Travel Physical Therapist - Inpatient - $3,110 per week

Care Career is seeking a travel Physical Therapist for a travel job in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Physical Therapist
• Discipline: Therapy
• Start Date: 10/12/2026
• Duration: 8 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Physical Therapist (PT) – Inpatient Acute Care

• Position: Physical Therapist (PT)
• Specialty: Physical Therapy – Inpatient Acute Care
• Facility: Catholic Medical Center
• Location: Manchester, New Hampshire
• Address: 100 McGregor Street
• Unit: Physical Therapy – IP
• Cost Center: 762
• Contract: 56 weeks
• Guaranteed Hours: 40 hours/week

Schedule

• Current Need: Monday–Friday
• Shift: Full-time, 40 hours/week
• Start Time: Flexible between 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM
• End Time: Approximately 4:00 PM–5:00 PM, depending on start time
• Weekend Requirement:1 weekend shift per month in addition to full-time hours
• Weekend shifts are self-selected
• Facility is open to discussing a later start time

License & Certification Requirements

Required:

• Active New Hampshire Physical Therapy License
• BLS certification

Important: NH PT License must be in hand at the time of submission.

Advanced/Preferred Skill:

• Vestibular experience preferred, but not required

Unit Information

• Hospital: Catholic Medical Center
• Unit: Inpatient Physical Therapy
• Hospital Beds: Approximately 330
• Patient Ratio: Approximately 10 patients per 8-hour day
• Documentation System: Sunrise Allscripts
• Equipment: Basic rehabilitation equipment, portable parallel bars, portable stairs, Sara Stedy, ceiling lifts, and Hoyer lifts

Patient Population & Experience

The department provides acute-care physical therapy to a diverse inpatient population.

Candidates should have acute care experience, with the department seeing higher volumes of:

• Cardiac patients
• Vascular patients
• Orthopedic patients

Vestibular experience is preferred but not mandatory.

Floating Requirements

The Physical Therapy department covers:

• All inpatient units
• Emergency Department (ED)

NICU patients are not covered by this department.

Candidates should be comfortable working across different inpatient areas based on department needs.

Staffing / Team

The department includes:

• Physical Therapists
• Occupational Therapists
• Speech Therapists
• Therapy Director

The team is described as dedicated and collaborative, with extensive experience across multiple clinical settings.

Patient Assignment

• Daily assignments are structured with the goal of keeping each therapist on only 1–2 floors
• Provides exposure to a wide variety of patients and diagnoses
• Offers experience in multiple acute-care settings

Dress Code

• Scrubs required
• No specific scrub color required

Why Consider This Assignment?

• Flexible start time between 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM
• Potential for a later start time
• Self-selected weekend shifts
• Wide variety of acute-care patients and diagnoses
• Opportunity to work with cardiac, vascular, and orthopedic populations
• Dedicated and collaborative therapy team
• Assignments generally limited to 1–2 floors per day
• Opportunity to work across multiple inpatient settings

Submission Checklist

Before submitting a candidate, confirm:

•  Active NH PT License in hand
• BLS certification
• Acute Care PT experience
• Comfortable working inpatient acute care
• Available for Monday–Friday schedule
• Can work 1 weekend shift/month
• Comfortable floating across inpatient units and ED
• Vestibular experience — preferred, not required
• Comfortable with Sunrise Allscripts documentation

Note: The provided posting lists 56 contract weeks and 40 guaranteed hours/week.

About Care Career

Benefits

• Referral bonus
• Weekly pay
• Medical benefits
• Continuing Education
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits