Home Health Physical Therapist
Ketchikan, Alaska
PeaceHealth Wilson Building

PT Home Health

• Location: Ketchikan, Alaska
• Specialty: Therapy/Rehabilitation
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Start date: ASAP (4 weeks from offer)

Schedule

• Shift: Day shift, 5 x 8-hour days, 8:00 to 16:30
• Hours: 8 per day, 40 per week

Required Qualifications

• Valid Physical Therapist license in Alaska
• Physical Therapist experience (1 year)
• Physical Therapist experience within the last year
• Experience in a Home Health setting
• Experience with OASIS

Health and Clearance Requirements

• Physical exam: Within 1 year of start; no annual renewal needed
• TB: Negative IGRA or 2 PPDs within 1 year of start; a TB questionnaire is completed in place of annual renewal
• Drug test: Within 30 days of start, including amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methadone, 6-monoacetylmorphine (6AM), opiates, oxycodone/oxymorphone, and PCP. Marijuana is also required for Alaska candidates.
• Fit test: Within 1 year of start and updated annually for onsite candidates. Documentation must include size, make/model, date, and pass/fail results. Accepted masks are 3M models 1870+, 1860, 9205+, 8210+, and 9210+.
• RespSafety clearance: Required for all onsite candidates and updated annually
• Tdap: Vaccine or declination required (remote workers may decline if they do not have it)
• Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella: Laboratory evidence of immunity, two vaccines at least 28 days apart, or a facility-specific declination. Remote candidates may sign a declination without collecting titers or vaccines.
• Hepatitis B: Positive titer, facility-specific declination, or a vaccine series with a positive titer (not required for non-clinical candidates)
• Flu: Documentation of a flu vaccine or declination is required during flu season (11/01 to 03/31). Alaska candidates may decline for medical or religious reasons with the required forms.

Background and Documentation

• Background check: Seven-year search, including SSN trace, counties and states lived/worked, federal search, national criminal search, and Social Security verification. Required within 60 days of start.
• Exclusion checks: EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG, run 15 days before start and every 45 days after
• Education verification: Verification of highest education related to the specialty. Transcripts or a diploma are acceptable if the school cannot be verified.
• Alaska fingerprinting: Two FD258 FBI fingerprint cards. The candidate sends one card to the state and one to the facility, and the candidate handles the application and payment.
• Orientation exam: Home health orientation exam, completed before start with a required score of 100%
• Other forms: Criminal disclosure statement, photo for badge (passport style, white or gray background), employment application, demographic form (due 2 Fridays before start), and review of the workplace violence prevention plan, dress code, and orientation materials before start