Physical Therapist

BAYADA Home Health Care • Princeton, NJ

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Jefferson Health at Home by BAYADA is recruiting a compassionate Home Health Physical Therapist to serve patients throughout the Lower Bucks, Pennsylvania area. The role involves providing one-to-one physical therapy in patients’ homes, helping them maintain health, safety, independence, comfort, and dignity. This is a high-priority service area with enhanced pay rates and a quarterly retention bonus for eligible therapists who meet productivity goals.

The Physical Therapist makes home visits within designated geographic territories; assesses mobility, joint range, transfers, gait, strength, endurance, balance, and safety; and provides evidence-based interventions, including integumentary protection and wound-prevention or repair measures. The therapist develops and implements individualized care plans, delivers therapeutic exercises and gait and balance training, and revises plans as needed in coordination with nursing and the multidisciplinary care team. The role also includes educating clients and their representatives, documenting care using a tablet, and traveling to assigned cases.

Scheduling is primarily during daytime hours. The organization offers flexible schedules and work arrangements at full-time, part-time, and per-diem commitment levels. Training includes one-to-one hands-on instruction supplemented by virtual learning, and therapists have access to 24/7 clinical support as part of a larger care team. PTO and benefits depend on commitment level; continued education, training, and tuition reimbursement are also offered.

Requirements

• Active and 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 deliver 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 wound formation 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 the multidisciplinary care plan, as appropriate.
• Educate and instruct clients, family members, or other client representatives in rehabilitative care and activities that promote health, safety, and independent living.
• Document observations, interventions, and evaluations related to client care and services using a tablet.
• Travel to assigned cases.
• Meet productivity goals to receive the quarterly retention bonus.

Benefits

• Enhanced pay rates for the high-priority Lower Bucks County territory.
• Quarterly retention bonus, subject to meeting productivity goals.
• Flexible schedules for work/life balance.
• One-to-one hands-on training supplemented with virtual learning.
• 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