Float Physical Therapist , Home Care

VNS Health, a leader in home and community-based Healthcare & Medical Services in New York City, is seeking a Float Physical Therapist, Home Care to deliver high-quality, patient-centered rehabilitation services across our home care programs. As a Float PT, you will provide coverage across multiple neighborhoods and teams, visiting patients in their homes to perform comprehensive assessments, develop individualized treatment plans, and deliver evidence-based interventions that promote mobility, safety, and independence. You will collaborate closely with nurses, occupational therapists, speech therapists, social workers, and caregivers to ensure coordinated, holistic care tailored to each patient’s goals, functional status, and home environment.

In this dynamic role, you will evaluate strength, balance, gait, transfers, pain, and functional abilities; prescribe therapeutic exercise; provide gait and transfer training; recommend and train patients in the use of assistive devices and durable medical equipment; and design home exercise programs that empower patients and families. You will educate patients and caregivers on fall prevention, energy conservation, safe mobility within the home, and management of chronic conditions affecting physical function. You will document all care in an electronic medical record in accordance with regulatory, payer, and agency standards, ensuring accurate, timely, and complete clinical notes, care plans, and progress reports.

As a float clinician, you will adapt quickly to changing caseloads and geographies, covering for team members who are on leave or when census needs shift. You will demonstrate strong time management and organizational skills to plan daily routes, prioritize urgent visits, and meet productivity and quality expectations. You will communicate proactively with supervisors and interdisciplinary team members regarding changes in patient status, safety concerns, or the need for additional services or equipment.

VNS Health is committed to compassionate, high-integrity, and collaborative care, and our culture emphasizes both patient outcomes and staff well-being. In this role, you will have opportunities for professional growth through ongoing education, clinical mentorship, and exposure to a diverse patient population with orthopedic, neurological, cardiopulmonary, and multi-complex medical conditions. You will contribute to case conferences, quality initiatives, and best-practice implementation in home-based physical therapy. This position is ideal for a physical therapist who enjoys autonomy in the field, values meaningful one-on-one patient interactions in their own environments, and thrives in a supportive, inclusive organization that prioritizes both clinical excellence and work–life balance.