Physical Therapist: Lake/Ashtabula Counties
Compensation
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Job Description
Join our team as a Physical Therapist and make a lasting impression on the lives of your patients - one step, one stretch, one success at a time. Help patients restore movement, improve strength, and regain independence after illness or injury. You'll be part of a compassionate team that values innovation, collaboration, and the power of personalized care.
Organizes and conducts Physical Therapy program to facilitate the rehabilitation of people with physical and/or psychosocial disabilities.
The Physical Therapist directs the patient's participation in selected activities/treatments to restore, re-enforce and correct pathology to promote and/or maintain good health.
Performs evaluation(s) and develops an effective treatment plan appropriate to a patient’s rehabilitation needs within the care continuum.
- Performs effective treatment techniques in a competent manner.
- Educates patient/family/caregiver in applicable health information, treatment and prevention.
- Initiates and participates in the discharge planning process.
- Performs other department activities such as, but not limited to documentation, billing, support of department operations, etc.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Complies with all policies and standards.
For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients.
Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.
Schedule and Territory
- 100%25 travel to the patients homes to provide care.
- Monday-Friday with rotating weekends and holidays.
- This position will cover Lake county and parts of Ashtabula.
- Full time 40 hours per week.
- Why Choose UH Home Care as a Physical Therapist?
- $6,000 Sign-on Bonus: must be newly hired to UH and have at least 1 year of PT experience
- $4,000 New Grad Sign-on Bonus
- Enhanced PTO (5+ years experience)
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Career Ladder Progression
- Enjoy scheduling flexibility and 1:1 time with your patients in a vibrant practice setting
- Nestmed AI tool coming soon to assist with work life balance
Education and Certifications
- Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program required.
- Evaluation and treatment skills necessary to provide Physical Therapy appropriate to the developmental and chronological age of patients on caseload.
- Professional initiative, objectivity, good time management and interpersonal skills.
- Physically, cognitively and perceptually able to provide patient treatment and able to assist in physical mobility of patients and equipment.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Required within 90 Days.
- Licensed Physical Therapist, Ohio and/or Multi State Compact license required.
Key Responsibilities
Evaluate patients and develop and deliver individualized physical therapy plans to restore movement, strength, health, and independence. Educate patients and caregivers, participate in discharge planning, and complete documentation, billing, and other department operations.
Requirements
Requires graduation from an accredited physical therapy program and an Ohio and/or Multi-State Compact physical therapist license. Candidates must have the clinical, communication, time-management, and physical abilities needed to treat patients; Basic Life Support certification is required within 90 days.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 46% have no call, 66% require no weekends.
In Ohio, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$89k (384 salary observations; 1,911 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (14,723 salary observations; 56,085 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 Ohio is 92.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.3% of Ohio clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist: Lake/Ashtabula Counties at University Hospitals a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 21,935 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
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