Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)

About the role

The PTA role at Adaptive Home Health is central to improving patient access to home health care. You deliver skilled PTA visits, execute treatment plans, coordinate with other healthcare professionals, and coach patients and caregivers.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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 skills.
• 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: transfers, gait training, balance/fall prevention, assistive device education, strengthening, functional mobility, and home safety assessment/modification education.
• 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.

Why Adaptive

• Operations that back you up: Supported by an experienced clinical and operational team so you can focus on patient care, not chasing logistics.
• Clear productivity model with upside: Paid per productivity point/visit (see PTA comp model) with clear expectations.
• Schedule flexibility: Built schedules to make field work sustainable, and support smart routing and coordination so your day is predictable whenever possible.
• Cutting-edge tech built for clinicians: Charting tools designed to reduce documentation burden, and a scheduling product (launching soon) will streamline visit coordination and reduce last-minute changes.
• Mission-driven work: Expanding access to high-quality home health care, and clinicians who take pride in raising the standard.

Compensation

$75,000 - $100,000/year based on productivity points ($58.00 / point).