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At UVA Continuum Home Health Care, you will use your skills as a physical therapist to provide care to clients in their homes. We offer direct clinical care PT jobs, providing high-level quality patient care in the community. As a home healthcare clinician, you are responsible for assessing, identifying, planning, and providing care with each patient in the home environment.

Our home health therapists work collaboratively to develop and implement a patient-centric plan of care for each client. Our PTs provide care to patients as part of regional interdisciplinary teams. As a home health physical therapist, you will work closely with community health providers, UVA Health, and others to ensure the safe delivery of care in the home. Our home care clinicians are challenged professionally, supported by a strong clinical leadership team and have a high degree of professional satisfaction.

UVA Continuum Home Health Care offers our therapy clinicians autonomy in their professional practice, provides scheduling support while also allowing self-scheduling and provides mileage reimbursement at the Federal level. We offer career advancement via our clinical ladder. We do not require candidates to have previous home care or OASIS experience. We provide an extensive onboarding orientation/training program for all new therapy clinicians who join our team.

UVA Continuum Home Health Care is the Home Health department of UVA Health. We are an academic home health agency, providing care in the community for 30 years. We serve Central Virginia, including Charlottesville, Albemarle, Augusta, Rockingham, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro, Nelson, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Louisa, Orange, Madison, Greene and Culpeper. UVA Health is Magnet recognized, Medicare certified, and accredited by the Joint Commission.

Come join our exceptional team and grow with UVA while enjoying clinical work surrounded by the natural beauty of central Virginia. For more information about UVA Continuum Home Health Care, visit jobs.virginia.edu, or call 434-297-7555.

Under the direction and control of a Licensed Physical Therapist the Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant may assist the Physical Therapist in performing selected components of physical therapy intervention to include treatment measurement and data collection.

+ Implements established therapy treatment plans and provides therapy interventions under the direction of a licensed therapist.

+ Documents patient care according to professional standards and departmental guidelines.

+ Actively participates in quality improvementprogram development and professional growth activities.

+ In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Associate’s Degree.

Experience: No experience required.

Licensure: Licensed to practice as a Physical Therapist Assistant within the Commonwealth of Virginia and/or certification with the appropriate credentialing Board of the profession. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Job requires frequently bending/stooping. Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; Attention to detail and ability to write legibly; Ability to lift/push/pull 50 – 100lbs. May be exposed to blood/body fluids and infectious disease.

Position Compensation Range: $24.72 - $39.55 Hourly

Benefits

+ Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

+ Paid Time Off, Long-term and Short-term Disability, Retirement Savings

+ Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts

+ Certification and education support

+ Generous Paid Time Off

UVA Health (https://jobs.virginia.edu/why-uva-health) is a world-class Magnet Recognized academic medical center and health system with a level 1 trauma center. 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” guide (https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/va/university-of-virginia-medical-center-6344000) rates UVA Health University Medical Center as “High Performing” in 5 adult specialties and 14 conditions/procedures. We are one of 70 National Cancer Institute designated cancer centers. UVA Health Children’s (https://jobs.virginia.edu/uva-childrens) is named by 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report (https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/va/university-of-virginia-childrens-hospital-PA6344000) as the best children's hospital in Virginia with 9 specialties ranked among the best in the nation. Our footprint also encompasses 3 community hospitals and an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout Charlottesville, Culpeper, Northern Virginia, and beyond.