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SummitWest Care
Grand Junction, Colorado

Physical Therapist (PT) | One-on-One Home Health

Physical TherapistFull-Time

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$45-$55/hr

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Job Description

  • PHYSICAL THERAPIST (PT) - Home Health
  • SummitWest Care | Mesa County, CO
  • Flexible Schedule | Full-Time or Part‑Time
  • Competitive Hourly Pay (DOE) + Mileage
  • Practice Physical Therapy, Not Productivity.

SummitWest Care is seeking a compassionate and skilled Physical Therapist to provide one-on-one care throughout Mesa County.

Home health offers the opportunity to focus on meaningful patient outcomes rather than productivity quotas. You'll build lasting relationships, witness progress firsthand, and work alongside a supportive team dedicated to helping both patients and clinicians succeed.

Why Home Health?

  • One-on-one patient care with the time to assess, treat, educate, and connect
  • See real results as patients work toward greater independence and quality of life
  • Flexibility and autonomy to manage your schedule while maintaining work-life balance
  • Provide therapy where it matters most in the patient's everyday environment
  • Strong team support from experienced clinicians, leadership, schedulers, and office staff
  • Mission-driven nonprofit organization focused on people, not productivity metrics

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate patients and develop individualized, person-centered plans of care
  • Provide skilled physical therapy services in patients' homes
  • Improve mobility, strength, balance, and functional independence
  • Educate patients and caregivers regarding treatment goals and home exercise programs
  • Monitor progress and adjust treatment plans based on patient needs and goals
  • Complete accurate, timely clinical documentation

Collaborate with nurses, therapists, physicians, caregivers, and other members of the care team to achieve optimal outcomes

Qualifications

  • Current Colorado Physical Therapist (PT) license in good standing
  • Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program
  • Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and auto insurance
  • Strong clinical evaluation and treatment skills
  • Excellent communication and documentation abilities
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with an interdisciplinary team
  • Ability to adapt professionally in a home-based care environment

We Offer

  • Competitive hourly compensation
  • Continuing education support including MedBridge access and paid CEU time
  • Flexible scheduling options
  • Paid drive time and mileage reimbursements
  • Supportive, field-experience leadership
  • Meaningful one-on-one patient relationships
  • Collaborative, mission-driven team culture

Benefits for Eligible F/T Employees

  • Health, vision, dental, life, supplemental
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • 401(k) with 3% match
  • Education expense reimbursement
  • Generous PTO

Why Join SummitWest Care?

You matter. We care.

For more than 20 years, SummitWest Care has provided trusted home health services throughout Western Colorado. As a nonprofit organization, our focus is on helping people remain safe, independent, and comfortable at home while supporting the clinicians who make that care possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer

SummitWest Care provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination or harassment of any kind, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Key Skills

Patient evaluationCare planningHome health careMobility assessmentStrength trainingBalance trainingPatient educationInterdisciplinary collaborationTime management

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Colorado, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$96k (101 salary observations; 190 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (5,490 salary observations; 20,764 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$104k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $101k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

38 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution38 jobs · 30 employers

8
<$95k
9
$95k-105k
10
$105k-115k
10
$115k-125k
1
$160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks37 jobs · 30 employers

401k / retirement match
97% this job
CME allowance
73% this job
Sign-on bonus
54%
Loan repayment
27%
Relocation assistance
14%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Physical Therapist (PT) Home Health | $150,000 Annual Salary (Redding)

Home Care Providers Group · Yuba City, California

$150k-$160k
#2

Physical Therapist

Vail Health Hospital · Frisco, Colorado

$89k-$123k
#3

Physical Therapist - Westport, CT

$70k-$120k
#4

Physical Therapist - PT

up to $120,000
+ 36 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,956 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Grand Junction

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$412k
Typical market rent
$1,759/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.5
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Grand Junction, CO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About SummitWest Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Grand Junction, Colorado
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health, Vision, Dental, Life, Supplemental Insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
401(k) with 3% Match
Education Expense Reimbursement
Generous PTO
MedBridge Access
Paid CEU Time
Paid Drive Time and Mileage Reimbursements