Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)

Adaptive Home Health•Brighton, MI

5d•$75,000 - $100,000•Onsite

About The Position

Adaptive Home Health is building an AI-native home healthcare platform and expanding its presence in Detroit. The platform uses customized scheduling, optimized routing, and AI-supported visit documentation to help clinicians spend more time caring for patients and less time charting. Clinicians can use ambient AI scribing during visits or record voice documentation afterward. The Physical Therapy Assistant delivers excellent home health care in Detroit, helping establish clinical standards, documentation practices, and trust with referral sources as the market grows. The role delivers skilled PTA visits in the home under a supervising PT’s plan of care and focuses on functional progress, patient outcomes, care coordination, and practical patient and caregiver education. The full-time target is approximately 30 productivity points per week, with additional earnings for exceeding that target.

Requirements

Active Michigan PTA license in good standing.
Reliable transportation, a valid driver’s license, and auto insurance.
Competency in the core scope of home health PTA practice.
Ability to carry and transport basic therapy equipment as needed.
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, and home safety assessment or modification education.
Ability to coach patients and caregivers on practical home programs.

Nice To Haves

Home health experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Deliver skilled PTA visits in patients’ homes under the supervising PT’s plan of care.
Carry a high-quality caseload, ramping toward approximately 30 productivity points per week at target visit quality.
Execute treatment plans focused on functional mobility and measurable progress, including gait and balance, transfers, strengthening, home safety, and fall prevention.
Track objective progress within PTA scope and communicate updates and concerns to the supervising PT.
Escalate changes in patient condition, align on orders, and coordinate with the multidisciplinary care team.
Coach patients and caregivers on practical home programs.
Document visits promptly and thoroughly using efficient, consistent, and defensible documentation practices.
Participate in case conferences and team huddles to improve care quality.
Build trust with discharge planners, assisted living facilities, physicians, patients, families, and other referral partners.
Provide feedback on software and help shape the clinical playbook and standard operating procedures as the team grows.