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List of Rehabilitation Hospitals Score High in This Year’s U.S. News & World Report

Author Therapy Career Blogger | 01.20.2012 | Category Allied Healthcare, Locations, Physical Therapist Jobs, Therapist Jobs, Therapy Jobs, Top Rehab Careers, Top Therapy Blogs, Travel Therapist, Travel physical therapy jobs, physical therapy, rehabilitation therapy

Get details about the top 10 rehab hospitals here

Therapists in rewarding permanent jobs and travel therapist jobs nationwide stay current on the latest news, and that means knowing where their healthcare employers stand. Each year, U.S. News & World Report publishes a list of America’s best hospitals. Once again, Travel Force Staffing is delighted to see our affiliates in the Top 10 and hope that—if you’re not already working in one of these top rated facilities—you’re inspired by them.

It’s motivating to view this year’s list and explore the finer details of each facility. Upon clicking on rehabilitation hospitals and exploring the links, therapists will notice that US News rates rehab hospitals as Very Strong, Strong, Significant and Modest; statistical information on staff, number of beds, inpatient and outpatient services, patient and family support services, community outreach programs and more are included in the overview.

The Top 10 Rehab Hospitals in America: A Therapist’s Palm Card

Four of these rehab hospitals also place in the Top 10 for other important specialties; these are listed along with the name of the facility. Note that these facilities are named in order of their US News Top 10 ranking.

• #1: Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
• #2: University of Washington Medical Center is ranked #1 for helping patients with cancer.
• #3: TIRR Memorial Hermann
• #4: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital is ranked #1 in Psychiatry.
• #5: Mayo Clinic is #1 in the country in three specialties: Diabetes & Endocrinology, Gastroentrology, and Gynecology.
• #6: Craig Hospital
• #7: Rusk Institute NYU Langone Medical Center is also in the top 10 rankings for Rheumatology and Orthopedics.
• #8: Moss Rehab
• #9: Shepherd Center

Apply for a Therapy Job at the Head of the Class!

Our therapists have a keen interest in landing the best therapy jobs; that’s why it’s important to offer therapy career resources that prepare them for challenging cases and procedures—the very thing the specialists surveyed by US News look for when they nominate best hospitals. Call 1-800-617-0608 or apply online today for VIP customer care and job placement by our experienced recruiting team. More than the possibility of making “The Honor Roll” awaits you—you’ll have job security, high pay, full benefits and a recession proof career ladder to climb! Apply now!

Therapy Jobs in Featured U.S. Cities are in Time for Holiday Cheer

Author Therapy Career Blogger | 12.20.2011 | Category Apple iPad, Fun Events, Locations, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapist Jobs, Therapist Jobs, Therapist Jobs Postings, Therapy Jobs, Top Rehab Careers, Top Therapy Blogs, physical therapy, rehabilitation therapy

Silver bells are ringing from California and the American southwest to the East coast, where therapy jobs for occupational and physical therapists, PTA jobs and Rehabilitation therapy jobs are HOT, featured in towns where plenty of fun and inspiring holiday events are taking place.

PT, OT and Other Therapy Jobs Jingle in the Lover’s State and Enchanting New Mexico!

What PT or occupational therapist could resist New Mexico this time of year, where throughout December it’s a festival of light; with candlelit walkways lighting up the desert sand, storefronts and cafes can’t help but entice shoppers to drop in for a Mexican hot chocolate. Starting a therapy job in time to catch the December-long “Albuquerque River of Lights” is a surefire way to illuminate the New Year with great possibilities! Much further east, featured therapy jobs in Falls Church, VA will delight Christmas lovers everywhere, especially during New Year’s Eve, as events like “Watch Night” unfold near the historic crossroads of Broad and Washington streets.

