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BAYADA Home Health Care
North Bergen, New Jersey

Physical Therapist

Physical TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$120k-$129k

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Job Description

  • Physical Therapist (PT) – Home Health Visits
  • Full-Time | Hudson County, NJ
  • $10,000 Sign-On Bonus for Full-Time!

BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking an experienced Physical Therapist (PT) to join our Hudson County Visits team.

This position provides one-on-one home health visits for adult and geriatric clients throughout Hudson County, NJ, with an immediate opening in the southern Hudson County area.

As a BAYADA Physical Therapist, you'll enjoy the autonomy of managing your own schedule while collaborating with a supportive interdisciplinary team dedicated to helping clients regain independence and safely remain in the place they call home.

Why Choose Home Health?

  • Build meaningful relationships through one-on-one patient care.
  • Create your own schedule and enjoy greater work-life balance.
  • Focus on quality care without the productivity pressures of a clinic.
  • Work independently while receiving support from an experienced clinical team.
  • Help patients achieve their goals in the environment where they are most comfortable—their home.

Responsibilities

  • Perform skilled physical therapy visits throughout designated territories.
  • Complete comprehensive physical therapy evaluations and ongoing reassessments.
  • Assess mobility, strength, balance, gait, transfers, endurance, and overall functional status.
  • Develop and implement individualized treatment plans using evidence-based interventions.

Provide therapeutic exercise, gait training, balance training, manual therapy techniques, and patient education.

Collaborate with nurses, physicians, and interdisciplinary team members to coordinate exceptional patient care.

  • Educate patients and caregivers on exercises, safety strategies, fall prevention, and disease management.
  • Complete timely and accurate documentation using BAYADA's electronic medical record (EMR) system.

Qualifications

  • Current New Jersey Physical Therapist (PT) license.
  • Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program.
  • Home health experience preferred, but not required.
  • Strong communication, organizational, and clinical assessment skills.
  • Ability to work independently and effectively manage a flexible schedule.
  • Experience with electronic medical records (EMR) preferred.
  • Reliable transportation and ability to travel throughout the assigned territory.

Why BAYADA?

At BAYADA, our employees are our greatest asset. We are committed to helping you grow professionally while providing exceptional care to the clients we serve.

Benefits May Include

  • Weekly pay and direct deposit
  • Mileage reimbursement
  • Paid time off
  • Medical, dental, and life insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Scholarship and continuing education opportunities
  • One-on-one training and mentorship
  • Employee recognition and referral programs

Career Advancement Through Specialized Clinical Career Paths

BAYADA believes our clients and their families deserve home health care delivered with compassion, excellence, and reliability. Join a caring, professional team where your expertise is valued and your work has a lasting impact.

Apply today for immediate consideration.

Additional Information

  • Base Pay, depending upon qualifications, status, and subject to negotiation:
  • $77.00-$83.00 per point ($120,120-$129,480 annual earning potential)

$10,000 Sign on Bonus! for full time PT positions.

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 Skills

Patient evaluationTreatment planningMobility assessmentOrganizational skills

Physical Therapist Career Context

In New Jersey, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$99k (543 salary observations; 1,655 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (12,992 salary observations; 63,762 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$125k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $115k in an average-cost state. 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in New Jersey?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$120k–$129kPhysical Therapy median $98k (middle half $90k–$100k)20 comparable listings, Nov 2026
New Jersey vs national$99k median in New Jersey$94k nationally (+6%)543 state / 12,992 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$115k in purchasing powerNew Jersey index 108.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in New Jersey694 active21,986 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 6% remote · 50% no call · 50% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$10k sign-onNew Jersey Physical Therapist listings: 30% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 15% offer loan repayment743 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,700 in the last 30 days4,517 the 30 days before (+70%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physical Therapy pay trend+1.6% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

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Salary Distribution

34 jobs · 22 employers
7
<$105k
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

33 jobs · 22 employers
401k / retirement match
88% this job
CME allowance
61% this job
Sign-on bonus
52% this job
Loan repayment
15%
Relocation assistance
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 4.8
Better work-life than 50% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,256 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About BAYADA Home Health Care

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

Benefits & Perks

Weekly pay and direct deposit
Mileage reimbursement
Paid time off
Medical insurance
Dental
Life insurance
401(k) with company match
Scholarship and continuing education opportunities

Living in North Bergen Township

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$650k≈ 5.4× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,869/mo≈ 29% of gross pay
State income tax
Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.