Physical Therapist (PT)

Adaptive Home Health•Oakland County, MI

15d•$100,000 - $130,000•Onsite

About The Position

Adaptive is building its home healthcare presence in Detroit with an AI-native platform intended to help clinicians spend more time providing patient care and less time charting. The platform offers customized schedules, optimized routing, ambient AI scribing, and an after-visit voice documentation option. The Physical Therapist delivers excellent home health care to patients in Detroit and helps establish clinical, documentation, and referral-source standards as the market grows. The role carries a full, high-quality caseload, with a target of approximately 28 productivity points per week. The therapist is accountable for patients’ therapy plans, progression, and outcomes, and works to reduce avoidable hospitalizations and support strong patient-experience scores. This is a field-based position involving daily travel across an assigned territory. The therapist completes comprehensive in-home assessments and skilled PT visits, develops and adjusts plans of care, coordinates with the multidisciplinary team, supervises PTAs where appropriate, coaches patients and caregivers, and maintains prompt, thorough documentation. The schedule is full-time, Monday through Friday, with occasional weekends as needed. Compensation is $75 per productivity point, with stated annual compensation of $100,000–$130,000. Full-time benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage and PTO.

Requirements

Active Michigan PT license in good standing.
Strong clinical judgment and comfort working independently in the field.
Comfort escalating changes in condition to an RN or MD and clearly documenting the rationale.
Strong communication and documentation skills.
Reliable follow-through on orders, frequencies, 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 physical therapy scope.
Ability to perform safety-focused mobility work, including transfers, gait training, balance and fall prevention, and assistive device recommendations.
Ability to provide strengthening, functional mobility, home safety assessment, and modification education.
Ability to coach patients and caregivers on practical home programs.

Nice To Haves

Prior home health experience.
Deeper clinical experience in high-signal PT populations.
Experience supervising or mentoring PTAs and collaborating on care plans.
Strong organization and time management.

Responsibilities

Carry a full, high-quality caseload, ramping to approximately 28 productivity points per week at target visit quality.
Own patients’ therapy plans, progression, and outcomes as a case manager.
Complete comprehensive in-home assessments and provide skilled physical therapy visits.
Build and execute plans of care addressing gait and balance, transfers, strengthening, functional mobility, home safety, and fall prevention.
Set measurable goals, track objective progress, and adjust treatment when patients stall.
Communicate changes in condition, align on orders, and coordinate with the multidisciplinary care team.
Manage treatment and outcomes directly, including PTA supervision where appropriate.
Coach patients and caregivers on practical home programs.
Document promptly and thoroughly, with defensible, efficient, and consistent records.
Participate in case conferences and team huddles to improve care quality.
Build trust with discharge planners, assisted living facilities, physicians, patients, and families through responsive and excellent care.
Help establish clinical, documentation, and care-delivery standards as the team grows.