Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)

Adaptive Home Health•Wayne, MI

15d•$75,000 - $100,000

About The Position

Adaptive Home Health is building its home healthcare team in Detroit. The Physical Therapy Assistant delivers excellent home health care, helps establish clinical and documentation standards, and builds trust with referral sources. The role uses Adaptive’s AI-native platform, which offers customized schedules, optimized routing, ambient AI scribing, and after-visit voice documentation to reduce paperwork and after-hours charting. The PTA delivers skilled visits in patients’ homes under the supervising PT’s plan of care. The work focuses on functional mobility and measurable progress, including gait and balance, transfers, strengthening, home safety, and fall prevention. The PTA tracks objective progress within PTA scope, communicates updates and concerns to the supervising PT, coordinates with the multidisciplinary care team, and coaches patients and caregivers on practical home programs. The position is full-time, field based, generally Monday through Friday with occasional weekends as needed. The full-time target is approximately 30 productivity points per week, with clinicians earning more for exceeding it. Compensation is listed as $58.00 per point and $75,000–$100,000 per year.

Requirements

Active Michigan PTA license in good standing.
Reliable transportation, a valid driver’s license, and auto insurance.
Ability to carry and transport basic therapy equipment as needed.
Competency in core home health PTA scope.
Safety-first mobility skills, including transfers, gait training, balance and fall prevention, and assistive device recommendations.
Skills in strengthening, functional mobility, and home safety assessment and 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 the home under the supervising PT’s plan of care.
Execute treatment plans focused on functional mobility and measurable progress, including gait and balance, transfers, strengthening, home safety, and fall prevention.
Set and track objective progress within PTA scope and communicate updates or concerns to the supervising PT.
Coordinate with the multidisciplinary care team, escalate changes in condition, align on orders, and help keep care moving.
Coach patients and caregivers on practical home programs.
Document visits promptly and thoroughly in a defensible, efficient, and consistent manner.
Carry a high-quality caseload and work toward approximately 30 productivity points per week.
Participate in case conferences and team huddles to improve quality and patient outcomes.
Build trust with discharge planners, assisted living facilities, physicians, patients, and families through responsive, excellent care.
Contribute to clinical and documentation standards and help refine playbooks and SOPs as the team grows.