Physical Therapist (PT) - Home Health

Physical TherapistPart-Time

Listed compensation

$50-$60/hr

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

  • Physical Therapist (PT) - Home Health
  • Pay Range: $50 - $60 per hour
  • Job Type: Part time, Per Diem

Buena Vista Home Health provides positive, life-changing services that have touched the lives of thousands of individuals in the Ventura & Los Angeles Counties.

At BV, our culture is nurtured by our core values: Celebration, Accountability, Passion for Learning, Love One Another, Intelligent Risk, Customer Second, and Ownership. Your growth is important to us. We set individual and team goals to ensure that we continue to grow together and serve our patients & their families at the highest standard.

Join a dynamic company that believes in a team approach and focuses on doing what is best for our patients. As a Registered Nurse with Buena Vista, you will have the opportunity to advance your career while receiving strong compensation and excellent benefits.

Job Summary

We are seeking a licensed Physical Therapist (PT) to provide in-home therapy services across the South Coastal Territory. The PT will deliver care in accordance with a physician’s plan, helping patients regain mobility and independence.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate patients’ functional status and develop care plans
  • Assess home environments and recommend modifications
  • Provide direct physical therapy treatments
  • Educate patients and caregivers on therapeutic techniques and equipment
  • Monitor progress and adjust treatment plans
  • Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary teams
  • Document clinical notes and progress reports
  • Participate in discharge planning
  • Supervise Physical Therapy Assistants per policy and regulations

Qualifications

  • Active California Physical Therapy License
  • Minimum 2 years of physical therapy experience (home health preferred)
  • Strong communication and organizational skills
  • Current CPR certification
  • Valid driver’s license and insured, reliable vehicle

About the Company

Buena Vista Home Health is a subsidiary of the Pennant Group network with 300+ locations throughout the country. We offer the best of both worlds – The backing and stability of a proven healthcare “giant”, with the permission to operate as locally as if it were our own business.

What makes us unique besides our culture of high performers and exceptional care? At Buena Vista Home Health and Hospice, we foster an environment where clinicians and staff members have an unprecedented level of freedom to create and implement the programs that will best serve their patients and communities. We offer the only all-in-one approach to post-hospital healthcare services in Ventura County and the San Fernando Valley.

  • We operate with the Core Values as our guide:
  • Celebration
  • Accountability
  • Passion for Learning
  • Love One Another
  • Intelligent Risk Taking
  • Customer Second

Ownership

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US.

Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at pennantgroup.com.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient EvaluationCare PlanningHome Health CareMobility AssessmentClinical DocumentationInterdisciplinary CollaborationPatient EducationSupervision

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 32% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

In California, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$116k (1,005 salary observations; 3,600 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (10,282 salary observations; 53,962 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 California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$114k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $103k 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

49 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution28 jobs

4
<$105k
4
$105k-130k
8
$130k-155k
11
$155k-180k
1
$180k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
74%
CME allowance
48%
Sign-on bonus
33%
Relocation assistance
26%
Visa sponsorship
7%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Home Health Physical TherapistPer Diem

Transition Care Telemetry · Escondido, California

$80-$110/hr
#2

Home Care Physical Therapist- Independent Contractor (Union County)Contract

US Physical Therapy · Union County, New Jersey

$74-$95/hr
#3

Home Care Physical Therapist- Per Diem (Ocean County)

$72-$95/hr
#4

Physical Therapist Acute Care

$63.78-$89.28/hr
+ 47 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 30% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,270 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Los Angeles

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$923k
Typical market rent
$2,778/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
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 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Buena Vista Home Health, Palliative Care & Hospice

Medical Practices
Thousand Oaks, California
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Strong compensation
Excellent benefits