Travel Physical Therapist - Rehab

Travel Physical Therapist - Rehab

American Traveler

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Days

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

Start date: 2026-11-09

$2,794.46/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is seeking an Inpatient Rehab Physical Therapist with at least 1 year of experience for a 13-week day shift assignment in an acute rehabilitation hospital setting.

Details

• Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital with an attached 10-bed LTACH/ICU unit (56 total staffed beds)
• Shift options of 5x8 or 4x10 day shifts, 7:00-17:00
• 2 weekend shifts per month required
• No on-call requirements
• Uses Epic for charting
• Patient population includes orthopedic, cardiopulmonary, and neurologic conditions such as stroke, spinal cord injury, TBI, COPD, CHF, and joint replacements
• Utilizes various adaptive devices, mobility aids, and modalities including E-stim and TENS

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year of physical therapy experience required
• BLS certification required
• Alaska PT license or compact PT license required (license required if applicable)
• LTAC experience preferred
• Experience with Epic charting preferred
• Skilled in patient assessment, documentation, and use of assistive and adaptive devices
• Experience with orthopedic, cardiopulmonary, and neurologic rehabilitation preferred

Additional Information

• Responsibilities include patient assessment, treatment planning, and documentation across inpatient rehab and LTACH/ICU settings
• May involve use of adaptive and assistive devices, gait training, and therapeutic modalities
• Scrub color is flexible
• Parking is free on-site
• Candidates must reside at least 50 miles from the facility to be considered
• Local candidates within 50 miles are not accepted
• First-time travelers are accepted
• Returning staff must wait at least 3 months before returning and must live outside the 50-mile radius
• Must be willing to work 3 of 5 major holidays
• All time-off requests must be submitted upfront prior to offer; post-offer requests may not be accommodated
• Two supervisory references required, covering 1 year of experience within the last 3 years in a comparable setting

Hours per week: 40

Hours per shift: 10