PT Inpatient Rehab
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center

PT Inpatient Rehab

Overview

• Specialty: Therapy/Rehabilitation
• Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Shift: Day, 5x8 hours
• Weekly hours: 40
• Contract length: 13 weeks

Schedule

• Workdays are either Monday–Friday or Tuesday–Saturday
• Weekend shifts required: 2 per month

Patient Population

• Adults
• Adolescents
• Geriatrics

Setting

• Inpatient rehabilitation
• Community-based hospital
• Level III Trauma Center
• Level I Teaching facility

Required Qualifications

• Valid Physical Therapist license in New Mexico
• BLS - Basic Life Support issued by American Red Cross or American Heart Association

Key Responsibilities / Clinical Focus

• Treats a mix of acute care, outpatient clinic, rehabilitation hospital, and SNF-related cases
• Common diagnoses include falls, CVA, trauma, pneumonia, orthopedic post-op cases, sepsis, UTI, respiratory failure, liver failure, kidney failure, and wounds
• Average caseload is 8 patients per day

Additional Notes

• No on-call
• No floating
• No block scheduling
• RTO over 7 days requires approval
• Guaranteed hours: 40 per week, with up to 3 call-offs during a 13-week assignment
• New contracts and extensions must be at least 10 weeks
• 6-month break required after 4 consecutive assignments or reaching 1 year, whichever comes first