Why Physical and Occupational Therapists Will Love Holiday Shopping in California

On the West Coast, holiday events appeal to everyone from revelers to wine and pet lovers. From now through January, Palm Springs California, where OTs pull in a competitive occupational therapist salary, is host to some of the finest winter wine tastings in the state. Further north, the city of Hayward is decked out with the annual “Light up the Season” display, and so close to San Francisco that therapists looking to adopt a furry friend might check out “Macy’s Holiday Windows”. Throughout the holiday season and until New Year’s Day, the San Francisco SPCA is hosting *Meet Your Match*, via Macy’s window shopping; click the Macy’s link to view the video! It behooves us to remind everyone that, in our therapy jobs, we welcome Travelers’ pets!

Travel Force Staffing is giving Away the Ultimate Gift: an iPad2! Apply today to Learn More!

We hope we’ve motivated you to apply online or call 1-800-617-0608 for excellent therapist career opportunities, bound to light up your life. Don’t delay, as we are—for a limited time—giving the iPad2 to therapists who complete physical therapy or occupational therapy jobs with us. So give us a ring…or a jingle. Happy holidays!

Texas Therapy Jobs Light Up with Statewide 4th of July Events!

Author Therapy Career Blogger | 06.30.2011 | Category 4th of July, Allied Healthcare, Career Tips, Fun Events, Locations, Monthly Events, Occupational Therapy, Therapist Jobs, Therapy Jobs, Top Therapy Blogs, Travel physical therapy jobs, physical therapy

Find an event close to your physical therapy job here!

The Fourth of July will be a blast this year in the Lone Star state, offering a large variety of holiday activities statewide, and, of course, fireworks that rival the nation. If you’re working in Texas physical therapy jobs, and looking for a fun excuse to don your red, white and blue, these are just a few of the highlights coming to a Texas region near you!

50,000 Anticipated for this Awesome July 4th show!

At sunset on July 4th, Amarillo—a city in the Texas Panhandle—comes alive with an amazing fireworks display witnessed by tens of thousands. Physical therapists in Texas come join the fun! The event is free—and takes place at the Ross Rogers Golf course in Thompson Park; Texas Panhandle Plains. For more information, call 806-376-4488.

Let Willie Nelson Rock Your North Texas Therapy Job

He’s performed all over Texas—reliably, each year on the Fourth of July—and returns in 2011 for the 33rd Annual Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic; come on out to the Fort Worth Stockyards to witness Willie’s 50th anniversary as a country music star. Click on the Williespicnic link for more information.

Close to Texas Prairies and Lakes? Read more about Old-Fashioned Parade Events!

It’s one of the largest parades in Texas, and if your therapy jobs bring you anywhere near downtown Arlington for the Fourth of July, you, too, will witness the old-fashioned charm of a huge community parade. Not so far from Arlington, and also in the Texas Prairies and Lakes area, therapists will find what has been billed: “The Best Small Town Parade in America!” Check it out in Downtown Chappell, starting at 10am, July, 4. It’s free!

If you’re looking for even more Independence Day events, and didn’t see one yet, that caught your eye or was close enough to your Texas therapist job, click on this Top 10 July 4 in Texas link to read more about what’s being offered across the state.

Exercise Your Independence and Apply for a therapist job at Travel Force!

Travel Force Staffing is always here to provide our therapists with the summer scoop on fun, before melting into the next season. If you don’t yet work for us, our recruiters look forward to talking with you and will help you get started on physical therapy and occupational therapy jobs! Call 1-800-617-0608 or apply online today and enjoy the freedom, flexibility and independence the right therapist job can provide!

Better Speech and Hearing Month Does More Than Raise Awareness About Communication Disorders

Author Therapy Career Blogger | 05.10.2011 | Category Allied Healthcare, Fun Events, Locations, Monthly Events, Speech Language Pathologist, Speech and Hearing Month - May, Therapist Jobs, Therapy Jobs, Top Rehab Careers, Top Therapy Blogs, Travel Therapist

Now in its 76th year, Better Speech and Hearing Month (BSHM) is doing its part to raise awareness in patients of all ages, living with communication disorders that affect speaking, understanding or hearing. In the last few years, over 40 million Americans have been diagnosed with deficiencies as a result of these issues, and rely on speech language pathologists to improve their quality of life.

