Job Title: Home Health Admissions Physical Therapist (PT / DPT) | Start of Care Specialist
Company: Home Health Care, Inc.
Location: Twin Cities Metro Area | Travel Throughout a 75-Mile Radius
Compensation: $100 per Start of Care Visit on Weekdays | $120 per Start of Care Visit on Weekends + Mileage Reimbursement
Schedule: Full-Time | Weekdays + Optional Bonused Weekend Visits | No Holidays
To Stand Out
Email Nikky Vogelgesang at [email protected] with your resume and a brief overview of your home health background, OASIS experience, Start of Care experience, and comfort completing comprehensive assessments independently.
For the PT Who'd Rather Evaluate Than Repeat.
Some Physical Therapists love carrying a traditional caseload and seeing the same patients several times throughout their episode of care.
Others are energized by what's new.
New patient. New diagnosis. New environment. New clinical puzzle to solve.
If you're in the second group, our Start of Care Physical Therapist opportunity may be exactly the kind of home health role you've been looking for.
At Home Health Care, Inc., you'll focus on the front end of the patient's home health journey, completing comprehensive admissions and establishing the clinical direction for the team that follows.
It's a role built around assessment, critical thinking, variety, and independence.
Why Experienced PTs Should Take a Look
- $100 per weekday Start of Care visit
- $120 per weekend Start of Care visit
- Optional weekends at a bonused rate
- No holidays
- Mileage reimbursement for eligible travel
- Full-Time opportunity
- Focus on comprehensive assessments and new admissions
- Variety of diagnoses and clinical situations
- Significant independence in the field
- MedBridge continuing education access
- Licensure reimbursement
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Annual scrub reimbursement
- Experienced clinical leadership and interdisciplinary support
Turn Your Assessment Skills Into Your Specialty
There is a major difference between knowing how to treat a patient and knowing how to evaluate the entire situation and determine what should happen next.
That's what we're hiring for.
You'll meet patients at a critical point in their recovery, often shortly after discharge from a hospital, rehabilitation facility, or other healthcare setting.
You'll determine what's happening clinically and functionally, what could put the patient at risk, what services are appropriate, and what needs to happen to help them remain safely at home.
You aren't simply executing the plan. You're helping create it.
Every Door Is a Different Clinical Challenge
One morning you may evaluate a patient following a total joint replacement.
Your next admission could involve someone recovering from a stroke.
Later that afternoon, you may meet a medically complex older adult experiencing weakness, falls, and significant deconditioning following hospitalization.
That's part of the appeal.
Instead of repeating the same treatment routine throughout your week, you'll constantly assess, problem-solve, and use your clinical judgment.
What You'll Be Doing
- Complete comprehensive Start of Care Physical Therapy evaluations.
- Assess gait, strength, balance, endurance, transfers, mobility, fall risk, and functional status.
- Evaluate home safety and barriers to independence.
- Complete OASIS and required admission documentation.
- Develop individualized plans of care.
- Establish clinically appropriate goals and treatment priorities.
- Identify immediate safety concerns.
- Recommend assistive devices and durable medical equipment.
- Educate patients and caregivers regarding mobility and fall prevention.
- Coordinate with nursing, OT, SLP, social work, physicians, and other members of the care team.
- Communicate significant clinical findings and changes.
- Complete timely and accurate electronic documentation.
Weekends Can Increase Your Earnings, Not Control Your Schedule
There is no required weekend rotation.
Weekend Start of Care visits are available for clinicians who want to pick them up, and those visits are compensated at the higher $120 per-visit rate.
That gives you a choice.
Keep your weekend open, or take advantage of additional admissions when you'd like to increase your earnings.
And there are no holiday requirements.
Who We're Looking For
This isn't an entry-level home health opportunity.
We're particularly interested in Physical Therapists who are confident enough to walk into an unfamiliar home and take ownership of the assessment from beginning to end.
Required Qualifications
- Active Minnesota Physical Therapist license
- Current CPR certification
- Valid driver's license and reliable transportation
- Strong comprehensive assessment skills
- Excellent clinical judgment and critical thinking
- Strong documentation and organizational abilities
- Ability to independently manage a field-based schedule
- Willingness to travel throughout an approximately 75-mile service radius
Highly Preferred
- Home health experience
- OASIS experience
- Start of Care / admission experience
- Medicare home health knowledge
- Experience with medically complex or geriatric patients
- Orthopedic, neurological, cardiac, or pulmonary experience
Less Routine. More Clinical Judgment.
If the most interesting part of Physical Therapy for you is meeting a new patient, figuring out what's happening, and determining what needs to happen next, don't bury that skill inside a traditional revisit caseload.
Make it your specialty.
Earn $100 per weekday Start of Care, have the option to earn $120 per visit on weekends, and enjoy no holiday requirements.
Email Nikky Vogelgesang at [email protected] to introduce yourself and tell us about your Start of Care experience.
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Pay: $100.00 - $120.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Continuing education credits
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
Email Nikky Vogelgesang at [email protected] with your resume and include a brief summary of your home health experience, comprehensive assessment skills, OASIS experience, and why you're interested in specializing in Start of Care admissions.
Work Location: In person
