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Valley Regional
Fresno, California

Home Health Physical Therapist PT

Physical TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$68-$70/hr

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Job Description

At Valley Regional Home Health, you’re paid for all your time – not just visits. Enjoy predictable income, flexible scheduling, and manageable caseloads in a supportive, clinician- and patient-focused environment. Valley Regional is currently seeking either a full-time or a part-time Physical Therapist who would like to work in an outpatient home health setting. We are flexible with what our candidates are seeking, so if you're interested, please feel free to contact us!

Valley Regional covers a wide range of the Valley’s towns and rural areas, and we offer a flexible territory assignment based on your location. Physical Therapists here at Valley Regional work overtime (if they prefer) and can take on a caseload that best fits their needs and preferences. Typical schedules include a mix of evaluations and follow-up visits. Full-time therapists typically earn $150,000+ annually with paid drive time and documentation time.

Valley Regional’s territories: Fresno, Clovis, Madera, Prather, Auberry, Coarsegold, Sanger, Selma, Kingsburg, Visalia, Hanford, Lemoore, and more! These are all of the territories covered, and the areas are split up between our clinicians. Our dedicated, supportive scheduling team tailors flexible territory assignments based on where you live.

Full-time applicants preferred, but we are willing to work with alternative schedules! Apply today to join a stable, therapist-focused home health team where your schedule is respected and your time is fully compensated.

Why Therapists Choose Valley Regional Home Health Care

  • Realistic productivity expectations with optional overtime opportunities
  • Hourly pay structure allows for wage and scheduling flexibility
  • Supportive, home-health-experienced leadership with an open-door policy
  • Long-term team stability and a consistent patient census (400+)

Benefits

  • Multiple PPO and HMO medical plan options
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Dental + Vision Coverage
  • PTO + Paid Birthday Leave
  • Accident, Critical Illness, and Short-Term Disability Insurance Plans
  • Life + AD&D Insurance
  • Competitive 401K plan w/ Safe Harbor Matching

Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities

Provides physical therapy services to patients according to a written physician's plan of care. This may include, but will not be limited to:

Assessing and evaluating therapeutic/rehabilitative/functional status, and participation in the development of the total plan of care. Evaluates home environment.

Assesses for muscle strength, mobility, gait, ROM—potential for rehab.

Instructing patients and families/caregivers in the use and care of therapeutic appliances.

Determining Priority Needs for Physical Therapy

  • Reporting to physician patient’s reaction to treatment or changes in condition.
  • May train patients in the use of prosthetic devices.
  • Identifies patient and family/caregiver needs for other home health services and refers as necessary.
  • Prepares and submits clinical and progress summaries based on the attainment of goals.
  • Participates in discharge planning for patients.
  • Prepares and submits a clinical progress summary based on the attainment of goals as directed by Organization policy.
  • Provides physical therapy consultation to home families/caregivers when indicated.
  • Provides or participates in in-service education programs for nursing organization personnel as needed.
  • Participates in peer consultation process.
  • Supervises Physical Therapy Assistants according to organization policy and state regulations.

When therapy is the only skilled service, instructs, supervises and evaluates home health aide care every two (2) weeks.

The above statements are intended to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job related tasks other than those stated in this description.

Key Responsibilities

The physical therapist will assess and evaluate patients' functional status to develop and implement personalized rehabilitation plans in a home health setting. They are responsible for documenting clinical progress, supervising physical therapy assistants, and coordinating care with physicians and caregivers.

Requirements

The candidate must be a qualified physical therapist capable of performing home visits and managing a caseload in the designated territories. Experience in home health is preferred, and the role requires strong clinical assessment and communication skills.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient assessmentGait analysisRange of motion assessmentClinical documentationPatient educationSupervision of physical therapy assistantsCare plan developmentProsthetic device training

Physical Therapist Career Context

Valley Regional holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 73/100, 3 active listings.

In California, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$117k (231 salary observations; 546 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (2,380 salary observations; 8,217 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 52% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$144k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $130k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

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Salary Distribution41 jobs · 24 employers

17
<$110k
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$110k-125k
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$125k-140k
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks39 jobs · 24 employers

401k / retirement match
95% this job
CME allowance
64%
Sign-on bonus
51%
Loan repayment
26%
Relocation assistance
13%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 4.8
Better work-life than 50% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,853 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Fresno

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$380k
Typical market rent
$1,941/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.2
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Fresno, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Valley Regional

Home Health Care Services
Fresno, California
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Multiple PPO and HMO medical plan options
Employee Assistance Program
Dental + Vision Coverage
PTO + Paid Birthday Leave
Accident, Critical Illness, and Short-Term Disability Insurance Plans
Life + AD&D Insurance
Competitive 401K plan w/ Safe Harbor Matching