This Better Speech and Hearing Month, Find Ways to Educate the General Public

According to the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders, nearly a third of the 28 million people with reported hearing loss are American youth. Thanks to the intervention and dedication of speech language pathologists, these children are far less likely to suffer from learning problems down the road. Make part of your SLP job, promoting awareness of what causes induced hearing loss in teens and encourage your adolescent patients to “turn it down!” when they listen to their iPods and TV.

Experienced SLPs Work in the Nation’s #1 Rehab Hospitals!

Ready to take your career to new heights? Speech language pathologists can expect to earn the highest compensation including generous pay, benefits and bonuses.  Work in America’s best rehabilitation hospitals and more:

• Nationwide Hospitals, University Teaching Hospitals
• Outpatient Centers, Rehab Centers & Clinics
• Skilled Nursing Facilities, Home Health & More

Find the perfect speech language pathology jobs and best possible career fit with Travel Force Staffing.

This May, Clinical Fellows Also Find the Perfect Jobs for Budding SLP Careers!

If you’re a recent grad looking for CFY jobs, check into Travel Force’s #1 blog for the answer to FAQs regarding Clinical Fellow Year Jobs. It’s the perfect Month “to spring into action”!

Travel Force Staffing places speech language pathologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, per diem staff, and other allied healthcare professionals into therapy careers nationwide. Contact us today for instant access to cutting edge recruitment technology, therapy career resources, news, and information. Call 1-800-617-0608 or apply online today for your chance to enjoy a generous company-matched 401(k), reimbursement for travel and more!

Learn More About BSHM Resources

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has published free BSHM resources for 2011. Check out these and other methods of spreading awareness, some highlights of which include displaying a special calendar in your office for May that features one SLP fact per day, and visiting your local library to encourage a display of speech and hearing books that celebrate BSHM. But when May is over, there’s no reason to stop promoting better speech and hearing! For those speech language pathologists working close to Alabama SLP jobs, mark your calendars for June, when Helen Keller’s birthplace in Tuscumbia, Alabama, holds its annual Hellen Keller festival, celebrating her positive impact on the lives of the deaf-blind around the world. If you’re a travel therapist who can make the trip, it’s an experience you’ll never forget!

Occupational Therapists May Still Register for the 91st Annual AOTA Conference in Philly!

Author Therapy Career Blogger | 04.08.2011 | Category Allied Healthcare, Career Tips, Continuing Education Units (CEU), Fun Events, Locations, Monthly Events, Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy Month - April

Get AOTA Conference Registration and Event Information Here

Occupational therapists in the northeastern part of the United States are close to the networking and expo action, brought by the AOTA Annual Conference in Pennsylvania this year. There’s still plenty of time to register! Just report to the Grand Hall of the Philadelphia Convention Center where the conference will be held, April 14-17. This AOTA Conference link connects you with registration times and fees, and encourages registration as early as Wednesday, April 13, 2011; online registration has already ended.

Visit Philly and Earn Free CE Credits Along the Way!

For therapists in Pennsylvania occupational therapy jobs, the conference is a special opportunity to make the “hop-skip-and a jump away trip”, into one of the country’s best cities for a better look at its beauty, history and fine spring weather—all the while gathering invaluable professional networking and exposure to what is cutting edge in allied healthcare today. Another plus? Occupational therapists earn free continuing education credits by participating!

This Conference: Occupational Therapy in High Def

The 2011 theme is “Occupational Therapy in High Definition”, celebrating the hard work of tens of thousands of OTs who add their clarity, intensity and effectiveness to what patients see, understand and experience in treatment. “OT in HD” resonates, as it comes during the month of April, which has been National Occupational Therapy Month for decades.

