About the role
Job Opportunity: Therapy/Rehabilitation - PT Home Health
Facility: Amedisys Home Health - Baton Rouge
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Employment Type: Travel/Contract
Shift: Day (5x8 Hours) 8:00 17:00
Start Date: 8/17/2026
Job Duration: 13 weeks
Compensation:
Rate Type: Hourly
Over Time: 40 total hours in 1 week: 9.8$
Double Time: None
On-Call: 4.9$
Call Back: 9.8$
Holiday Pay: 9.8$
Additional Information:
AMDIJP00011104 Therapy PT Home Health Home visits. Periodic office meetings. Must have reliable transportation current drivers license and agency-required liability insurance.'
Average # of patients/day: 5-6
Points per day/week: How are points broken down 30 points per week. Each type of visit and activity (documentation travel etc.) hold a different point value. Contractor will be assigned between 5-10 patients per day that equate to roughly 6-8 points.
Guaranteed Hours: No if there is a situation where the contractor is unable to meet their financial needs due to low patient census please reach out to the AM to discuss floating the contractor to a nearby clinic to pick up hours.
Types of Cases: Start of Care Follow Ups
Years of experience REQ: Minimum 1 full year Adult Home Health Experience
First-timers accepted: (Y/N) No must have recent Home Health experience
Weekend REQ: Varies per location and profession please have traveler discuss during the interview.
Certs REQ: CPR BLS
Is on-call REQ (Y/N) What is the req Varies per job/location please discuss with manager during interview.
Territory/County covering: Must be willing to travel up to 75 miles from home clinic.
Mileage reimbursed IRS Standard rate. Traveler is compensated from patient home to patient home. The commute to and from the first and last patient are not billable.
Locals accepted: (Y/N) What is the local radius rule Yes local accepted at the same rate.
Pending License accepted: (Y/N) No must have license in hand unless license takes a few days to obtain. Then okay to submit.
Some positions specifically in the western territory often have a Baylor Shift schedule: 4x10s Friday-Monday. Most will be standard 5x8s M-F. How long is the contract assignment 13 WEEKS 4. Schedule of assignment hours M-F 8-5 5. Will there be any weekend rotation If so how often NO 6. Will there be any on call If so how much NONE 7. What region are you in Home health or Hospice HOME HEALTH 8. What territory this contractor will be asked to cover 50 MILE RADIUS FROM BATON ROUGE CARE CENTER 9. Whats creating the need for a contractor INCREASE IN CENSUS AND CHANGE IN STATUS OF 1 THERAPIST TO PRN FROM FULL TIME RECENTLY 11. Which location will this person report to for their assignment- add info below Full address: 3854 AMERICAN WAY SUITE D BATON ROUGE LA 70816 12. About how many miles per week will the contractor travel 150-250 PER WEEK 13. What are the weekly units of productivity expectations AT LEAST 30PTS PER WEEK 14. What EMR systems will the consultant be using: HOMECARE HOMEBASE/POINTCARE 15. Do you want the candidate to have experience in have home health hospice or both HOME HEALTH EXPERIENCE