MDI Medical is growing our offerings in CA. We are excited to have some local presence in the state and looking forward to providng more rehab jobs throughout the state, especially with our new focus in the coveted San Diego, CA area.

This is just a partial list of our Rehab Jobs:

PT	CA	ANTIOCH	ACUTE/SUB ACUTE
PT	CA	LIVERMORE	SNF
PT	CA	SALINAS	ACUTE/SUB ACUTE
PT	CA	SALINAS	ACUTE/SUB ACUTE
PT	CA	SAN JOSE	INPATIENT/REHAB
PT	CA	SAN JOSE	INPATIENT/REHAB
PT	CA	SAN JOSE	INPATIENT/REHAB
PT	CA	SAN JOSE	INPATIENT/OUT
PT	CA	WALNUT CREEK	SNF
PT	CA	WILLITS	HOME HEALTH
PT SUPERVISOR	CA	MARTINEZ	OUTPATIENT

Please email me for more information at cberk@mdimedical.com

 

I have always believed that our reputation has been built on our ability to support our clients and therapists after the assignment starts.   This past week, one of MDI Medical’s long time physical therapists had some personal issues that required him to change his work schedule.  He and his wife, also a traveling physical therapist with MDI, have always done a wonderful job wherever they went.

 

Long story short, MDI Medical was able to work with the facility to meet their needs and also grant the request of our physical therapists by providing a unique work schedule.  Our MDI Medical team understands that therapists have a broad number of rehab jobs and comapnies to choose from - it is a real testament to our team that we are committed to supporting our therapists throughout their assignment.

If you're considering a traveling rehab job, please talk to one of our recruiters and let us show you how we can help you get the support you deserve.

We’re seeing an increased demand in our facilities wanting to fill their rehab jobs earlier than usual.  These have always existed in the more rural locations where it’s harder to attract travelers, but we are seeing a growing interest in our clients to book therapists in  metropolitan areas, including Chicago, IL; Atlanta, GA, Baltimore, MD; and FL to name a few. 

 

MDI Medical is working with our client facilities to understand their therapy travel needs in advance so we can offer our therapists a broader selection of assignments in the areas where they want to be.  In this competitive market for the good travel assignments, these jobs are filling quickly. Be sure to let your MDI Medical recruiter where you want to be next if you know in advance.

With everyone needing therapy help these days, there's a lot more competition for the most desirable therapy jobs. Help us get you the job you want!

In talking to our Rehab Directors, two of the resounding reasons they choose MDI Medical  first is our understanding of therapy as specialists in the industry and the fact that they can count on MDI Medical to provide them with the documentation up front, making their job and selection easier (and quicker)

So when ou team asks for help on a skills checklist, reference list and resume update, please help them. We're working on making this easier for you to do this online in the next couple of months.

Many thanks to all of our therapists who keep our clients coming back. We wouldn't be here without you!

I hope everyone has enjoyed the summer as much I have.  Boy has it been a busy one! This has been one of the most exciting times for MDI Medical as we completed our acquisition to Cirrus Medical Staffing. Thanks to all of the traveling therapists and clients who have given positive feedback.

Last week I sent out a newsletter sharing some of the new benefits and services that MDI Medical is now able to provide. Among other benefits, we doubled our match on our 401k and are launching weekly pay. The most exciting news is the amount of new travel therapy jobs that we're able to provide. Check out our website or speak to a recruiter for access to all of our 2000+ travel therapy positions. WIth more contracts in metro locations, MDI Medical is now able to provide more allied health jobs in the areas you want to travel to: whether that's Southern California or the Carolinas.

As always, I'd love to hear from you with any comments or suggestions you may have as we continue striving to be the company of choice for traveling therapists! 

New Travel Therapy jobs

San Jose, CA - 2 PT's needed for Inpatient Rehab setting in San Jose, CA. 13 week assignment.

Baltimore, MD - We are seeking a dynamic Occupational Therapy Assistant to fill this travel position in Baltimore, MD. LTC/SNF setting, call now!

Rockford, IL - We are currently looking for a top Occupational Therapist for a Home Care Perm position in a fantastic facility in Rockford, Illinois. Great pay and benefits!