Your AOTA Program Guide, Plus Best Hotels for Occupational Therapists

Get the full scoop on special events, sessions, networking opportunities and more by visiting the AOTA program guide. Plug into travel information on the conference site, with AAA or go online to secure a special hotel rate, offered by several four-star Philadelphia hotels. Check in at the AOTA Conference homepage for more interesting details and resources that let you plan the perfect, and most beneficial trip possible.

Do Your Occupational Therapy Career a Favor!

Put the American Occupational Therapy Association’s slogan about living life to its fullest to the ultimate test, by calling Travel Force at 1-800-617-0608 or apply online today!

Travel Force Staffing™ provides recruitment solutions for America’s top rated rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient and Rehab centers, skilled nursing facilities, and private therapy practices located in all 50 U.S. states. Our experienced team of staffing experts place physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, per diem staff and other allied healthcare professionals into therapy careers nationwide. Contact us today for instant access to cutting edge recruitment technology, therapy career resources, news, and information.

California Physical Therapists Use Space Age Technology Described as an Anti-Gravity Treadmill in Patient Rehabilitation

Author Therapy Career Blogger | 11.16.2010 | Category Allied Healthcare, Career Tips, Locations, Physical Therapist Jobs, Product Reviews, Therapist Jobs, Therapist Jobs Postings, Top Rehab Careers, Top Therapy Blogs, Videos, medical robotics, physical therapy, rehabilitation therapy

California physical therapists never put a man on the moon, but thanks to a new anti-gravity treadmill prototype called the AlterG, patients feel like they’re walking on it. Developed by the Palo Alto Rehabilitation Research and Development Center in collaboration with NASA, the AlterG is the first FDA approved medical device of its kind, benefiting patients at a Veterans Medical Center, who say the AlterG helps them keep their weight down without pain in their knees, as well as enable a level of fitness unseen by them in years.

How does the Anti-Gravity Treadmill Work?

For post op knee and hip (physical therapy) patients, an anti-gravity treadmill is literally taking the pressure off rehabilitation. Patients begin by zipping themselves into the treadmill’s pouch. The machine alters body weight and how much of it is used during a workout, by using air pressure technology to effectively “lift” the patient; this reduces the normal amount of pressure and weight at critical joints. Physical therapists fascinated by this NASA developed technology can read in-depth product information at the AlterG website.

The AlterG Permits Physical Therapists to Have More Control

At the Palo Alto VA hospital, California Physical Therapist Jobs entailing the use of the AlterG mean learning how to manipulate its touch-screen interface; this adjusts the distribution of the patient’s body weight. The ability to control these settings enables therapists to modify the functions of the treadmill over time, in accordance to a patient’s treatment plan. PTs using the anti-gravity treadmill say it’s preferable to a pool (treadmill) because the AlterG allows better control of weight baring exercise.

Major Medical Centers, Sports and Fitness Programs Already on Board with the AlterG

Innovative technology like an anti-gravity treadmill is two fold in its beneficially; not only does it make some therapist jobs in California easier for PTs hoping to hasten the rehabilitation of patients after surgery, but the U.S. Veterans using the device enjoy the adjustability it offers; the AlterG is giving them the chance to keep pace more comfortably with their own unique speed of healing. For PTs in California physical therapy jobs, patients’ healing seems to be getting faster—not quite the speed of light—but expedient enough to make headlines.

Our Physical Therapy Jobs Are in Cutting Edge Outpatient Centers, Rehab Centers & Clinics

Make great news of your own by getting a top physical therapy job today! Travel Force staffs therapists in several of America’s best hospitals ranked “Best Rehabilitation Hospitals” by the U.S. News & World Report; these facilities are right on track with emerging trends in healthcare and cutting edge physical therapy solutions. Call as at 1-800-617-0608 or apply online! Recruiters are standing by to match your talents, not just with California physical therapy jobs but opportunities nationwide!

