Physical Therapist (PT) - Home Health Visits (Per Diem)

Home Therapy • Astoria, NY

6d • Onsite

About The Position

@Home Therapy is seeking a Physical Therapist to provide in-home rehabilitation services to adult patients in Long Island. The role focuses on improving mobility, restoring functional movement, and helping patients maintain independence in their home environments. Therapy is delivered in a community-based setting and applied to real-life movement challenges within patients’ homes.

The Physical Therapist assesses patients’ mobility and home environments, develops individualized treatment plans, provides functional rehabilitation and movement training, monitors progress, and collaborates with physicians and the interdisciplinary care team. The role includes timely electronic medical record documentation and compliance with clinical, regulatory, and agency standards. Scheduling is flexible, clinicians manage their caseloads independently, and administrative staff assist with coordination and scheduling. Compensation is per visit.

Requirements

• Active New York State Physical Therapist license.
• Ability to work independently in a home care setting.
• Strong understanding of gait, balance, and functional movement training.
• Strong communication and clinical reasoning skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with adult rehabilitation is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate balance, gait, strength, range of motion, and functional mobility in patients’ homes.
• Identify environmental and physical barriers that may affect safe mobility and independence.
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans to improve or maintain mobility, strength, balance, and functional independence.
• Provide rehabilitation to patients recovering from illness, injury, or surgery, or managing chronic conditions.
• Train patients in safe transfers, ambulation, stair negotiation when applicable, and household mobility.
• Educate patients and caregivers on fall prevention, safe movement strategies, and the use of assistive devices.
• Monitor patient progress, reassess functional status, and modify treatment plans based on clinical findings.
• Collaborate with physicians and the interdisciplinary care team to support patient goals.
• Complete timely documentation using the agency’s electronic medical record system.
• Maintain compliance with clinical, regulatory, and agency documentation standards.

Benefits

• Flexible scheduling; choose availability and manage caseload independently.
• Field-based independence delivering care directly in patients’ homes with minimal clinic constraints.
• Administrative staff assistance with coordination and scheduling.
• Competitive per-visit compensation with the ability to scale based on workload.

What This Job Offers

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