sports-PT recovery-curve design in teal — return-to-sport testing, manual therapy, and strength & conditioning forward for sports-medicine roles.

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Sports PT — Crimson

The sports physical therapist layout in crimson — a striking take on the return-to-sport story for athletic, collegiate, and pro-team rehab settings.

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Neurologic / Inpatient — Purple

For the neurologic and inpatient-rehab PT — an outcomes-forward design with admit-vs-discharge outcome-measure bars (Berg, gait speed, FIM), built for stroke, SCI, and brain-injury rehab (NCS).

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Neurologic / Inpatient — Blue

The neurologic-rehab design in blue — gait and balance retraining, neuroplasticity, and standardized outcome measures forward for inpatient and acute-rehab roles.

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Neurologic / Inpatient — Teal

The inpatient/neuro layout in teal — admit-to-discharge outcomes and interdisciplinary-team work for medically complex and neurologic rehab.

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Pediatric PT — Teal

For the pediatric physical therapist — a clean, specialty-forward layout for developmental, early-intervention, and school-based work (PCS), framing play-based, family-centered care and IEP/IFSP experience.

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Pediatric PT — Sky

The pediatric-PT design in sky blue — developmental assessment, NDT, and early-intervention forward for children's-hospital and EI roles.

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Pediatric PT — Coral

The pediatric layout in warm coral — a friendly, approachable take for peds PTs in early intervention, outpatient, and school-based settings.

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Geriatric / Home Health — Amber

For the geriatric, home-health, and SNF physical therapist — a layout that surfaces fall-prevention outcomes, OASIS documentation, home-safety, and visit productivity (GCS). Great for home-health and travel-PT applications.

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Geriatric / Home Health — Teal

The geriatric/home-health design in teal — balance training, post-hospitalization recovery, and OASIS forward for SNF, home health, and travel PT.

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Geriatric / Home Health — Navy

The geriatric and home-health layout in navy — fall-rate reduction, mobility, and home-safety outcomes for skilled-nursing, home-health, and travel physical therapists.

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What to include

What goes on a physical therapist resume.

A PT resume has to read as licensed clinical reasoning and measurable patient outcomes, not a duty list — and it has to match the setting you’re applying to. Here’s what these templates put front and center:

License & credentials, up top. Your DPT, active state PT license, and any board specialty (OCS, SCS, NCS, PCS, GCS) plus CPR/BLS — where ATS and hiring managers see them first.
Setting-matched skills. Outpatient leans manual therapy, dry needling, and therapeutic exercise; inpatient/neuro leans gait and balance training, neuroplasticity, and outcome measures; home health leans fall prevention, OASIS, and home-safety.
Quantified outcomes. Caseload and units, goals met, return-to-sport rate, admit-to-discharge gains, fall-rate reduction, discharge-to-home rates — numbers prove impact.
The right document type. A one-page resume for clinical jobs; a longer CV (research, presentations, full clinical history) for a PT residency or fellowship.

New grad or still in school? Lead with your DPT and clinical rotations — list each affiliation like a job. For other clinical roles, browse the nursing layouts; if you’re a support-role candidate rather than a licensed therapist, the medical assistant templates may fit better.

Make it yours

Fill it in and apply.

Click Open in Google Docs to copy it into your Drive, or Download Word for the .docx.
Swap in your own license, board specialty, settings, and metrics — caseload, goals met, return-to-sport rate, fall-rate reduction, discharge outcomes.
Mirror the job post’s language — DPT, manual therapy, gait training, plan of care, outcome measures, WebPT/Epic — so the ATS reads you as a match.
Keep a clinical resume to one page; export a PDF to send and a Word copy for ATS portals. For a residency, expand into a full CV.

Common questions

Physical therapist resume FAQ

How do I write a physical therapist resume with no experience?

Lead with your DPT and license, then make clinical rotations do the heavy lifting — list each affiliation like a job (setting, caseload, populations, supervised interventions). New grads win on rotations, certifications (CPR/BLS), and a focused objective, not years. The Outpatient / Orthopedic and Pediatric layouts work well as a clean, education-forward new-grad DPT resume.

Outpatient vs. inpatient PT resume — what's different?

Outpatient resumes emphasize manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, caseload/units, and ortho or sports diagnoses. Inpatient and acute-care resumes emphasize medical complexity, gait and balance retraining, ICU or neuro exposure, discharge planning, and standardized outcome measures. Match the design to the setting — the Outpatient/Ortho layout for clinic roles, the Neurologic/Inpatient layout for acute rehab.

Do I need a CV or a resume for a PT residency?

Most PT residency and fellowship applications want a CV — multi-page and academic, with research, presentations, and your full clinical history — while clinical jobs want a one-page resume. Use a one-page template here for jobs; expand the Neurologic or Outpatient layout into a multi-page CV for a residency or faculty application.

What should I put on a physical therapist resume?

Put your DPT and active state license up top, then a setting-matched skills line (manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, gait training, plan of care, outcome measures, EMR like WebPT or Epic), board specialty if you have one (OCS, SCS, NCS, PCS, GCS), and quantified outcomes — caseload, goals met, return-to-sport rate, fall-rate reduction, discharge-to-home rates.

Are these physical therapist resume templates ATS-friendly?

Yes. Every template uses a single readable structure with standard section headings so applicant tracking systems parse your DPT, license, and skills correctly — no tables-as-columns tricks that break parsing — and each holds to one page.

Can I edit these in Word and Google Docs for free?

Yes — every design downloads as a Microsoft Word (.docx) file or copies straight into Google Docs, in three colors, completely free with no signup.