Enjoy Independence Day in Washington DC (and everywhere else)!

Author Healthcare Jobs Blogger | 07.01.2010 | Category 4th of July, Allied Healthcare, Fun Events, Locations, Monthly Events, Occupational Therapy, Tidbits

If you’re lucky enough to find yourself on a travel assignment in the Nation’s Capital on Independence Day, you’ll discover there’s no shortage of things to do in DC. If you can brave the heat, head out to the 4th of July Fireworks on the National Mall. (As an allied professional, you know how to cope: stay hydrated!) Fireworks, music, friendly folks sharing picnics on their ‘viewing’ blankets — plus, the show is free! (But no matter where you are this holiday weekend, you can still catch the concert and fireworks on PBS.)

What Physical Therapists Need to Know about Top Ranking Hospitals

Author Therapy Career Blogger | 03.23.2010 | Category Allied Healthcare, Locations, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapist Jobs, Therapist Jobs, Therapy Jobs, Top Rehab Careers, Top Therapy Blogs, physical therapy, rehabilitation therapy

The best rehabilitation hospitals in America boil down to a “Top 25” list, and are chosen via recommendation of specialists who give their highest marks to facilities offering state of the art procedures and care.

In review of the crème de la crème, PTs and therapists of every stripe find the following consistency: the top 25 rehab hospitals share zip codes with some of the most metropolitan cities in the country; for some professionals living in these exciting environments, the cost of living is high—fortunately, this is not the case for employees of our Therapist Staffing Agency, where free private housing make physical therapy jobs infinitely more appealing.

Another reason therapists and folks in occupational therapy jobs will be glad they read this?

Travel Force matches qualified applicants with physical therapy jobs in the thick of our nation’s top rehab hospitals, named by U.S. News & World Report.

You can read more about the metro areas where top rehabilitation therapy facilities are located on online professional platform sites, like AfterCollege.com, which helps college students, alumni and employers utilize career networks across the country, ultimately landing the best Rehab Jobs.

Therapists craving city details—let’s say, for example you and the rest of your graduating class wanted to apply for physical therapist jobs in Florida—would be wise to click around and get more information on PT jobs in the sunshine state, where benefits and compensation are nice and high.

Let us once again remind you, though, that therapists perusing websites like Travel Force and AfterCollege —and subsequently finding scintillating photos of Top metro areas for rehab therapists, need not worry about pricey renter’s fees that have a way of making such cities notorious—notorious for skyscrapers and sky high costs in living that is—at Travel Force you don’t pay any rent—and, as a result, you do a LOT more living!

In closing, and because we think it resonates better this way, check out our list below, containing the ambitious therapist’s short list of cities we staff with allied health professionals. When you apply online for a job in one of these happening towns, or in a Travel Force staffed state close to the high ranking action, you’re likely to land at one of the Top 25—a fantastic move for your physical therapy career!

• Seattle, WA
• Columbus , OH
• Richmond, VA
• Cleveland, OH
• Texas
• Colorado
• Massachusetts
• North Carolina

Have an Appetite for Fun Food? Check our Therapist Deal’s Guide

Author Therapy Career Blogger | 03.17.2010 | Category Good restaurants nationwide, How to Tips, Locations, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapist Jobs, Therapy Jobs, Traveling Therapist, physical therapy, rehabilitation therapy

Rehabilitation therapy jobs can create an appetite for fun food; read on to find some great deals ….

In physical therapy jobs, PTs and likeminded colleagues are bound to ask upon arrival in a new city: “So, is there a good place to eat around here?”

Any foodie worth his salt, especially a local one, is happy to answer this question, plugging local cuisine that lends the cities your Rehabilitation Therapy Jobs take place in, character…a la mode.

Yep, it’s the locals who recommend great vegetarian venue guides, like happycow.net, which puts veggie loving therapists in touch with the nearest organic restaurants and health food stores—with any luck, word spreads there’s an alternative to meat lover’s pizza at the next Occupational Therapy Jobs roundup.

