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BAYADA Home Health Care
Springfield, Missouri

New Grad Physical Therapist, Full Time, Home Health

Physical TherapistFull-Time

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Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

New Grad Opportunity!!

$15,000.00 Retention Bonus Available

We are recruiting for a compassionate Home Health Physical Therapist (PT) to reliably serve patients in the Springfield, MO and surrounding area. This is a Full-Time position.

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

$15K Retention Bonus Is for Full Time Only

  • 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 in Missouri.

A minimum of one year of recent experience as a Physical Therapist is preferred, though we welcome applications from new graduates with a strong interest in the position.

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 diagnostic tests and implement individualized care plans for patients recovering from injury or illness in their homes. Educate clients and families on rehabilitative care while accurately documenting all interventions via tablet.

Requirements

Must possess an active and current Physical Therapist license in Missouri. While one year of experience is preferred, new graduates are welcome to apply.

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentCare Plan DevelopmentWound CarePatient EducationClinical DocumentationDiagnostic Testing

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Missouri, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$88k (225 salary observations; 1,179 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (13,008 salary observations; 66,534 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 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).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Missouri?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score7.2 / 10 · top 10% in physical therapyranked against 22,012 Physical Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedPhysical Therapy median $93k (middle half $88k–$101k)351 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Missouri vs national$88k median in Missouri$94k nationally (−6%)225 state / 13,008 national salary observations
Cost of livingMissouri index 90.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Missouri434 active22,001 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 42% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$15k sign-onMissouri physical therapist listings (all specialties): 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 28% offer loan repayment442 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,905 in the last 30 days4,365 the 30 days before (+81%)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 (22,012 Physical Therapy listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates New Grad Physical Therapist, Full Time, Home Health at BAYADA Home Health Care a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 22,012 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

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Salary Distribution

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15
<$110k
8
$110k-130k
9
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9
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

34 jobs · 27 employers
401k / retirement match
91% this job
CME allowance
65%
Sign-on bonus
29% this job
Loan repayment
26%
Relocation assistance
6%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 7.2
Among the best 10% of Physical Therapy listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,012 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

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Mileage Reimbursement
Paid Time Off
Weekly Pay
Direct Deposit

Living in Springfield

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$235k
Typical market rent
$1,192/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 (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 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.