Local Contract Home Health Physical Therapist - $55-70 per hour

PRIDE Health is seeking a local contract Home Health Physical Therapist for a local contract job in Sylva, North Carolina.

• Specialty: Physical Therapist
• Discipline: Therapy
• Start Date: 08/24/2026
• Duration: 14 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Local Contract

Pride Health is actively hiring a Physical Therapist (PT) to join our client's growing Home Health team.

Compensation:

Local Pay: $55.00 - $70.00/hour (W-2)

Travel Pay Package: Up to $2,800/week gross (includes weekly non-taxable stipend) *

Location: Sylva, NC, 28779

Schedule details (hours per day/week): 32 hours/week guarantee

Productivity expectations: 30 points

On Call/Weekend Requirement: None

Coverage Areas: Jackson and Swain Counties NC

Shift schedule (days, start & end times): 8:00 AM to 04:30 PM

Will Milage be reimbursed between visits, from first patient to last patient (Y/N)? Y (0.49/Miles)
 

Key Responsibilities:

•  Conduct HH PT SOC, evaluations, reassessments, discharges, and routine visits as needed in patient homes within Jackson/Swain counties in NC.
• Conduct comprehensive home health physical therapy services, including Start of Care (SOC), initial evaluations, routine revisits, re-evaluations, and discharge assessments, while developing individualized treatment plans, improving patients' functional mobility, and meeting a productivity expectation of 30 points.
• Deliver evidence-based therapy interventions, monitor and document patient progress accurately in Homecare Homebase (HCHB)/PointCare, collaborate with physicians and the interdisciplinary team, educate patients and caregivers, and ensure compliance with Medicare, agency, and home health documentation standards across the assigned coverage areas.

Must have qualifications/experience: NC PT License, OASIS experience

What skills/attributes are nice to have, and will set a candidate apart? HCHB experience

Type of certification required: NC PT License

Dress code/scrub Color: Business Casual or Dark Blue/Gray Scrubs

Pride Health is Pride Global's healthcare staffing branch, providing recruitment solutions for healthcare professionals and the industry at large since 2010. As a minority-owned business that delivers exceptional service to its clients and candidates by capitalizing on diverse recruiting, account management, and staffing backgrounds, Pride Health's expert team provides tailored and swift sourcing solutions to help connect healthcare talent with their dream jobs.

Pride Global and its affiliates, including Russell Tobin, Pride Health, Pride Now, and Pride One, offer eligible employees comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), a 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with some preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Pride-Health is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Fair Chance Employment
Pride-Health is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodations
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.

Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates:
Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.

PRIDE Health is the minority-owned healthcare recruitment division of Pride Global—an integrated human capital solutions and advisory firm. With our robust and abundant travel nursing and allied health employment options across the U.S., PRIDE Health will allow you to help change the way the world lives and heals as it connects you with the industry’s leading healthcare organizations.

Pride Global offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

• Weekly pay
• Holiday Pay
• Guaranteed Hours
• 401k retirement plan
• Cancelation protection
• Referral bonus
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits