Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)
Listed compensation
$75k-$100k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
- Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) - Home Health
- Schedule: Full-time Monday–Friday + occasional weekends (as needed)
- Location: Field Based
- Compensation (Productivity Points): $58.00 / point | $75,000 - $100,000 /year
Who We Are
Adaptive Home Health is building a higher-acuity, patient-centered, skilled home health model across Texas. Our mission is to dramatically improve patient access to home health care.
The PTA role is a core part of that mission: you help restore function, keep patients safe at home, and drive real outcomes — in partnership with a supervising PT.
We also build technology to support field clinicians. Our charting product reduces documentation burden, and our scheduling product (launching soon) will make routing and visit coordination easier — protecting your time.
What You Will Do
- Deliver skilled PTA visits in the home under the supervising PT’s plan of care.
- Execute treatment plans with a focus on functional mobility and measurable progress: gait/balance, transfers, strengthening, functional mobility, home safety, fall prevention.
- Set/track objective progress within PTA scope and communicate updates/concerns to the supervising PT.
- Drive multidisciplinary coordination: escalate changes in condition, align on orders, and keep the care team moving.
- Coach patients and caregivers with practical home programs that actually get done.
- Document promptly and thoroughly in Homecare Homebase (HCHB) — defensible, efficient, and consistent.
Why Adaptive
Operations that back you up: You are supported by an experienced clinical and operational team so you can focus on patient care, not chasing logistics.
Clear productivity model with upside: You are paid per productivity point/visit (see PTA comp model) with clear expectations.
Schedule flexibility: We build schedules to make field work sustainable, and we support smart routing and coordination so your day is predictable whenever possible.
Cutting-edge tech built for clinicians: Our charting tools are designed to reduce documentation burden, and our scheduling product (launching soon) will streamline visit coordination and reduce last-minute changes.
Mission-driven work: We are here to expand access to high-quality home health care, and we want clinicians who take pride in raising the standard.
Requirements
- Must-haves
- Active Texas PTA license (in good standing)
- Strong clinical judgment and comfort working independently in the field (within PTA scope and under PT supervision)
- Comfortable escalating changes in condition to PT/RN/MD and documenting rationale clearly
- Strong communication and documentation
- Reliable follow-through on treatment plans, visit cadence, and patient goals
- Current driver’s license and comfort with daily travel across assigned territory
- Able to carry/transport basic therapy equipment as needed
Competency in Core Home Health PTA Scope
- Safety-first mobility work: transfers, gait training, balance/fall prevention, assistive device education
- Strengthening, functional mobility, and home safety assessment/modification education
- Patient/caregiver coaching with practical home programs
- Nice-to-haves
- Prior home health experience
- Homecare Homebase (HCHB) experience (or similar home health EMR)
- Deeper clinical experience in high-signal ortho/neuro populations
- Strong organization and time management
Key Responsibilities
Deliver skilled physical therapy assistant visits in patient homes to restore function and ensure safety. Coordinate with the supervising physical therapist to execute treatment plans and document progress in the electronic medical record.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
In Texas, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$88k (770 salary observations; 4,962 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (14,787 salary observations; 56,350 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 Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$88k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $90k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) at Adaptive Home Health a 6.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physical Therapist Assistant — ranked against 4,946 active Physical Therapist Assistant listings on WeekdayDoc.
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$88k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$6k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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