Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)
About The Position
Adaptive Home Health is building a higher-acuity, patient-centered skilled home health model across Texas to improve patient access to home health care. The Physical Therapist Assistant is a core part of this mission, helping restore function, keep patients safe at home, and drive patient outcomes in partnership with a supervising physical therapist. This field-based role delivers skilled PTA visits in patients’ homes under the supervising PT’s plan of care. Treatment focuses on functional mobility and measurable progress, including gait and balance, transfers, strengthening, home safety, and fall prevention. The PTA tracks objective progress within PTA scope, communicates updates and concerns to the supervising PT, coordinates with the care team, and coaches patients and caregivers on practical home programs. The role requires timely, thorough documentation in Homecare Homebase (HCHB). Clinicians are supported by clinical and operational teams and by technology intended to reduce documentation burden and improve scheduling and visit coordination. Compensation is $58.00 per productivity point. The schedule is full-time, Monday through Friday, with occasional weekends as needed.
Requirements
- Active Texas PTA license in good standing.
- Strong clinical judgment and ability to work independently in the field within PTA scope and under PT supervision.
- Ability to escalate changes in condition to PT, RN, or MD and clearly document the rationale.
- Strong communication and documentation skills.
- Reliable follow-through on treatment plans, visit cadence, and patient goals.
- Current driver’s license and comfort with daily travel across the assigned territory.
- Ability to carry and transport basic therapy equipment as needed.
- Competency in core home health PTA scope, including safe transfers, gait training, balance and fall prevention, assistive device education, strengthening, functional mobility, home safety assessment and modification education, and patient/caregiver coaching.
Nice To Haves
- Prior home health experience.
- Homecare Homebase (HCHB) experience or experience with a similar home health EMR.
- Deeper clinical experience in high-signal orthopedic or neurologic populations.
- Strong organization and time management.
Responsibilities
- Deliver skilled PTA visits in patients’ homes under the supervising PT’s plan of care.
- Execute treatment plans focused on functional mobility and measurable progress, including gait and balance, transfers, strengthening, home safety, and fall prevention.
- Set and track objective progress within PTA scope and communicate updates or concerns to the supervising PT.
- Coordinate with the multidisciplinary care team, escalate changes in condition, align on orders, and help keep care moving.
- Coach patients and caregivers on practical home programs.
- Document promptly and thoroughly in Homecare Homebase (HCHB).
- Travel daily across the assigned territory and transport basic therapy equipment as needed.
Benefits
- Support from an experienced clinical and operational team.
- Clear productivity-based compensation model with stated expectations.
- Schedule flexibility and support for smart routing and coordination.
- Clinician-oriented charting and scheduling technology intended to reduce documentation burden and streamline visit coordination.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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