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Stern At Home Therapy
Buffalo, New York

Physical Therapist (Home Care, 1:1) – Buffalo, NY – Full-Time

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$45-$85/hr

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Job Description

Pay: $55-$85 per visit

Physical Therapist (PT) – Home Health | Buffalo, NY | Full-Time & Part-Time | 3 Openings.

Stern at Home Therapy is expanding throughout the Buffalo, NY, area and is hiring three Physical Therapists (PTs) to support our continued growth.

We offer opportunities across a broad territory from North Buffalo through the city and down into the Southtowns, allowing clinicians to build a caseload closer to home rather than covering the entire region. The Southtowns generally include communities such as West Seneca, Orchard Park, Hamburg, East Aurora, and surrounding areas.

We are hiring for Full-Time and Part-Time, making this a strong opportunity whether you're building a primary caseload or adding flexible visits around an existing position.

What You'll Do

As a Physical Therapist with Stern at Home Therapy, you'll evaluate and treat a primarily geriatric patient population in their homes.

You'll have the clinical autonomy to develop individualized plans of care while our administrative team supports you with referrals, scheduling, authorizations, and patient coordination.

With three openings available, we're building coverage across different sections of the Buffalo market so clinicians can develop geographically concentrated caseloads.

Responsibilities Include

  • Perform physical therapy evaluations and develop individualized plans of care.
  • Provide one-on-one physical therapy treatments in patients' homes.
  • Help patients improve strength, balance, mobility, endurance, and functional independence.
  • Provide gait training, transfer training, fall-prevention strategies, and home exercise programs.
  • Recommend assistive devices, durable medical equipment, and home safety modifications when appropriate.
  • Complete accurate and timely clinical documentation.
  • Communicate with physicians, caregivers, families, and the interdisciplinary care team.
  • Coordinate with our administrative team to develop a caseload within your preferred Buffalo-area territory.

Compensation: Full-Time – Minimum 16 Patients.

W-2 Tiered Per-Visit Option

  • $45–$60 per follow-up visit.
  • $65 per 4-unit evaluation.
  • Your per-visit rate increases as your monthly patient volume grows.
  • 1099 Tiered Per-Visit Option:
  • $60–$70 per follow-up visit.
  • $75 per evaluation.
  • Your per-visit rate increases as your monthly patient volume grows.

Part-Time – Minimum 10 Patients.

W-2

$55 per follow-up visit.

$65 per 4-unit evaluation.

  • 1099:
  • $62 per follow-up visit.
  • $75 per evaluation.

Full-Time W-2 Benefits

  • 401(k) with annual match – employer match starts at 1.5% and increases up to 7%.
  • Paid Time Off – 2 weeks after 6 months and a third week after 9 months.
  • 5 paid holidays – effective immediately, with the flexibility to choose which holidays you take.
  • Student loan repayment assistance – eligible after your first year, starting at $125 per month.
  • $500 annual CEU stipend.
  • $250 commuter stipend for full-time visits.
  • Childcare assistance program in development.
  • Equipment provided.

Part-Time W-2 Benefits

  • 401(k) with annual match.
  • Student loan repayment assistance.
  • CEU support.
  • Prorated commuter stipend based on patient volume, up to $175 per month at 10 patients.
  • Equipment provided.

Why Physical Therapists Choose Stern

  • Three openings available due to continued growth in the Buffalo market.
  • Coverage opportunities stretching from North Buffalo to the Southtowns.
  • Build a caseload concentrated in your preferred territory.
  • Full-time and part-time options.
  • Flexible scheduling.
  • One-on-one patient care.
  • Full clinical autonomy.
  • No double-booking.
  • No traditional clinic productivity quotas.
  • Dedicated administrative support for referrals, scheduling, authorizations, and patient coordination.
  • Shadowing available for physical therapists new to home health.

Qualifications

  • Active Physical Therapist license in New York required.
  • Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program.
  • Reliable transportation required.
  • Strong clinical, communication, documentation, and time-management skills.
  • Ability to work independently in a home-based setting.
  • Home health or geriatric experience is preferred but not required.

Apply Today

If you're a licensed Physical Therapist interested in joining a growing Buffalo-area team, we'd love to hear from you.

With three openings across the region, we'll work with you to build a caseload within a territory that fits your location and availability.

Yale Smith.

Director of Talent Acquisition & Recruiting.

Stern at Home Therapy. ysmith@sternathometherapy.com.

845-879-2467.

Key Responsibilities

Perform physical therapy evaluations and provide one-on-one treatments in patients' homes to improve functional independence. Coordinate with an interdisciplinary team and maintain accurate clinical documentation.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Geriatric carePatient evaluationIndependent workHome health care

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 62% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

In New York, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$99k (657 salary observations; 1,972 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.

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in New York?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.7 / 10 · top 25% in physical therapyranked against 21,919 Physical Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$94k–$177kPhysical Therapy median $81k (middle half $71k–$105k)13 comparable listings, Oct 2026
New York vs national$99k median in New York$94k nationally (+5%)657 state / 13,279 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$125k in purchasing powerNew York index 107.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in New York786 active21,756 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 6% remote · 62% no call · 56% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentloan repaymentNew York Physical Therapist listings: 11% state a sign-on bonus (median $8k) · 23% offer loan repayment858 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (21,919 Physical Therapy listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist (Home Care, 1:1) – Buffalo, NY – Full-Time at Stern At Home Therapy a 6.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 21,919 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

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Salary Distribution

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13
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

35 jobs · 23 employers
401k / retirement match
91% this job
CME allowance
66% this job
Loan repayment
31% this job
Sign-on bonus
29%
Relocation assistance
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.7
Better work-life than 80% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,919 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Stern At Home Therapy

Hospitals and Health Care
Pomona, New York
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

401(k) with match up to 7%
Paid time off (2 weeks after 6 months, 3 weeks after 9 months)
5 paid holidays
Student loan repayment assistance ($125/month after first year)
$500 annual CEU stipend
$250 commuter stipend
Equipment provided

Living in Buffalo

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$246k
Typical market rent
$1,421/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.8
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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