Dublin, GA - PT needed for outpatient primarily covering inpatient acute and rehab as needed. Willing to treat pediatrics to geriatrics West of Macon, GA.

Lynchburg, VA - Work hard & play hard at this Speech Language Pathologist position. LTC/SNF setting!

COTA jobs

Philadelphia, PA - Check out this great Occupational Therapy Assistant position in a LTC/SNF setting.  Call now for more details!

Point Pleasant, WV - Occupational Therapy Assistant needed ASAP for Acute/LTC setting in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Great manager at this facility.

Portland, OR - COTA needed in Oregon hospital for Home Health setting.

Albuquerque, NM - COTA needed for Acute Care setting at prestigious New Mexico Hospital. 13 week travel assignment in Albuquerque, NM.

Physical Therapy Assistant Jobs

Tampa, FL - Physical Therapy Assistant needed for LTC/SNF setting in Tampa Bay, FL.

Chicago, IL - PTA needed for Chicago facility. Inpatient acute setting with adult population. Call RJ for more details 888-416-7949 xt 2339

Seatlle, WA - Home Health setting in Seattle,WA needs a great Physical Therapy Assistant! This dynamic team of therapists needs YOUR EXPERTISE! And best of all- you get a 13 week travel assignment in BEAUTIFUL SEATTLE!!

Sacramento, CA - This Physical Therapy Assistant opportunity is yours in a great LTC/SNF setting; They need YOU to join their dynamic therapy team today!!!!

Occupational Therapy Careers

Tucson, AZ - Occupational Therapist needed for busy Inpatient Rehab Hospital in sunny southern Arizona ASAP.

Salem, OR - Prestigious hospital in Oregon is looking for an Occupational Therapist for Home Health Visits...off site from the main hospital campus.

Trenton, NJ - Top notch facility in Trenton, NJ seeking experience OT...Great Bonus.

Washington, DC - We are seeking a dynamic Occupational Therapist to fill this travel position! LTC/SNF setting

Speech Therapy Jobs

Pensacola, FL - SLP for busy hospital in the pan handle of Florida. Your choice of setting Acute or Outpatient Adult.

Marietta, GA - SLP needed for Inpatient rehab unit mostly neuro population and dysphagia. 15 minutes North of Atlanta, GA.

Pittsburgh, PA - EXCITING chance to do more, learn more and see more. Speech Language Pathologist wanted for LTC/SNF setting.

Spokane, WA - We are seeking a dynamic Speech Language Pathologist to fill this travel therapy position! LTC/SNF setting.

New Travel Physical Therapy Jobs

Are you a Physical Therapist who is trying to figure out where your next travel assignment is going to be? Below are a few open PT Jobs to help with your search.

York, ME - Top notch facility in York, ME seeking experienced Physical Therapist  for their outpatient unit.

Baltimore, MD - PT needed for a Baltimore Hospital, great team environment in outpatient setting

San Mateo, CA - Physical Therapists needed for Home Health travel work in the San Francisco area.

Salem, OR - PT needed for Outpatient Neuromuscular/Musculoskeletal Therapies in Salem, OR. Great paying assignment with excellent benefits!!

My last post included several tips for professionals working PT jobs, OT jobs and SLP jobs on how to keep your files up to date.  Today's posts is just a brief note on one of the most important things you can do to make sure you're presented with as many allied health jobs as possible:  Keep your recruiter up to speed on how your skills and experience grows over time.

MDI Medical strives to start helping you identify future rehab jobs about 6-8 weeks before the end of your current job. In order to find the best PT jobs, OT jobs and SLP jobs for you, your recruiter must be kept up to date on how your experience changes and grows over time. Your recruiter should contact you with assignments they believe you'll find interesting. However, if you've acquired a license in Nevada but your recruiters don’t know it, you may never be notified when an assignment becomes available in Las Vegas.

Set reminders for updating your recruiter after the end of each assignment, or at least 3 times per year. Craft a standard email and save it on your computer. When it comes time to inform the recruiters you work with that your information has changed, attach your new files and blast it off. You'll be ready to entertain future rehab jobs when they come available, and you’ll have a system for making sure your professional life is documented and well organized.

