PT Outpatient
Rio Rancho, NM
Care Career
5x8 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Outpatient Physical Therapist – Travel Contract

Specialty: Outpatient Physical Therapist (PT)
Schedule: 5x8-hour Days, Monday–Friday
Hours: 8:30 AM–5:00 PM
Guaranteed: 40 hours/week
Contract: 91 weeks
Patient Population: Adults & Geriatrics
Visits: Approximately 11 patients/day
Charting: Cerner
Scrubs: Ceil Blue
Parking: Free

Experience & License

• 1+ year PT experience required
• First-time travelers accepted
• First-time travelers should have acute inpatient experience
• New Mexico PT license required; pending license accepted at submission
• BLS required
• Cerner experience is required

Setting

• Community-based hospital
• Level III Trauma Center
• Level I Teaching Facility
• 65 inpatient beds + 12 ICU beds
• Outpatient clinic setting
• No floating
• No weekends
• No call

Main Skills / Patient Conditions

The facility is looking for experience with:

• Cardiopulmonary
• Geriatrics
• Neurology
• Sports medicine
• Outpatient therapy
• COPD / CHF
• Post-stroke rehabilitation
• Traumatic brain injury
• Multiple sclerosis
• Parkinson’s disease
• Muscular dystrophy
• Spinal conditions/injuries
• Osteoarthritis
• Total hip/knee replacement
• Shoulder/cervical/spinal post-op care
• Sciatica and low-back pain
• Hip/knee injuries
• Frozen shoulder
• Ankle sprains
• Cervicalgia
• DDD/DJD
• Vestibular
• TMJ

Treatment / Clinical Skills

• AROM/AAROM/PROM
• Extremity mobilization
• Spinal mobilization
• Gait training
• Strength testing
• Vital-sign monitoring
• Pain assessment
• Sensory response
• Skin integrity
• Patient/family education
• Home exercise programs
• Evaluation and assessment
• Reassessments
• Short- and long-term goals
• Discharge planning
• Assistive devices

Important: The facility says to screen candidates who are missing required skills/experience rather than automatically declining them.

Location / Local Rule

• No locals within 100 miles
• Permanent address must be outside the 100-mile radius
• Non-local driver's license must be on file

RTO / Schedule

• Monday–Friday schedule
• Block scheduling is not specifically offered; schedule is M–F
• RTO must be provided at submission
• Maximum preferred RTO: 7 days
• No RTO during the first 7 days or on the last day
• One holiday RTO is preferred
• RTO over 7 days requires approval

Compliance

• Compliance should begin within 1–2 weeks of signing
• Documents due 10 days before start
• Drug screen required within 30 days of start
• Most licenses/certifications may pend at submission
• RQI certifications are not accepted
• Modules are completed during orientation and annually
• Up to 6 hours of module time is billable; additional time is non-billable
• COVID requirement is listed as conflicting in the posting: the description mentions vaccination/exemption, while the agency field says COVID is not required. Confirm before submission.

Important Return / Extension Policy

• Former permanent staff must be separated for 12 months before returning as a traveler
• After 1 year or 4 consecutive contracts, whichever comes first, a 6-month system break is required

Key Candidate Checklist

✓ 1+ year PT experience
✓ Acute inpatient experience if first-time traveler
✓ NM PT license or pending NM license
✓ BLS
✓ Cerner experience
✓ Outpatient PT experience preferred/expected
✓ Comfortable seeing ~11 patients/day
✓ No weekends/call
✓ Permanent address 100+ miles away
✓ Non-local driver's license
✓ RTO provided at submission