There are many jobs that people might call their dream job, but for an occupational or a physical therapist, it just may be the ability to see the country and get paid to do so. In these fields of employment, there is a demand for short term employment. That demand is not very appealing to anyone looking to stay put at home. No one wants to become unemployed every 13 weeks or so.
That lack of local applications for these short term jobs has born a new industry of travel therapy. The same kind of demand may exist for other therapy related fields as well. However, for this article, we only discuss physical and occupational travel therapy. The things discussed for these two fields may apply to other therapy related fields as well and suggest that if you are interested to look more into your therapy field.
On these travel assignments, occupational and physical therapist will generally be gone for a period of 13 weeks, though the time of each assignment can vary some. It is up to each therapist if they would like to jump straight from one assignment to another or if they would like to have some time off between assignments.
The pay is competitive with the pay of more traditional therapist jobs. However, if you factor in the other compensations such as traveling reimbursements for housing, food, insurance, etc and the opportunity to travel to fun destinations, the travel career looks very appealing.
This job is not the dream job for everybody. If you prefer to stay at home over traveling, then this job may not be for you. If you have anything, such as church assignments, local government responsibilities, family concerns, or anything else that ties you down to your location, then again this may not be for you. If you are a therapist and none of these limitations apply to you and you love to travel, then consider the industry of travel therapy.
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travel occupational therapy and travel physical therapist jobs are some of the most popular travel therapy jobs. This post is written to appeal to those therapist that have not already thought about becoming a traveling therapist as well as those who are currently going to school in occupational or physical therapy.
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