Safe travels,

Candace

I've been posting lately about all the things that rehab therapy professionals need to know in order to gather their paperwork in order to work allied health jobs, including physical therapy jobs, occupational therapy careers and SLP jobs.  Here are some tips you might find useful.

Tips for Keeping Your Files Up to Date
If you're a rehab therapy travel or local contract professional that frequently moves from assignment to assignment, you'll want an easy way to have updated files on hand at all times. Here are some tips to help make this a breeze with each new assignment you take:

• Set up a system – decide when you'll update
• Use a calendar & reminders for license expirations.
• Know which state licenses require CEUs, and look for classes that are approved in each state for which you hold a license.
• Ask your recruiter for help in obtaining new licenses. If you work for MDI Medical, you'll get reimbursed!
• Do a quick refresh half way through your assignment – review your resume and licenses.
• Fill in any missed details at the end of your assignment, being careful to update newly acquired skills, productivity targets, modalities, caseloads you managed, computerized charting systems or other equipment you learned to use.
• Gather reference information before your assignment ends – names, titles & phone numbers.
• Ask your managers for a letter of recommendation at least 2 weeks before your assignment ends.
• Notify your recruiter if you take any prescriptions that could affect your drug screen results.
• Obtain a copy of your drug screen, titers, physical results for your files.
• Keep a hard copy of your entire file with you on every assignment
• Store electronic files of your documents on your computer at home or the laptop you travel with, and put a copy on a removable jump drive to take with you to your assignment. You never know what you'll need to produce quickly.

We have found that these methods work quite well for just about anyone who works physical therapy jobs, occupational therapy careers and SLP jobs.

Have any more you'd like to share?  Please post a comment!

If you have been contemplating starting a travel therapy career you have definitely chosen the right field. I'm sure like all careers, rehab jobs have their highs and lows, but I cannot think of too many careers that will pay for you to travel and cover a majority of your expenses, all while collecting a pay check.

Imagine spending your weekends away from work relaxing on the shores of West Palm Beach while catching up on reading, or you enjoy a game of golf at a number of pristine local courses. If you elect to take 13 week travel assignments, that is 4 different locations throughout the year that you can enjoy.


Here are a few of these locations:


Speech Therapy Jobs

San Diego, CA - School Setting

Boulder, CO - Pediatrics

Fairfax, VA - LTC/SNF


Physical Therapy Jobs

Albuquerque, NM - Outpatient setting in a new hospital

Dallas, TX - Long Term Acute Care Setting

Las Vegas, NV - Inpatient Rehab


Occupational Therapy Jobs

Phoenix, AZ - Inpatient/Outpatient

Newport News, VA - Rehab Hospital

Chicago, IL - Inpatient Rehab

Physical Therapy Assistant Jobs

Seattle, WA - PTA needed for LTACH setting in Seattle,WA! This dynamic team of therapists needs YOUR EXPERTISE! And best of all you get a 13 week travel therapy assignment in BEAUTIFUL SEATTLE!

Macon, GA - YOU are wanted now for an excellent Physical Therapy Assistant position. Acute/Sub-Acute setting working with a Physical Therapist and an Aide. Within an hour drive of Atlanta

Cleveland, OH - URGENT need for your Physical Therapy Assistant skills in this Inpatient/Outpatient setting. If you like performance arts then you will be excited to know that Cleveland is the home of Playhouse Square Center, the second largest performance art center in the US besides New York's Lincoln Center.

Knoxville, TN - Looking for the perfect LOCATION? Try this Physical Therapy Assistant position located in Knoxville, TN. Physical Therapy Assistant needed for a Pediatric Rehabilitation Center in East TN.

Staying Current

To work on rehabilitation jobs, professionals not only need to keep their work history current, but many potential employers want to see very detailed updates, including the types of settings in which you've worked, case loads you're accustomed to, and equipment you're trained on and have experience using. Of course, your license needs to be up to date and in good standing, but if you work traveling therapist jobs,  you may need to maintain licenses in many different states. Once you have been confirmed to the assignment, new employees need to submit the following:

Medical Information

    * Annual drug screen
    * Annual physical
    * Annual TB test
    * Hepatitis B or signed Declination Form
    * MMR shot record or titers showing immunity

