Physical Therapist

BAYADA Home Health Care • Hillsborough Township, NJ

7d • $101,400 - $113,880 • Onsite

About The Position

Jefferson Health at Home by BAYADA is recruiting a compassionate Home Health Physical Therapist to serve patients throughout Lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The role provides in-home physical therapy to help patients maintain or improve their health, independence, comfort, and safety. It offers enhanced pay rates for this high-priority territory, along with a quarterly retention bonus for eligible therapists who meet productivity goals.

The therapist makes home visits within assigned geographic territories, evaluates patients’ mobility, strength, endurance, balance, gait, transfers, and safety, and develops individualized care plans. Treatment may include manual therapeutic exercises, gait and balance training, and evidence-based skin-protection and wound-repair interventions. The therapist continually evaluates and updates care plans, collaborates with nursing on multidisciplinary care, educates patients and caregivers, and documents care using a touch-pad tablet.

Requirements

• Active, current license to practice as a professional Physical Therapist in Pennsylvania.
• Ability to travel to assigned cases.
• Calm and reassuring presence, active listening skills, excellent assessment skills, and strong written and verbal communication.
• Ability to provide compassionate, excellent, and reliable patient care.

Nice To Haves

• Previous home healthcare experience is welcomed but not required.

Responsibilities

• Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.
• Perform diagnostic tests and measurements, including assessments of joint mobility and range of motion, transfer status, gait, muscle strength and endurance, balance, and safety.
• Implement integumentary protective interventions to prevent wounds and promote wound repair, using evidence-based dressings and topical agents.
• Develop and implement individualized care plans, including manual therapeutic exercises, gait training, balance training, and other interventions.
• Continually assess and revise the Physical Therapy care plan and participate with nursing in multidisciplinary care planning as appropriate.
• Educate and instruct clients, family members, and other client representatives in rehabilitative care and activities that promote health, safety, and independent living.
• Accurately document observations, interventions, and evaluations related to client care and services using a touch-pad tablet.

Benefits

• Enhanced pay rates for the Lower Bucks County territory.
• Quarterly retention bonus for eligible therapists who meet productivity goals.
• Flexible schedules to support work-life balance.
• One-to-one hands-on training supplemented by virtual learning.
• One-to-one direct client care and the ability to advocate for clients’ needs.
• 24/7 clinical support as part of a larger care team.
• PTO and benefits offerings based on commitment level.
• Continued education and training.
• Tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed