Physical Therapist Inpatient
Topeka, KS
Cross Country Allied
5x8 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary:
Physical Therapist Inpatient (Specialty: PT IP) in a healthcare facility. This role involves evaluating and treating adult and geriatric patients across multiple units including emergency department, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, telemetry, and medical-surgical. The position offers a schedule of 8-hour days, working days with an expectation of a 40-hour workweek. The assignment starts on October 14, 2026, and concludes on January 13, 2027.

Job Details:

• Schedule: Days, 8 hours per shift, minimum of 40 hours per week
• Required Qualifications: Valid Kansas or Compact Radiologic Nurse (RN) license in hand at the time of submission, 1 year of experience as a Physical Therapist, and current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Skills: Acute Care, Adaptive Devices, Active Range of Motion (AROM), Assessment, Assistive Devices, Bed alarms, Call lights, Dementia/Alzheimers, Discharge planning, Evaluation, Gait belt and gait training, Geriatrics, Hip fractures/injuries, Home Exercise Program, Hospital beds/Specialty Beds, Hoyer lift, Lower Extremity (LE) Amputations, Long Term Goals, Medicaid, Medicare A, Multiple Sclerosis, Orthopedics, Pain assessment, Parkinson's disease, Patient family education, Plan of Care, Post-operative spinal surgery, Post Stroke Rehabilitation, Reassessments, Rehabilitation Hospital, Rolling Walker, Short Term Goals, Sit to stand lift, Sliding boards, Spinal cord injury, Standard Walker, Strength testing, Total hip and knee replacements, Vital Sign monitoring
• Additional Information: Assignments include evaluating and treating patients with diverse diagnoses in multiple units such as emergency, orthopedic, neurological, spine, rehabilitation, and medical-surgical wards. Travelers are expected to float within their scope to similar units as needed and will receive brief orientation on each unit. Modules completed onsite during orientation are non-billable and are recorded via transcripts.
• Travel Experience: Not required, local candidates not accepted (50-mile radius)

Benefits:
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits