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Finding Your Traveling Physical Therapy or Occupational Therapy Dream Job

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

By Erica Ronchetti

If you’re a physical therapist or occupational therapist and often feel like you just can’t sit still or stay in one place, a physical therapy travel job or traveling occupational therapy job might be the career of your dreams.  As a licensed traveling therapist, you’d have the opportunity to fill short term PT jobs and OT jobs across the country.

Many areas have a higher demand for therapists, and though not an appealing position for physical and occupational therapists that would prefer to stay in one place, these positions pay well and need to be filled by qualified therapists.  The reason this demand exists is because a typical travel therapy job is only about 13 weeks long, and many physical therapists and occupational therapists prefer more permanent assignments.  These short term assignments are perfect opportunities for therapists to travel and experience new cities and areas of the country.

As previously stated, the duration of a typical physical therapy travel job or traveling occupational therapy job is around 13 weeks, though there is variation depending on assignment.  It is the therapist’s choice whether or not they would prefer to take on back-to-back travel therapy jobs or take time off between assignments.

If you’re a therapist looking for a change of scenery but are put off by the thought of lesser pay, consider that the salary of a traveling physical therapist or traveling occupational therapist is competitive with the pay of other more traditional therapy assignments.  It’s important to consider that travel therapy jobs often include free housing, insurance, and other expenses.  While enjoying a competitive salary and free accommodations, you’d get to experience a new location and culture.

Despite the benefits, many physical therapists and occupational therapists prefer staying home instead of traveling because children, school, and other commitments can hold them back.  Though traveling physical therapy or travel occupational therapy isn’t for everyone, it can be an excellent way to combine a love for travel while advancing your career.  Don’t hesitate to find out more information on travel therapy jobs.  Visit http://www.alliedtravelcareers.com and get your career started today!

Erica Ronchetti is Account Manager for Travel Nurse Source, a recruiting company for traveling nurses.  Travel Nurse Source is affiliated with Allied Travel Careers, a recruiting company for traveling physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech language pathologists.  For more information on what we do, please visit our websites.

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Travel Therapy Jobs – Take Your Career to the Next Level

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

By Erica Ronchetti

The process of finding a traveling therapy job (physical therapy travel job or traveling occupational therapy job) is not the same as finding any other therapy job.  Physical therapists that pursue a career in travel therapy can browse the internet for lists of jobs but it is more efficient to sign on with a Travel Therapy Agency which then provides information on jobs all over the USA.

Typically, travel therapy agencies can offer traveling physical therapists and traveling occupational therapists free housing in the location they will be working.  The provided housing is an excellent opportunity for the traveling therapist to save money.
It’s not true that physical therapists are the only candidates who qualify for travel therapy jobs.  Physical therapy assistants, radiologic technologists, nurses, occupational therapists, and speech language pathologists (speech therapists) are all eligible for traveling work as long as they have a minimum of 18 months experience working.

Naturally, many benefits go along with travel therapy jobs.  Traveling physical therapists and traveling occupational therapists can expect all the benefits associated with regular therapy jobs, such as health insurance, vacation time, and a 401(k) plan, and continuing education.  Ensure that you discuss all benefits before accepting any travel position.  Your job provider should fill you in on all of these.

Travel therapy jobs are exciting and perfect for a physical therapist, occupational therapist, or speech language pathologist who loves travel.  If you’ve got the will to travel the United States, travel therapy jobs can be the perfect opportunity.  Consider contacting a travel therapy agency to learn how you can combine your love for traveling with your physical therapy job and take your career to the next level.  For more information on physical therapy travel jobs and travel occupational therapy jobs, visit www.alliedtravelcareers.com.

Erica Ronchetti is Account Manager for Travel Nurse Source, a recruiting company for traveling nurses.  Travel Nurse Source is affiliated with Allied Travel Careers, a recruiting company for traveling physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech language pathologists.  For more information on what we do, please visit our websites.

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The Benefits of Practicing Physical Therapy On the Road

Monday, July 27th, 2009

By Erica Ronchetti

Travel PT jobs (physical therapy jobs) come with many advantages for therapists and their families as well.  First and foremost, one obvious benefit is the opportunity to travel all over the country while receiving a salary.  The chance to travel can be a terrific and convenient way for therapists and their families to see the nation.  How often does that opportunity arise?

As a traveling physical therapist, you’d have the chance to experience multiple world-class medical facilities around the nation.  Working in multiple settings provides therapist with valuable experience, versatile skills, and greater overall field knowledge they can apply to future assignments.

