Occupational Therapist - Acute Care
Seward, Alaska
Providence Seward Medical and Care Center

Occupational Therapist

Job Overview

• Specialty: Therapy/Rehabilitation
• Location: Seward, Alaska
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Start date: ASAP
• Assignment length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Variable, 5x8 days
• Weekend requirement: No
• Call requirement: None
• First-time travelers: Accepted
• Floating: May float within scope across outpatient, acute care, and long-term care
• Block schedule: Can be accommodated
• Local candidates: Not accepted; permanent address must be at least 50 miles from the facility
• Guaranteed hours: 72 hours per 2 weeks, with possible call-off for 1 eight-hour shift per 2 weeks

Required Qualifications

• Years of experience: 1 year
• Experience: Occupational Therapist experience within the last year
• Certifications/licenses required: Valid Occupational Therapist license in Alaska, BLS - Basic Life Support issued by American Heart Association or Heart and Stroke Foundation, NBCOT

Work Setting

• Covers outpatient, acute care, and some long-term care/swing bed
• Critical access hospital
• 40 staffed beds

Additional Details

• Scrub color: Any
• Charting system: Epic
• Parking is free

Housing

• Housing is provided during the assignment
• Typically a 1-bedroom apartment, though it may be shared with another traveler
• Move-in is available no earlier than 72 hours before the contract begins and no later than 24 hours after it ends
• Pets are not allowed
• Additional family members are uncommon and require approval
• Housing must be cleaned at departure or additional cleaning fees may apply