PT Home Health
St. Joseph, MO
American Traveler
4x10 hrs, Days

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 4x10hrs
• Hours: 40 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Aug 31, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is seeking a licensed Physical Therapist with home health experience for a 13-week travel contract covering a multi-county home health territory in Missouri.

Details

• Home health setting covering 13 counties in the St. Joseph, MO area, including Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Platte, and Worth counties
• Rotating weekly coverage of farther counties, with adjusted patient loads on high-mileage days
• Schedule is 5x8 days (8:00–16:30) or 4x10s depending on traveler preference
• On-call required one Sunday every five weeks
• Every fifth week, two weekday days off are exchanged for a Saturday and Sunday to complete admissions
• EMR: Epic (required)

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year of PT experience required; home health experience is required
• DPT degree required
• Current MO state PT license required; pending licensure will be considered, but license must be active and in hand prior to start date — license required if applicable
• BLS certification required
• Previous travel experience preferred
• Two professional references required for consideration
• Copy of driver's license and Social Security card required for consideration
• Traveler's permanent address must be at least 50 miles from the facility
• Proficiency in OASIS documentation, plan of care, evaluations, reassessments, and goal-setting

Additional Information

• PTs perform their own Start of Care (SOC) assessments
• Responsibilities include patient evaluation, treatment, home exercise program development, patient and family education, and safety and injury prevention
• Patient population spans orthopedic, neurologic, and cardiopulmonary conditions, with geriatric patients being a common population
• Skills utilized include gait training, assistive and adaptive device use, strength testing, vital sign monitoring, and skin integrity assessment
• Scrubs required: solid black, grey, or khaki pants with a polo shirt or scrub top — no printed patterns
• Previous facility employees must be separated for at least 1 year before returning as a traveler
• Local candidates are accepted
• RTO requests must be submitted at time of consideration