Physical Therapist (PT)
Listed compensation
$100k-$130k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
- Role: Physical Therapist (PT)
- Schedule: Full-time Monday–Friday + occasional weekends (as needed)
- Location: Field Based
- Compensation (Productivity Points): $75.00 / point | $100,000-$130,000/year
- We're fixing home healthcare, and we're building our presence in Detroit
Adaptive is building an AI-native home healthcare platform that enables clinicians to focus on delivering best-in-class care for their patients by leveraging software and innovative support solutions. We’re building our team in Detroit with plans to quickly develop an exceptional reputation of delivering excellent patient care.
The Mission of This Role
Deliver excellent home health care to our patients in Detroit, and set the clinical bar, the documentation standard, and the referral-source trust that our market will be built on.
Objectives
Carry a full, high-quality caseload: ramp to ~28 productivity points/week at target visit quality.
Own your patients' outcomes: drive low avoidable-hospitalization rates and strong patient-experience scores; participate in case conferences/team huddles to improve our quality.
Be a referral-source ambassador: every discharge planner, ALF, and physician you touch should want to send the next patient to us because you were responsive and excellent.
Set the standard others copy: your charting, cadence, and judgment become the template we onboard the next cohort against as the pod grows.
What You'll Own
- Own the caseload as a case manager: you’re accountable for the patient’s therapy plan, progression, and outcomes — not just individual visits.
- Complete comprehensive in-home assessments and deliver skilled PT visits.
- Build and execute a clear plan of care: gait/balance, transfers, strengthening, functional mobility, home safety, fall prevention.
- Set measurable goals, track objective progress, and adjust treatment quickly when patients stall.
- Drive multidisciplinary coordination: communicate changes in condition, align on orders, and keep the care team moving.
- Manage treatment and outcomes directly, including PTA supervision where appropriate.
- Coach patients and caregivers with practical home programs that actually get done.
- Document promptly and thoroughly — defensible, efficient, and consistent.
- Who you are / how you operate
- Dedicated clinician: home health experience strongly preferred
- High ownership: you treat your caseload like your own panel and your pod like your own business.
- Open mindset: Energized by the opportunity to shape the playbook and refine SOPs
- Tech-forward: You want to leverage software to accelerate the charting process, and you'll give us blunt feedback to make it better
- Trust-builder: Patients, families, and referral partners believe you because you do what you say.
- Must-haves
- Active Michigan PT license (in good standing)
- Strong clinical judgment and comfort working independently in the field
- Comfortable escalating changes in condition to RN/MD and documenting rationale clearly
- Strong communication and documentation
- Reliable follow-through on orders, frequencies, 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 PT Scope
- Safety-first mobility work: transfers, gait training, balance/fall prevention, assistive device recommendations
- Strengthening, functional mobility, and home safety assessment/modification education
- Patient/caregiver coaching with practical home programs
- Nice-to-haves
- Prior home health experience
- Deeper clinical experience in high-signal PT populations
- Experience supervising/mentoring PTAs and collaborating on care plans
- Strong organization and time management
Our Guarantee
- Full-time target: ~28 productivity points/week; clinicians earn more for exceeding it.
- The rest of the package
- $1k bonus for referrals (we’re growing)!
- Benefits for full-time (medical/dental/vision, PTO)
Key Responsibilities
The Physical Therapist will manage a caseload of patients, conducting comprehensive in-home assessments and delivering skilled therapy visits. They are responsible for developing and executing personalized plans of care while coordinating with the multidisciplinary team to ensure positive patient outcomes.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an active Michigan Physical Therapist license and possess strong clinical judgment for independent field work. Prior home health experience is strongly preferred, along with excellent communication skills and the ability to travel daily.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
In Michigan, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$88k (175 salary observations; 1,032 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (7,673 salary observations; 31,542 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 Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$115k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $120k in an average-cost state. 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.4 / 10 · top 25% in physical therapy | ranked against 21,786 Physical Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Michigan vs national | $88k median in Michigan | $94k nationally (−6%)175 state / 7,673 national salary observations |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$120k in purchasing power | Michigan index 96.2 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Physical Therapy listings in Michigan | 668 active | 22,176 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 52% no call · 56% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Michigan physical therapist listings (all specialties): 25% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 20% offer loan repayment690 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Physical Therapy listings | 8,099 in the last 30 days | 4,341 the 30 days before (+87%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist (PT) at Adaptive Home Health a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 21,786 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.
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