Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)
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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): CHECK NOTION
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 patients' homes following a supervising PT's plan of care. Focus on restoring function, improving mobility, and coordinating with a multidisciplinary care team to drive patient outcomes.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- 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)). 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 7.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 5% 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.
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