Job Description
Physical Therapist
Location: Kodiak, AK
Agency: TalentBurst Inc.
Pay: $3,027 per week
Shift Information: Days - 4 days x 10 hours
Contract Duration: 26 Weeks
Start Date: 11/16/2026
About the Position
Physical Therapist
Start Date: ASAP
Shift: 5x8 or 4x10 Days - Traveler's Choice
Contract Length: 13 or 26 Weeks - Traveler's Choice
Years of Experience: 1
First Timers Accepted: Yes
Certs REQ: BLS, AK License
Skills REQ: Per UD
Is on-call REQ:No
Weekend REQ: No
Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs?: Yes - Coverage of Outpatient, Acute Care, and SNF
Open to accommodating block schedule?: No
Locals Accepted: No - Candidates perm address must be at least 50 miles from facility
Pending License Accepted: No
RTO Restrictions: Based upon request
Guaranteed Hours: 70 Hours per 2 weeks - Traveler can be called off for 1, 10 hour shift per 2 weeks
Unit Information
PREFERRED Experience (not required): Pediatrics, Adolescents
Critical Access Hospital that sees patients of all ages and diagnosis. Therapy department sees outpatients, inpatients and SNF patients as well as wound care, lymphedema, pelvic floor and pediatric specialties.
FACILITY INFORMATION
Type of Facility: Acute Care Medical Center/Long Term Care Facility/Outpatient
Magnet/Teaching/Level Trauma: Level IV Trauma, Critical Access Hospital
Total Staffed Beds: 46 -Acute Care, 22 Beds LTC
Scrub Color: Any or Business Casual
Charting: Epic
Parking Cost: Parking is free
HOUSING INFORMATION
Facility provides housing to travelers during assignment.
Housing units are typically 1-bedroom apartments.
Housing will be available for move-in not earlier than 72 hours before contract begins and not longer than 24 hours after contract ends.
PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED
Housing units are typically large enough to accommodate only the traveler. Bringing additional family members is not common and needs to be approved by the facility.
Housing unit will need to be cleaned upon departure or it will be subject to additional cleaning fees billed to traveler.
Job Requirements & Qualifications
- Years of Experience:
1 year(s) - Patient Ratio Experience:
- - Charting System:
Required, Epic - Teaching Hospital Experience:
- - Community Hospital Experience:
- - LTAC Experience:
- - Trauma Level I Experience:
- - Trauma Level II Experience:
- - Travel Experience Required:
No - marked with * are preferred
BLS - marked with * are preferred
Work Settings
Acute Care*
Long Term Acute Care (LTAC)*
Rehabilitation Hospital*
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)*
Assessment
Adaptive Devices
AROM/AAROM/PROM
Arousal and Attention*
Assistive Devices
Body Mechanics
Identifying Environmental Barriers
Pain assessment
Sensory response*
Skin integrity*
Strength testing
Vital Sign monitoring
Pediatrics
Adaptive Equipment*
Cerebral Palsy*
Developmental delays*
Early Intervention Programs*
Individualized programs*
Milestone assessment*
Orthotics*
Scoliosis*
Spina bifida*
Torticollis*
Orthopedics
Ankle sprains
Cervicalgia
Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)
Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
Elbow injuries/tendinopathy*
Extremity Mobilization
Frozen shoulder
Functional capacity examination (FCE)*
Gait training
Hand injuries/tendinopathy*
Hip fractures/injuries
Knee injuries/tendinopathy
LE Amputations*
Low back pain
Lumbar Traction*
McKenzie*
Myofascial Release*
Osteoarthritis
Pelvic floor training*
Post op cervical surgery*
Post op shoulder repair
Post op spinal surgery
Postpartum care*
Prosthetic training*
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sciatica
Spinal Conditions
Spinal mobilization*
Taping*
Temporomandibular Joint Disease (TMJ)*
Total hip replacement
Total knee replacement
UE Amputations*
Documentation
Assessment
Discharge
Evaluation
Long Term Goals
Plan of Care
Reassessments
Short Term Goals
Time Management
Equipment and Devices
Bed alarms*
Call lights*
Compression devices for lymphedema*
Crutches
Gait belt
Hospital beds/Specialty Beds*
Hoyer lift*
Lower extremity prosthetics*
Paraffin Bath*
Rolling Walker
Shoulder slings
Sit to stand lift*
Sliding boards
Soft/Hard collars*
Specialty beds (air mattresses)*
Standard Walker
Supplemental oxygen delivery
Traction table*
Upper extremity prosthetics*
Wheelchair Assessment*
Cardiopulmonary/Circulatory
Breathing Techniques*
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)*
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)*
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)*
Cystic fibrosis*
Emphysema*
Lobe clearance techniques*
Lymphedema management*
Myocardial Infarction (MI)*
Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)*
Specialty/Patient Population
Cardiopulmonary*
Geriatrics
Neurology
Oncology*
Orthopedics
Pediatrics*
Sport Medicine
Women's Health*
Wound care*
Modalities
Cervical Traction*
Cryotherapy
Diathermy*
E-stim*
Iontophoresis*
Lumbar Traction*
Moist Heat
TENS
Ultrasound
Neurologic
Cognitive disorders*
Concussion*
Multiple Sclerosis*
Muscular dystrophy*
Nerve Palsy*
Neurodevelopmental Technique (NDT)*
Parkinson's disease*
Post Stroke Rehabilitation*
Spinal cord injury*
Traumatic Brain injury*
Billing
Commercial
Medicaid
Medicare A
Medicare B
Private Pay
Workers Compensation
Professional Skills and Knowledge
Home Exercise Program
Patient family education
Safety and injury prevention
Signs & Symptoms physical, sexual, psychological abuse*
Additional Skills
Lifting and Transfer/Telephone calls/Admissions
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