🏡💙 Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) – Home Health

🌿 Help Us Grow Something Meaningful

For more than 40 years, Big Bend Hospice, a proud subsidiary of Seven Oaks Health, has provided compassionate, high-quality care to individuals and families throughout Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, and Wakulla counties.

As we continue growing our new Home Health Program, we’re excited to welcome an experienced and compassionate Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) who wants to be part of building a service focused on helping patients remain safe, mobile, independent, and comfortable in the place they call home. 

🩺 About the Role

As a Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA), you’ll provide safe, skilled, and compassionate physical therapy services in accordance with physician orders and under the direction and supervision of a licensed Physical Therapist.

Working collaboratively with the interdisciplinary care team, you’ll help patients improve or maintain mobility, safety, functional ability, and quality of life while honoring each individual’s dignity, goals, values, and cultural preferences. 

This is a hands-on, patient-centered role for a PTA who enjoys building relationships, educating patients and caregivers, and helping individuals achieve the greatest possible level of comfort, safety, and independence in their own environment. 

✨ Position Duties & Responsibilities

As a Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA), you will:

• 🩺 Provide physical therapy treatments as directed by the Physical Therapist and outlined in each patient’s individualized plan of care.

• 📋 Implement physician orders according to established physical therapy principles and practices and within the PTA scope of practice.

• 📈 Monitor patient response to therapy interventions and communicate changes in condition, progress toward goals, or clinical concerns to the supervising Physical Therapist.

• 🏡 Assist with discharge planning and communicate patient progress, goal attainment, and potential needs for modification of the plan of care.

• 🤝 Provide education to patients and caregivers regarding mobility, safety, self-care, adaptive equipment, and disease-related functional changes as directed by the Physical Therapist.

• 📝 Document all patient care, treatments, education, and progress accurately and timely within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) in accordance with organizational, regulatory, and payer requirements.

• 👥 Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings, case conferences, and care-coordination activities.

• 🌎 Provide culturally responsive, patient-centered care that respects individual differences related to age, language, culture, religion, gender, and physical needs.

• 🛡️ Promote patient safety by following established infection-control practices, fall-prevention strategies, hand-hygiene guidelines, and patient-identification standards.

• 💬 Communicate clearly and professionally with patients, families, caregivers, physicians, Physical Therapists, and other members of the care team.

• 🔒 Maintain professional and ethical standards, including HIPAA compliance, confidentiality, and appropriate professional conduct.

• ⏱️ Meet established productivity standards, complete documentation on the date of service, and ensure charges accurately reflect services provided.

• 🌱 Assist with the orientation and training of new staff members or students as assigned.

• 📚 Maintain required competencies and participate in mandatory education, in-services, and staff meetings.

• ✨ Perform other duties as assigned.

⏰ Work Schedule

• 📅 Monday – Friday

• 🕗 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

• 📞 Weekend call participation required

• 🚗 Must have the ability to travel to patient residences throughout the assigned service area using a personal vehicle.

🎓 Education & Experience

• 🎓 Graduate of an approved Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) program.

• 🩺 Minimum of one (1) year of post-graduation experience required.

• ⭐ Two (2) years of experience in acute care, rehabilitation, home health, or hospice settings preferred.

🌟 Skills & Abilities

• 🩺 Strong clinical and observational skills with the ability to recognize and communicate changes in patient condition.

• 💙 Ability to provide compassionate, respectful, and patient-centered care.

• 💬 Effective verbal and written communication skills.

• 🤝 Ability to work collaboratively with Physical Therapists and other members of an interdisciplinary care team.

• 🌿 Ability to adapt to changing patient needs, priorities, and emotionally sensitive situations.

• ⭐ Professional demeanor that demonstrates integrity, compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence.

• 💻 Basic computer skills, including the ability to complete accurate and timely Electronic Medical Record (EMR) documentation.

✅ Requirements

• 🪪 Current and valid Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) license in the State of Florida.

• ❤️ Current Basic Life Support (BLS) or CPR certification from the American Heart Association (AHA).

• 🚗 Valid driver’s license, current automobile insurance, and reliable transportation.

• 💙 Commitment to Big Bend Hospice’s core values of integrity, compassion, and accountability.

🎁 Total Rewards

At Big Bend Hospice, we believe caring for our patients and communities starts with caring for the people who make our mission possible. 💙🌿

Our Total Rewards package includes:

• 💰 Competitive salary

• 🩺 Comprehensive employee benefits

• 🌟 Employee recognition programs

• 🎓 Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility for most positions

• 📚 Opportunities for continued learning and professional growth

• 🤝 A supportive, collaborative team committed to making a difference

💙 Join Our Mission

Ready to use your skills to help patients remain safe, comfortable, and independent in the place they call home? 🏡

Apply today and help us grow our mission to inspire hope by positively impacting the way our community experiences serious illness or grief—one family at a time. 

Big Bend Hospice is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.  

Salary : $34 - $38