Travel Occupational Therapist - $2,126 per week

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 5x8hrs
• Hours: 40 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Aug 10, 2026
• Length: 12 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring a travel Occupational Therapist with at least 6 months of experience in a skilled/acute and outpatient setting for a 12-week inpatient/outpatient assignment at a critical access hospital in Texas.

Work Setting & Details

• Work setting is a 25-bed critical access hospital providing both inpatient skilled nursing and outpatient occupational therapy services under one hospital license
• Inpatient patients include skilled nursing cases with an average length of stay of 14 days
• Common diagnoses include general SNF, wounds, orthopedic, neurological, and debility cases
• Position requires floating between inpatient and outpatient departments within the same facility
• Charting is performed in MEDITECH
• Day shift, Monday–Friday, 8-hour shifts (7a–4p or 8a–5p); no weekends and no on-call required
• Productivity expectation is 24 units per 8-hour day
• No therapy technician support is available on this unit

Requirements

• Active Texas OT license and national OT license required; pending licenses will not be accepted — license required if applicable
• Minimum 6 months of experience in a skilled nursing or acute care setting required; some outpatient OT experience also required
• BLS (AHA) certification required; active certifications required, pending not accepted
• Two professional references required: one supervisor from within the last 12 months worked and one peer or supervisor from within the last 3 years worked, including dates of employment and eligibility for rehire
• Copy of a valid driver's license required for consideration
• Candidates must not have been directly employed (full-time, part-time, or PRN) by any CommonSpirit, CHI, or Dignity facility within the past year; candidates employed PRN through outside staffing firms will be considered
• New graduates will be considered provided they have at least six months of relevant experience

Responsibilities

• Performing patient evaluations
• Developing individualized treatment plans and goals
• Implementing treatment programs
• Reassessing outcomes
• Participating in discharge planning
• Care is delivered within an interdisciplinary team framework in accordance with the State of Texas Board of Examiners for Occupational Therapy guidelines
• May be asked to precept other staff as needed by the unit

Orientation & Attendance

• Orientation includes Pathways learning modules assigned during onboarding, along with on-site education and shadowing for site and documentation orientation
• Consistent attendance is expected; call-outs are strongly discouraged and may result in termination
• Green scrub or dress code details were not specified — candidates should confirm attire expectations upon placement