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BAYADA Home Health Care
Springfield, Missouri

Physical Therapist, Per Diem Weekends, Home Health

Physical TherapistIncludes weekendsNo callPer Diem

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Job Description

We are recruiting for a compassionate Home Health Physical Therapist (PT) to reliably serve patients in Springfield, MO and surrounding are. This is a PER DIEM WEEKEND position.

Reduce stress and burnout! Provide clinical care where patients want to be – in the comfort of their own home.

$5,000.00 Sign on Bonus for Working EVERY Weekend

  • Why you’ll love what you do at Integrity Home Care + Hospice:
  • Experience true work/life balance with flexible full-time, part-time, and per diem schedules
  • Perform 1:1 direct care in client homes
  • Hands-on training supplemented with virtual learning
  • 24/7 clinical support as part of a larger interdisciplinary care team
  • Advance your career with clinical and business leadership tracks

What You’ll Do

Visit a variety of clients in their own home, helping them recover from an injury, illness, surgery, or hospitalization.

Responsibilities for a PT - Physical Therapist Include

Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.

Perform diagnostic tests and measurements, such as the mobility/range of joints, transfer status, stability, patterns and appearance of ambulation, strength and endurance of muscles, balance testing, and safety assessments.

Implement integumentary protective interventions to prevent wound formation and promote wound repair utilizing evidence-based dressings and topical agents.

Develop and implement appropriate individualized care plans, including manual therapeutic exercises, gait training, balance, and other interventions.

Continually assess and revise the Physical Therapy - PT 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 necessary to promote the client's health, safety, and independent living.

Accurately document observations, interventions, and evaluations pertaining to client care management and services provided, utilizing a state-of-the-art touch pad tablet.

What You Should Have

Active and current PT license

One Year of Clinical Experience Preferred

Previous home health care experience welcomed, but not required. We will train you!

Ability to travel locally to cases as assigned

Benefits May Include

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • Mileage reimbursement
  • Paid time off
  • Weekly pay and direct deposit
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Continued education, training, and tuition reimbursement

As an accredited, regulated, certified, and licensed home health care provider, BAYADA complies with all state/local mandates.

BAYADA is celebrating 50 years of compassion, excellence, and reliability. Learn more about our 50th anniversary celebration and how you can join in here.

BAYADA Home Health Care, Inc., and its associated entities and joint venture partners, are Equal Opportunity Employers.

All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, military status, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.

Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.

Key Responsibilities

Perform clinical home visits to assess patient mobility, strength, and balance while developing individualized care plans. Educate patients and families on rehabilitative care and document all interventions using a tablet.

Requirements

Must hold an active and current Physical Therapist license. One year of clinical experience is preferred, though training is provided for those without home health experience.

Key Skills

Diagnostic testingMobility assessmentRange of motion testingWound careCare plan developmentPatient educationDocumentationInterdisciplinary collaboration

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 40% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

In Missouri, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$87k (175 salary observations; 966 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (10,810 salary observations; 57,025 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 Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist, Per Diem Weekends, Home Health at BAYADA Home Health Care a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physical Therapy — ranked against 22,587 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Top contract/1099 Physical Therapist Jobs

37 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution36 jobs · 28 employers

8
<$100k
17
$100k-120k
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$120k-140k
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$140k-160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs · 28 employers

CME allowance
81%
401k / retirement match
81% this job
Sign-on bonus
58% this job
Loan repayment
26%
Relocation assistance
10%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,587 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Springfield

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$238k
Typical market rent
$1,200/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.6
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Springfield, MO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About BAYADA Home Health Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Pennsauken Township, New Jersey
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

$5,000 Sign-On Bonus for working every weekend
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
Mileage reimbursement
Paid time off
Weekly pay and direct deposit
401(k) with company match
Continued education, training, and tuition reimbursement
Flexible schedules