Money is another advantage a physical therapy travel job can provide.  Therapists have the opportunity to make larger salaries without working any additional hours, and can sometimes receive referral bonuses.  Often times, therapists receive an allowance or reimbursement for meals, which can make saving money easier and greatly reduce their living expenses.  If that isn’t enough, some therapy programs will pay for the traveling physical therapist’s further education, sometimes as much as $1,000 per year, allowing them to gain necessary knowledge and skills for the future.

Many therapists are hung up on the myth that travel PT jobs lack insurance.  This lack of insurance is untrue, as that’s one of the common benefits traveling therapists receive when they take on a travel assignment.  Typical insurance packages provided include long term disability insurance, life insurance, and medical insurance as well, making physical therapy travel jobs and traveling occupational therapy jobs very appealing.

Take the time to consider if a physical therapy travel job is right for you.  Don’t miss out on a great chance to build your resume with excellent travel experience.  A travel PT job can give you the edge you need to stand out in any future therapy job you apply for.  Visit our website to learn more about travel therapy careers today!

Erica Ronchetti is Account Manager for Travel Nurse Source, a recruiting company for traveling nurses.  Travel Nurse Source is affiliated with Allied Travel Careers, a recruiting company for traveling physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech language pathologists.  For more information on what we do, please visit our websites.

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Areas with Greatest Needs for Therapists

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

By Christine Whitmarsh, RN, BSN

Every month, a company called Wanted Technologies gathers data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and online job boards in each U.S. state and researches the number of employees in every professional occupation by city. Then, Wanted calculates the difference between the available supply of employees in each profession in each city in proportion to the demand for employees in that profession. The company then ranks all professions and all cities based on national average. Those that exceed the national average are considered your best bet for finding a job.

The Wanted data regarding jobs in physical therapy, physical therapy assistant, occupational therapy and speech language pathology confirm that these are all some of the “most wanted” health care professionals all over the country. As a travel physical therapist, traveling physical therapy assistant, traveling OT or travel speech language pathologist, these opportunities multiply as new assignments continue to be made available. Here are some of the locations with the greatest demand for rehabilitation therapists and support staff. Contact a travel agency recruiter to find out where your skills are needed the most as a travel therapist.

Travel Physical Therapist Jobs: Orlando, FL; Atlanta, GA; Tucson, AZ; Charlotte, NC

Traveling Occupational Therapy Jobs: Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater area of FL; Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue area of WA

Travel Speech Therapy Jobs: Tampa, St, Petersburg, Clearwater area of Florida

Physical Therapy Assistant Jobs (among the highest demand of all Wanted careers): Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue area of WA; Dallas Fort Worth and Arlington areas of TX

Occupational Therapy Assistants: Philadelphia, PA; Camden, NJ; Wilmington, DE

The Wanted website also features industry wide job forecasts as well as recession forecasts. For more information visit: www.wantedtech.com

Christine Whitmarsh is a Registered Nurse with a BSN from the University of Rhode Island. She is a freelance health journalist and medical writer and a contributor to Travel Nurse Source and Allied Travel Careers.

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Physical Therapists in Highest Demand

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

By Christine Whitmarsh, RN, BSN

In a tough economy and even tougher job market, the following should be music to physical therapists’ ears: “This job tops the list of jobs referred to by several job sites as “best shots at finding work.” The websites, including LinkUp, Indeed and Simply Hired, also point to the comparatively easy training requirements and lower turnovers than other jobs. Physical therapy has a dramatically lower unemployment rate than the national average. Current career stats have physical therapy jobs and traveling physical therapist jobs growing by a whopping 207% in the past two years, with an average annual salary reported to be $52,000. Job growth is forecast at 2006-2016 between 2006 and 2016.

The demand for physical therapists and physical therapy travel jobs is on the rise, partly because of the growing need for therapy and rehabilitation by aging baby boomers and partly due to the increased awareness of healthy habits by the rest of the population. Costly health insurance premiums and co-pays are also on the minds of the American health care consumers, especially as they make the connection between price tag and physician visit. Physical therapists can help solidify this connection in their clients’ minds, emphasizing healthier ways of functioning and avoiding injuries.

Physical therapists and travel physical therapists can provide relief to patients from all walks of life from wounded weekend warriors, to elderly clients suffering from chronic debilitating conditions, heart attacks and strokes to babies born with severe birth defects and in need of rehabilitation to improve their future. The profession is also growing, as new medical advances allow trauma survivors who once would have expired, to survive and require rehabilitation.

