Local Contract Home Health Physical Therapist

PRIDE Health is seeking a local contract Home Health Physical Therapist for a local contract job in Winter Haven, Florida.

Job Description & Requirements

Specialty: Physical Therapist

Discipline: Therapy

Duration: 10 weeks

40 hours per week

Shift: 8 hours, days

Employment Type: Local Contract

Job Details:

Schedule: Monday–Friday 8:00 AM–4:30 PM

Location: Winter Haven, FL

Coverage Area: Polk County

Contract Length: 10+ Week Contract (Possibility to Extend)

Pay Range: $60.00 - $65.00/hour (W-2) Plus Mileage reimbursement

Mileage Reimbursement Rate: $0.49 mile

*Pay offered is based on experience, expertise, credentialing, and education

Duties:

Perform comprehensive physical therapy evaluations and ongoing reassessments to identify impairments, functional limitations, and safety risks.

Develop, implement, and adjust individualized care plans to improve mobility, strength, balance, endurance, pain management, and functional independence.

Deliver skilled interventions including therapeutic exercise, gait training, transfer training, balance activities, stair training, and home safety education.

Educate patients and caregivers on home exercise programs, fall prevention, assistive device use, and energy conservation techniques.

Complete accurate and timely documentation (evaluations, visit notes, progress reports, and discharge summaries) using EMR systems.

Coordinate care with physicians and interdisciplinary team members, including nurses, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and home health aides.

Communicate changes in patient condition, safety concerns, or barriers to progress promptly to the care team.

Participate in case conferences, care coordination activities, and team collaboration.

Ensure compliance with CMS regulations, infection control standards, and agency policies.

Manage a mobile caseload efficiently while meeting productivity and documentation expectations.

Adapt quickly to new environments, workflows, and patient populations as a travel clinician.

Requirements:

Education: Master’s Degree

License(s): Active Physical Therapist license

Certification(s): Current CPR certification

Years of experience: At least 1 year of Geriatric home health experience and experience with HomeCare HomeBase (HCHB) is a plus

Note: Travel contracts are also available if you reside more than 50 miles from the specified location - Travel Pay Package: Up to $2,899/week gross (includes weekly non-taxable stipend)* Plus Mileage reimbursement.

About PRIDE Health

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 Health 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, pet insurance, and employee discounts with 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.

Only applicable for Kentucky positions: For this type of employment, state law requires a criminal record check as a condition of employment. This applies to direct care staff (Examples: RN, LPN, Nurse Aides, Therapists) referred to Kentucky nursing facilities, assisted living communities, or long-term care facilities, in accordance with KRS 216.793.

Benefits

Weekly pay

Holiday Pay

Guaranteed Hours

401k retirement plan

Cancelation protection

Referral bonus

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

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