HR Information

    * Orientation Acknowledgement Form
    * Orientation Review Form
    * Policies and Procedures Checklist
    * Employment Agreement
    * Confidentiality Agreement
    * Handbook Acknowledgement Form
    * I9 Form
    * W4 Form
    * State Tax Form (if applicable)
    * Copy of Driver's License
    * Copy of Social Security Card

Credentialing

    * Copies of any active state licenses you hold
    * National Certification Card
    * CPR Card

Job Specific
Sometimes clients have specific requirements, such as:

    * 2-step TB
    * Varicella titer
    * Drug screen within 30 days of start date

For the professional seeking out rehabilitation jobs it may seem like a lot.  However, if you create a reliable system for keeping your files up to date, you'll find it to much easier than you think.  That's the topic of my next post:  Tips for keeping your files up to date.

Safe travels,

Candace

What You'll Need

While there may be some minor differences in what medical facilities (and staffing firms) require when it comes to documentation, in general, most recruiters and the clients they work with are required to have the same types of documents on file. They need an updated skills inventory, your experience, where you've worked, equipment you've used and what you've done.

They need proof that your licenses are current and to be reassured they won't see you on the next edition of America's Most Wanted. In order to conduct an interview and submit you to potential travel or local contract rehabilitation jobs, most rehab therapy staffing firms only need brief information. Your current resume should be enough. However, some medical facilities also want to see your skills checklist and references to consider you for the position.

In the next post, I'll detail all of the paperwork you need to work travel or local contract rehabilitation therapy jobs.

Occupational Therapy Jobs

Austin, TX - OT needed for prestigious hospital in Austin,TX! This is a great location, which was selected in 2006 as the No.1 Best Big City in "Best Places to Live" by Money magazine.

Baltimore, MD - Occupational Therapy Assistants needed in Long Term Care facility. Enjoy the many restaurants and attractions that Baltimore has to offer.

Columbia, SC - A seasoned OT is wanted in a great Skilled Nursing Facility. Enjoy this travel therapy assignment in one of "America's Most Livable Communities" and one of the best destinations in the country for canoe and kayaking.

Fort Myers, FL - Start your travel therapy career with this great assignment in Florida. Fort Myers offers you over 50 golf courses and is located in the center of Southwest Florida, a major tourist destination.

If you've worked at least one travel or local contract rehab therapy assignment, whether it's physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech therapy, you're familiar with the documentation you need in order to work allied health jobs. What many rehab professionals may not know, however, is that medical staffing firms like MDI Medical are required to be just as thorough as any hospital that employs therapists, and are held to the same stringent guidelines. As such, it is important to submit your completed paperwork as early in the process as possible. Background checks and drug screens can take several business days, and some facilities require your file up to a week before you can start working rehabilitation jobs.

Gathering all of this documentation and keeping it current isn't a big deal, particularly if you start the process early and leverage your recruiter for help. In this article, we offer you some insight and a few resources to help you gather and consistently update your 'schtuff' so that you can be ready to take that sweet new assignment on a moment's notice.

You can access the entire article at the link above, but I'll also post some snippets of it here over the coming days & weeks.

Safe travels,

Candace

[insert shameless plug here:]  Hey, have you seen some of MDI Medical's travel therapy jobs?  We have hundreds (and hundreds!) of them at www.mdimedical.com.

There's certainly no shortage of options for the physical therapy, occupational therapy or speech therapy traveler.  Hundreds of staffing firms are out there vying for your business and too often we see folks looking for PT jobs, OT jobs, or SLP jobs take an assignment that sounds great, but that ends up burning them in the end. 

If you're a travel or local contract rehab therapist, there are a few things you'll want to watch out for when choosing who to work with.

While the folks you speak with may sound great, there are always telltale signs that you may not have found the best company.  Avoid companies that are too small.  In most cases, very small staffing companies have limited allied health opportunities and even fewer resources.  Look for companies that employ housing and credentialing specialists.  You do NOT want your recruiter to do this.  You may also consider avoiding companies that generate most of their business from areas other than rehab therapy.  You might feel left out if 95 out of 100 workers they have on staff are nurses.  On the other hand, you don’t want to be treated like a number.

Above all, seek out honest, ethical companies that value you as a professional and that uphold contractual agreements.  Talking with other travelers can be a great way to avoid a bad choice.