Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)

- **Location:** Field Based - **Schedule:** Full-time Monday–Friday + occasional weekends (as needed) - **Compensation (Productivity Points):** $58.00 / point | ### Who We Are: - **Role:** Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) 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