Herbivore or meat loving, the locals know where it’s at; that’s why sites like Where the locals eat are worthy bookmarks in the months you work in physical therapist jobs away from home.

Food for thought: When physical therapy jobs mean you’re often too busy to cook, eatin’ good in the neighborhood—at restaurants that come highly recommended—means you’re twice as likely to extend your assignment.

Click on Applebee’s as proof that signing up to receive e-mails at your favorite franchises is a great way to save. Have OT Jobs and physical therapist jobs starved you for time to surf restaurants? Applebee’s sign-up page removes the guess work, and the good news is its simple steps to free membership are very similar to tasty competitors, i.e. Red Lobster’s Fresh Catch Club.

When restaurants like these are running a sale on surf or turf, you’ll be the first PT to know. Check in at all your favorite franchise websites to see what we mean.

You may already be a smart phone enthusiast working in travel therapist jobs whose restaurant app on the ol’ mobile quite capably makes your dining decisions for you, but that hardly means PTs and OTs aren’t interested in deep discounts available in the 2010 Entertainment Book. If you haven’t heard about it already, we’ve got the 411! This huge volume of coupons provides an online membership, where additional (printable) discounts are available just by typing your current zip code; you can also apply for an Entertainment Card, designed for discretion when the bill arrives.

Whether you find the perfect bargain or not, PTs, OTs and the medical professionals in between, gotta eat! Find out on the Travel Force therapy career resources page if you’re destined to work in one of the top 5 travel therapy spots.

Once you get there, make sure to ask: “So, is there a good place to eat around here?”

Physical Therapists Working with Recovering Arthroscopic Surgery Patients …

Author Therapy Career Blogger | 03.03.2010 | Category Ellen Bloome-PT, Locations, Medical/Surgical, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapist Jobs, Therapist Jobs, Top Therapy Blogs, physical therapy

Knowing more about new tools in medical robotics is a help.

Arthroscopic surgery means allowing a surgeon to repair or remove tissue from a joint with virtually no disruption to other critical parts. The surgery is achieved via insertion of microscopic instruments and camera through the portal of an incredibly small incision site. Sufficed to say, surgeon careers are changing in the new millennium—and most medical professionals, including those in therapist jobs agree those changes are positive and exciting.

Arthroscopic procedures are monitored on a television screen, and to laypeople and healthcare professionals alike, it sounds like the stuff of science fiction. Physical and occupational therapists that work with recovering surgical patients, understand that sci fi or no, arthroscopic operations are stories that generally end well.

Here’s why. Patients benefit from this procedure because they are at a substantially lowered risk for blood loss and infection; as ideal as an arthroscopic procedure can be, there is, however, room for improvement, especially in the area of arthroscopic surgeries on the hip joint.  Mechanical engineers, like Emily Geist are working now, in a collaborative effort with engineers at Carnegie Mellon, to ensure patients like Ellen Bloome, PT continue to receive, should they need one, successful arthroscopic surgeries in the future.

To better understand what warrants further research on arthroscopic surgeries to the hip joint, therapists may be the first to point out what a tricky place in the human body the hip joint resides. Says Geist, “The hip is a lot deeper in the body than the knee or the shoulder, and it’s a lot tighter. The hip has a ball and a socket. It’s a little more difficult to get an instrument in there. There is a navigation challenge often times when you are that deep in the body.”

Luckily, there are mechanical engineers working with surgeons, that can navigate that challenge, as evidenced in a recent article about computer aided arthroscopy becoming the wave of the future—for therapists who love a good career enhancing read, please click here to learn more about some of the inspiration and research behind medical robotics. It’s all fascinating stuff, and, who knows, it could lead to future therapist jobs at a top rehab hospital—check out Colorado Therapist Jobs to further that possibility and earn up to 20% more!