Physical Therapist - Home Health
Hilo, HI
American Traveler
5x8 hrs, Days

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 5x8hrs
• Hours: 40 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Aug 31, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is seeking a licensed Physical Therapist with at least 1 year of home health experience for a 13-week travel contract serving patients across the Hawaiian Islands, including the Big Island, Kauai, Maui, and Oahu.

Details

• Home health setting serving a predominantly geriatric patient population (kupuna) in their residences across Hawai'i Island
• Occasional floating to cover Kauai, Maui, and/or Oahu may be required; all float-related expenses are covered
• Patient specialties include orthopedics, neurology, geriatrics, cardiopulmonary conditions (COPD, CHF, CABG, MI, PVD), post-stroke rehabilitation, and cognitive/neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease and dementia
• Procedures and skills include gait training, OASIS assessments, plan of care development, patient/family education, home exercise program development, and post-op rehabilitation (total hip/knee replacement, spinal surgery)
• Productivity requirement of 25 units per week
• 1:1 patient ratio
• Day shift schedule, 5x8 hours (8:00–16:30)
• HomeCare HomeBase (HCHB) used for documentation; experience preferred

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year of home health experience required
• OASIS documentation experience of more than 3 months required
• Current BLS certification (AHA) required
• Active Hawaii (HI) PT license required; license required if applicable
• Strong skills in geriatric, neurologic, and orthopedic patient populations
• Proficiency with adaptive and assistive devices, including Hoyer lifts, gait belts, walkers, sliding boards, wheelchairs, lower extremity prosthetics, and supplemental oxygen
• Experience with OASIS documentation, plan of care development, reassessments, and discharge planning
• Ability to identify environmental barriers and conduct home safety assessments
• Preferred: wound care, lymphedema management, manual therapy certification, and experience with MS, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injury, or TBI

Additional Information

• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Scrubs of any color and closed-toed shoes required
• Candidates should be prepared to provide total months of start-of-care and OASIS experience, as well as frequency of Medicare patient starts of care per week, for consideration
• Preferred skills include acute care exposure, lymphedema management, compression device use, NDT techniques, and experience with complex neurological conditions