Travel Occupational Therapist - Acute Care - $2,690 per week (Hiring Immediately)

Trusted Talent is seeking a travel Occupational Therapist for a travel job in Urbana, Illinois.Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Occupational Therapist
• Discipline: Therapy
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 13 weeks
• Shift: days
• Employment Type: Travel

Demonstrates the ability to perform patient transfers with assistance as needed from bed, chair, and floor, if applicable. Is aware of and demonstrates safe and appropriate body mechanics to reduce the risk of injury to self, staff, and patients. Designs an appropriate plan of care that integrates goals, treatment, outcomes, and discharge plan. Adjusts care based on patient response and available evidence.

Educates patients, family, caregivers, students, and other healthcare providers using relevant and effective teaching methods. Evaluates clinical findings to determine diagnoses and outcomes of care. Performs examinations, selecting reliable and valid methods relevant to the chief complaint, screening results, and history. Screens patients using procedures to determine the effectiveness of and need for therapy services, if appropriate. Uses support personnel according to legal standards and ethical guidelines and provides regular feedback.

Documents evaluations and plans of care, including goals, modifications of treatment plans, and patients' response to treatments. If applicable, completes annual education to comply with DNV Hip and Knee Replacement Program requirements. Evaluates and implements intervention plans utilizing activities that are functional in nature, considering the functional and emotional needs of the patient/family. Modifies approach in response to patient behavior and performance. Utilizes standardized outcomes measures to ensure functional performance is accurately reflected. Completes documentation in accordance with regulatory and organizational standards.

Communicates patient performance, change in status, activity/transfer recommendations, and discharge disposition and equipment recommendations with the medical team.

Schedule Notes: - Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM - NICU/PEDS experience required

Required Skills & Experience: - N/A

Preferred Skills & Experience: - N/A

Required: - Licensed OT (IL) - NICU/PICU experience - Inpatient experience - Acute care experience - Basic Life Support (BLS) - AHA

Education:

Required Education: - Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy

Preferred Education: - N/A

Required Certifications & Licensure: - Occupational Therapy (OT) license from Illinois - Basic Life Support (BLS)

Preferred Certifications & Licensure: - N/A

Languages: - English - Read - Write - Speak

Trusted Talent Job ID #JN -032026-831514. Pay package is based on 8 hour shifts and 40 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Occupational Therapist (OT)

About Trusted Talent

A Better Route for Travel Healthcare

Founded in Buffalo, NY in 2008, Trusted Talent has spent nearly two decades building a different kind of healthcare staffing company — one where travel nurses, allied professionals, and locum providers are treated like family, not file numbers. The Joint Commission has awarded Trusted Talent its Gold Seal of Approval for Health Care Staffing Services, the industry's most rigorous credential. We are also the Official Healthcare Staffing Partner of the Buffalo Sabres, named to the 2025 SIA Fastest-Growing US Staffing Firms list, the 2024 SIA Largest US Staffing Firms list, and recognized as a 2023 Inc. Best Workplace.

From day one, our mission has been simple: get every traveler the right assignment, the right pay, and the right support — fast. That's how we earned a 100% application response rate and a within-the-hour response time on Vivian. It's also why so many of our travelers come back assignment after assignment.

Why Travelers Choose Trusted Talent

• 24/7 dedicated recruiter (your Talent Advisor) — one point of contact, day or night, every assignment
• Dedicated Compliance, Benefits, Payroll, and QA teams — separate specialists handling each piece, so nothing falls through the cracks
• Pronto, our proprietary job-search platform — see real pay, real housing, and real assignment details upfront at app.prontojobs.com
• Weekly pay and full transparency on every package — what we quote is what you take home
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage plus an HRA card to help cover medical bills
• 401(k) with a 4% company match (after 1,000 hours and one year of employment)
• License, certification, and CEU reimbursement
• $1,500 referral bonus when you bring a friend onto a Trusted Talent assignment
• Loyalty program with rewards for travelers who keep coming back
• VIP events, Camp NurseCon, and the Trusted Gives community-giving program — because the relationship goes beyond the contract

What Makes Us Different

After almost 20 years, we still answer the phone like a small Buffalo company — because that's what we are. But we have the scale, the certifications, and the technology of a national leader. That combination — local heart, national reach — is what we mean by A Better Route.

Whether you're heading out on your first travel contract or your 50th, the Trusted Talent team is ready to find your next assignment. Browse our jobs below or chat with a Talent Advisor to get started.

Benefits:

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Health savings account / HRA
• Life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan (with company match)
• Weekly pay
• Holiday pay
• Guaranteed hours (where contract specifies)
• Referral bonus ($1,500)
• Sign-on bonus (where applicable per contract)
• License and certification reimbursement
• Continuing education / CEU reimbursement
• Travel reimbursement
• Housing or housing stipend
• 24/7 recruiter access
• Loyalty / completion bonus program

Awards & Recognition

• The Joint Commission — Certified for Health Care Staffing Services
• 2025 SIA Fastest-Growing US Staffing Firms
• 2024 SIA Largest US Staffing Firms
• 2023 Inc. Best Workplaces
• 2020 Inc. 5000 — fastest-growing private companies
• Buffalo Business First Best Places to Work — multi-year
• Top Workplaces — Democrat & Chronicle (2022, 2023)
• Best Travel Nursing Companies — BluePipes (2020-2025)
• Official Healthcare Staffing Partner of the Buffalo Sabres