Job description
Outpatient Physical Therapist - Orthopedics
Start Date: 10-27-2026
End Date: 01-26-2027
Contract Type: Travel Contract
Hours per Week: 40
Candidate Pay Rate: $59.50 per hour
About United Health Care Staffing
At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.
Education
- Methods are appropriate to the level of understanding. Education is timely (initiated when patient/family capable of
- learning) and need is identified with action taken to initiate training. Content is comprehensive-all aspects of care,
- including safety. Patient/family performance is documented. Need for type and follow-up is indicated/documented.
- Documentation: Complies with department policy regarding documentation. Completed in a timely manner according to
- department policy. Concise, legible, correct grammar using medical terminology and approved abbreviations. Reflects all
- interventions used in treatment, all ongoing assessment of treatment effectiveness, and changes in goals and treatment
- plan as appropriate. Addresses quality improvement indicators per policy. Reflects interdisciplinary teamwork and
- collaboration. Timecards, productivity logs, billing, and other logs for departmental functions are completed in a timely
- manner per department policy.
- Communication & Collaboration with Team/MD: Appropriately communicates treatment plan and patient status with
- team and MD with no more than 1 complaint per year. Participates in team conferences. Addresses verification of payor
- guidelines/authorization as needed, in a timely manner (i.e., prior to scheduling/treating patient or obtaining equipment.
- Attempts made to contact MD with patient concerns or changes in status in a timely manner. Solicits feedback from MD
- and coworkers to improve teamwork and collaboration (or uses unsolicited feedback) with no more than 1 valid complaint
- per year and no more than two complaints of the same nature per year.
- Delegates to and Supervises Others: Delegates to and supervises support staff and students in achieving desired
- outcomes with no more than 1 complaint per year. Delegates appropriately to support staff within licensure and practice
- standards (i.e., does not over or under utilize support staff. Precepts students after meeting preceptor qualifications and if
- requested. Leads by example by providing necessary and appropriate treatment plan for support staff/student to perform
- treatment. Provides appropriate clinical supervision and feedback to support staff/students.
- Time Management: Complies with department policy for productivity. Demonstrates appropriate time management
- needed to meet productivity standard, according to department policy. Initiates and completes projects within established
- time frame, in keeping with the productivity standard. Initiates adjustments in the schedules necessary to meet the
- department productivity standard.
- Performs other related duties as assigned or requested in a professional manner.
- Specialty: Outpatient Physical Therapist (PT).
Apply Now
Ready to start your next adventure as a Outpatient Physical Therapist - Orthopedics? Let's get you moving forward!
Send your resume to [email protected] or call us at 408-441-9200 today.
Why UHCS
Weekly or bi-weekly pay, medical/dental/vision, a SIMPLE IRA with employer contribution, tests paid on qualifying assignments with payroll deduction available, and one recruiter who stays with you for the whole assignment — reachable after hours. Every placement is credentialed to Joint Commission standards, so your packet is accepted the first time.