Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) - PRN

- **Role:** Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) - **Schedule:** **Part-time flexibility** (pick up visits based on your availability; weekdays and/or weekends as needed) Minimum of 10 points per week. - **Location:** Field Based - **Compensation (Productivity Points):** $58.00 / point | $75,000-$100,000/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 1. **Carry a high-quality caseload:** **Minimum of 10 productivity points/week** at target visit quality. 2. **Own your patients' outcomes:** drive low avoidable-hospitalization rates and strong patient-experience scores; participate in case conferences/team huddles to improve our quality. 3. **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. 4. **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 - 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 — 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. ## Requirements - **Active Michigan PTA license (in good standing)** - Reliable transportation, valid driver's license, auto insurance - Home health experience strongly preferred - 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 recommendations - Strengthening, functional mobility, and home safety assessment/modification education - Patient/caregiver coaching with practical home programs ## The rest of the package - **Referral Bonuses** (we’re growing)! - **Benefits** for full-time (medical/dental/vision, PTO) - **Mileage Reimbursement**