Occupational Therapist - Traveler

Building Therapy Leaders; Mount Pleasant (IA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid CEUs

License fees covered for each state

No non-compete clauses

Mentorship in-house team

Job summary

TheraTrooper, Inc. in Mount Pleasant, IA, seeks an Occupational Therapist for a travel contract across our network in 17 states. This full-time role supports adventure-seeking therapists and includes travel with in-house EMR access and dedicated resources.

The position involves short- and long-term rehab, evidence-based interventions, and coordination with families and care teams. Expect mentorship, excellent benefits, and coverage of licensure fees for practicing in various states.

Qualifications

• Licensed Occupational Therapist
• Open to all experience levels
• Equal Opportunity Employer statement

Responsibilities

• Screen/evaluate patients in short-term and long-term rehab settings and potential outpatient
• Use standardized assessments and evidence-based practice for interventions
• Provide rehabilitative, skilled, and medically necessary treatment per plan of care
• Administer a range of interventions based on individual patient needs
• Assess progress and adjust treatments in the clinical record per requirements
• Provide consultation to patients, families, and other providers regarding physical disorders
• Communicate with the OneClinical Team about progress and barriers
• Provide comprehensive discharge summaries as required

Education

Licensed Occupational Therapist

Job description

Position: Occupational Therapist - Traveler

Location: Mount Pleasant, IA

Job Id: 55520-IA FT TT

# of Openings: 1

Occupational Therapist – Travel Contract – Full Time

Ready for an ADVENTURE in your therapy career? Let your journey begin by joining our unique team of traveling Occupational and Physical Therapists, and Speech Language Pathologists! We are seeking Occupational Therapists who are flexible to go anywhere to our affiliates in 17 states: Alaska, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas, Alabama, Texas, South Carolina, and Tennessee. This is not your average traveling therapy position!

Unique Highlights:

• Only travel within our Ensign affiliated Skilled Nursing and Post-Acute care facilities
• Excellent benefits with additional benefits including paid CEUs and license fees provided for each state practicing as a TheraTrooper within Ensign affiliates
• Have clinical mentorship as a new graduate and truly be part of each in-house team
• Use the same login for EMR and documentation software at each location, plus your own laptop
• No non-compete clauses. You have the opportunity to join any team permanently at any time
• You will be part of TheraTrooper, Inc., an Ensign affiliated company and part of a group of independently operated skilled nursing facilities with long term care, post-acute rehab, and outpatient therapy.

Duties:

• Effectively screens/evaluates patients within short-term and long-term rehab and opportunity for outpatient
• Utilizes standardized assessments and evidence-based practice to support clinical interventions
• Provides rehabilitative, skilled, and medically necessary treatment intervention to patients within short and long-term settings
• Administers a wide variety of interventions as part of the plan of care based upon individual patient needs
• Assesses patient’s progress and adjust treatments accordingly in the clinical record per regulatory and clinical practice requirements
• Provides consultation and counseling to patients, as well as families, caregivers and other service providers related to the physical disorders
• Effectively communicates with the OneClinical Team regarding patient progress and barriers
• Provides comprehensive discharge summary of services provided per regulatory and clinical requirements

Qualifications:

Licensed Occupational Therapist

This position is open to Occupational Therapists at all experience levels.

TheraTrooper, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

This job was posted and verified on 08/12/2026