Sources: American Physical Therapy Association, Simply Hired.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Christine Whitmarsh is a Registered Nurse with a BSN from the University of Rhode Island. She is a freelance health journalist and medical writer and a contributor to Travel Nurse Source and Allied Travel Careers.

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More Knee Replacements Means More Physical Therapists Needed

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

By Christine Whitmarsh, RN, BSN

As an orthopedic nurse, I saw for myself the thriving cottage industry that is total knee replacement (TKR) surgery. What alarmed me, was the age differential in TKR surgery patients and total hip replacement (THR) patients. While relatively older individuals were the classic THR candidates, I saw younger to middle age folks routinely going under the knife to have their fragile, worn out, cartilage depleted knees replaced, bionic style. The most common reasons for this include obesity, a hyperactive lifestyle of repetitive use (athletes). These reasons in younger patients, along with aging of course, are making osteoarthritis a more and more common occurrence, with approximately 500,000 TKR’s done in the U.S. annually.

Physical therapists and traveling physical therapists have always been one of the most important players in a patient’s recovery and rehabilitation from total knee replacement procedures. Now, ongoing research is finding that the faster and more aggressively that physical therapists rehab these patients, the better their outcomes. A study published in Arthritis Care and Research showed that the patients who worked with their therapists on progressive strength training had the most function restored in their legs and fastest. This is a technique that does not reduce range of motion and does not cause increased swelling or pain (the issues that prevented such an aggressive approach before, primarily keeping patients on bed rest of non-ambulatory). Study participants showed a 53% increase in stair climbing speed, 32% increase in walking time and distance and 70% increase in quadriceps muscles strength.

As America ages, continues its battle of the bulge, and as weekend warriors continue to underestimate the fragility of their joints, physical therapist and traveling physical therapy job holders will play more and more of a vital role in health care. For traveling physical therapists, these unprecedented job opportunities are coupled with the opportunity to travel and work in dream destinations across the country.

Source: CBS News

Christine Whitmarsh is a Registered Nurse with a BSN from the University of Rhode Island. She is a freelance health journalist and medical writer and a contributor to Travel Nurse Source and Allied Travel Careers.

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Golfers Keeping Physical Therapists Busy

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

By Christine Whitmarsh, RN, BSN

I recently had my first golf lesson by my significant other. His major critique was that I should stop swinging the club more like a baseball bat (what can I say, it’s my favorite sport). Other than that, there was no serious damage done and no injuries or pulled muscles that would send me screaming to a doctor or in, increasingly more cases of sports injuries, a physical therapist.

Many physical therapists and traveling physical therapists are likely to see an increase in golf related injuries this time of year, due to that sport’s peak popularity in the summer when the sun is shining and the lush greens start to beckon. When the amateur golfer, especially the “weekend warrior” golfer, is not in proper shape, they are in danger of sustaining a variety of injuries from the swing of the club. One bad swing (not “bad golf game” bad either) can lead to lower back, shoulder, knee and hip injuries. This is because one golf swing greatly multiplies the stress that the body weight places on the spine.

I credit my injury-free day to some good luck and also to my regular fitness routine, which incorporates total body conditioning. This is important in the sport of golf, which uses basically every major muscle group in the body, from quads, gluts and abs to delts, pecs, triceps and biceps. Physical therapists and travel pts can cite evidence of this in the types of specific injuries seen in golfers including: back pain, tennis or golfer’s elbow, shoulder pain, carpal tunnel syndrome (from repetitive use), tendinitis, knee pain, wrist impaction, tendon subluxation and hand and wrist fractures. Physical therapists, traveling physical therapists (especially ones on attractive assignments to golf resort areas), and others working in sports and fitness training, recommend a good solid regimen of stretching before play and a fitness regimen in between that includes core work, squats and push-ups. Happy golfing!

Christine Whitmarsh is a Registered Nurse with a BSN from the University of Rhode Island. She is a freelance health journalist and medical writer and a contributor to Travel Nurse Source and Allied Travel Careers.

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Trends in Long Term Facility Rehab Programs

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

By Christine Whitmarsh, RN, BSN

As the population ages and requires more complex rehabilitation therapy, the services offered by long term care facilities are moving forward with the times. For example, the roles of physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists and their travel therapy counterparts are expanding in nursing homes and other extended care facilities. Rehab therapists in these facilities no longer only care for the long term needs of permanent residents. Skilled nursing facilities also offer transitional therapies for residents that often reside there for thirty days or less. Many patients recovering from stroke, head trauma or other serious conditions are now recovering in long term care facilities. This creates another dimension of patient care for the physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists who work in these facilities.

Rehab therapists working in skilled nursing facilities are also seeing their job descriptions expand. In addition to putting their patients through the paces of conventional therapy programs, all areas of therapy are discovering positive therapeutic outcomes in many new areas of treatment. Some of these areas include alternative medicine (or what was once considered “alternative”) such as pilates, yoga, and tai chi (popular especially in the elderly population). Other treatment areas fall under the category of technology like Nintendo Wii, virtual reality that mimics a patient’s home and computer cognitive training programs.

In addition to adding value to the way they treat patients, therapists and their colleagues at these facilities are also taking advantage of advances in technology to make their own jobs more efficient. Electronic documentation, web based case management software and robotic machines that assist with patient transfers, ensuring the health and safety of staff, are also results of technological advancements. As the advancement of trends in long term care facilities mirrors the demand for new traveling therapists, the need for travel physical therapists, traveling occupational therapists and travel speech therapists is expected to continue rising.

* April 2009, McKnight’s Long Term Care News

Christine Whitmarsh is a Registered Nurse with a BSN from the University of Rhode Island. She is a freelance health journalist and medical writer and a contributor to Travel Nurse Source and Allied Travel Careers.

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Physical and Occupational Therapy Jobs Thriving

Monday, June 15th, 2009

By Christine Whitmarsh, RN, BSN

Health care jobs are booming, with physical therapy jobs and occupational therapy jobs topping many career industry lists. The same goes for traveling therapists who are interested in traveling physical therapy or traveling occupational therapy.  Colleges and vocational schools are filling open slots in these programs quickly, with students aspiring to take advantage of jobs in an industry that not only appears to be recession proof, but is also growing at a rapid pace. Many therapists are also reporting that they have job offers lined up before graduation. This is especially true of traveling physical and traveling occupational therapists.

The health care industry is on track to create 3 million new jobs between 2006 and 2016 – outnumbering any other industry. Physical therapy employment is projected to grow 27 percent in that time period. The highest projected employment growth is 55 percent is in home health care and other services outside of hospitals with a still impressive 13 percent growth predicted in hospitals.  This gives all health care employees many options to choose from in regards to types of clinical settings. Those aspiring to be traveling physical therapists or travel occupational therapists are also in a great position to take advantage of this abundance of therapy jobs, most with salaries ranging from $60,000 to $70,000 per year.

Therapy clients in every area of the country, in every age group, from newborn to aging baby boomers and the elderly are in need of skilled therapists to assist them in managing the daily demands of chronic illnesses and acute disabilities.  All therapists, especially those dealing with the flexibility required in a travel career, need to be in good physical shape. This is especially true of therapists working in hospitals with acutely ill patients who need the most assistance and support. Whether you are looking for that kind of work, or therapy assignments in home health or long term care settings, travel jobs are out there for those with the initiative to apply now.

Sources: U.S. Dept. of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Christine Whitmarsh is a Registered Nurse with a BSN from the University of Rhode Island. She is a freelance health journalist and medical writer and a contributor to Travel Nurse Source and Allied Travel Careers.

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Music Therapy Helps Special Need Children

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

By Christine Whitmarsh, RN, BSN

All types of rehabilitation therapists, including traveling physical therapists, travel occupational therapists and traveling speech language pathologists, are integral in the care of special needs children. Music therapy is a form of rehab treatments that is often used in conjunction with occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech language pathology. When music therapy is included as a component of existing treatments, the results often speak for themselves.

Communication and social interaction skills are improved, often because of the similarities and speaking and singing, one part of music therapy. This component of therapy also aids the child’s long term memory retention, since an interested, attentive child learns new skills better. Music therapy benefits the special need child’s motor abilities, since rhythm is correlated to movement and coordination. Utilizing recorded music as a part of rehab therapy also promotes relaxation and decreases muscle tension, making treatment easier for therapist and patient.

The first undergraduate degree program in the U.S. came into being in 1944 at Michigan State University. A degree in music therapy typically requires a therapist to become proficient in guitar, piano, voice, music theory and history, reading music along with a conventional health care and rehab therapy foundation. Music therapy has been known to benefit special need children with autism, brain injuries, Down syndrome, and children with significant developmental delays.

Physical therapist careers and occupational therapist careers working in music therapy are responsible for assessing each individual patients and designing a treatment plan that uses the best methods, whether listening to music, singing, playing or all three, that meet each patient’s objectives.

Christine Whitmarsh is a Registered Nurse with a BSN from the University of Rhode Island. She is a freelance health journalist and medical writer and a contributor to Travel Nurse Source and Allied Travel Careers.

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