Home Health Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)
Compensation
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Job Description
Treat home health patients on your schedule, paid per visit, every week.
Suru provides outpatient physical therapy in patients' homes across Southern California. We're looking for licensed PTAs to treat Suru patients near where they live and work.
What the Work Looks Like
You treat follow-up visits in the patient's home. A licensed physical therapist completes the evaluation and plan of care and is available for your questions.
Plans of care are usually 2-3 visits per week for 12 weeks, and are often renewed when continued therapy is appropriate, so you keep patients longer than a typical home health episode.
When a patient near you needs visits, the Suru app notifies you. You choose which patients to accept and set visit times directly with the patient.
Suru handles intake, insurance, the evaluation, and billing.
Routine visit notes take about a minute: dictate by voice, review, and submit in the app.
Pay
- Paid per completed visit, comparable to home health.
- Direct deposit to your bank every week.
Requirements
- Active California PTA license
- Home health experience preferred
- A local business license (an LLC is not required)
- Work as a 1099 independent contractor
How to Start
Apply here, then finish onboarding in the Suru app or at app.gosuru.com: your license, service area, availability, and desired rate. Once you're approved, you'll see available patients in your area.
Key Responsibilities
Provide follow-up physical therapy visits to patients in their homes according to a licensed physical therapist's evaluation and plan of care. Coordinate visit times with patients, document visits in the Suru app, and address questions with the supervising physical therapist.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
In California, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$117k (1,368 salary observations; 4,141 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (13,279 salary observations; 60,551 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Physical Therapy median $80k (middle half $50k–$80k)25 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| California vs national | $117k median in California | $94k nationally (+24%)1,368 state / 13,279 national salary observations |
| Cost of living | California index 110.7 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Physical Therapy listings in California | 1,734 active | 21,900 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | California Physical Therapist listings: 19% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 9% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Oct 2026 |
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