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 (PTA) is a core part of this mission, helping restore function, keep patients safe at home, and drive patient outcomes in partnership with a supervising PT. The company provides technology to support field clinicians, including a charting product designed to reduce documentation burden and a scheduling product planned to streamline routing and visit coordination. The PTA delivers skilled visits in patients’ homes under the supervising PT’s plan of care. The role 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. Documentation is completed promptly and thoroughly in Homecare Homebase (HCHB). This is a full-time, field-based position with a Monday–Friday schedule and occasional weekends as needed. Compensation is $58 per productivity point, with stated annual compensation of $75,000–$100,000. Schedules are designed to support sustainable field work, with operational and clinical team support and tools intended to improve routing and coordination.
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.
- Comfort escalating changes in condition to a PT, RN, or MD and documenting rationale clearly.
- 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.
- Safety-first mobility skills, including transfers, gait training, balance and fall prevention, and assistive-device education.
- Skills in strengthening, functional mobility, and home-safety assessment or modification education.
- Ability to coach patients and caregivers on practical home programs.
Nice To Haves
- Prior home health experience.
- Homecare Homebase (HCHB) experience or experience with a similar home health EMR.
- Deeper clinical experience with high-signal orthopedic or neurologic populations.
- Strong organization and time-management skills.
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, and home safety.
- Provide fall-prevention support and assist patients with functional mobility.
- Set and track objective progress within PTA scope and communicate updates or concerns to the supervising PT.
- Escalate changes in condition and coordinate with the PT, RN, MD, and broader care team as needed.
- Align on orders and help keep care-team coordination 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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