Travel Physical Therapist
11 days ago
Shreveport
Reliable Nurse Staffing is seeking a travel Physical Therapist for a travel job in Shreveport, Louisiana. Job Description & Requirements • Specialty: Physical Therapist, • Discipline: Therapy, • Start Date: 04/28/2026, • Duration: 13 weeks, • 40 hours per week, • Shift: 8 hours, days, • Employment Type: Travel, • About Facility:, • This traveler will float routinely between Willis Knighton Pierremont (Shreveport, LA) and Willis Knighton Bossier (Bossier City, LA), • General Information:, • Beds: will depend on facility, • Minimum Years of Experience Required:, • RN: 3 years RN experienced, at least 1.5 year in Cath Lab within the last year, • Xray Tech: 2 years, • Will you accept a first-time traveler?, • RN: With strong Cath Lab experience, will accept 1st time travelers, • Xray Tech: With strong Cath Lab experience, will accept 1st time travelers, • Patient Types:, • RN:, • RN has 3 different fxns in these labs – circulating, monitoring or scrubbing – someone that could do multiple functions is needed – please decline candidates that are only able to circulate, • Coronary artery disease, STEMI, cardiogenic shock, complex total occlusions, diagnostic Cath procedures, valvular disease, renal disease, carotid stenosis, limb salvage, peripheral stenosis, thrombosis disease, TAVR, MitraClip, etc., • Xray Tech:, • Coronary diagnostic and complex interventions including (STEMI), cardiogenic shock, Chronic total occlusions valvular disease, Peripheral vascular procedures, structural heart and soon neuro interventions., • Patient Ratios:, • 1:1, • Required Certifications:, • RN:, • BLS, ACLS, NIHSS, • Valid Driver’s License – required to float between facilities, • Xray Tech:, • BLS, ACLS, • ARRT and state license (LSRBTE) is required, • RCIS (preferred but not required), • Valid Driver’s License – required to float between facilities, • Skills required:, • RN:, • Must be able to scrub/monitor as well as circulate - please decline RN traveler if they are unable to scrub – please include in offer what cases they are comfortable scrubbing, • Circulating, scrubbing and/or hemodynamic monitoring. This would be for cardiac & peripheral vascular. We do complex interventional procedures., • Must have seen most of what is on the list, please add in offer any case type the traveler has not done, • Other skills required - Vasoactive drug administration, sedation administration, critical patient assessment skills, sterile technique, air management, Impella, Rotoblater, IABP, Pnumbra, Laser and lithotripsy atherectomy, • Xray Tech:, • Operation of imaging system. Ability to scrub. Hemodynamic monitoring (strongly preferred), • Support on the Unit:, • Charge RN, • Technology/Equipment:, • EMR: Meditech Expanse, • IV pumps: Alaris, • Medication dispensing: Pyxis, • Monitors: Merge hemodynamic monitoring systems, • Equipment: Philips imaging systems, quite a bit of ancillary equipment (IVUS, EKOS, FFR, Laser), • Floating: If yes, where?, • RN and Xray Tech:, • Will float between Willis Knighton Pierremont and Willis Knighton Bossier, • Will also be backup for WKMC North – this facility will perform more complicated cases at this facility such as TAVR, mitral valve, • Orientation:, • 1 week at Innovation Center, • Up to 1 week of precepting/unit orientation, • Scheduling:, • Typical schedule - Monday-Friday: 0700 to 1530, • Weekend rotation:, • RN: minimum – approximately every 3rd weekend, • Xray Tech: approximately every 3rd weekend, • Call required: Rotating -, • RN:, • 2 days a week overnight – 1500 to 0700, • Every 3rd weekend – Friday 1500 to Monday 0700, • Is there a sleep room available? TBD, • What is the call back period? 30 minutes, • Xray Tech:, • 2 days a week overnight – 1500 to 0700, • Every 3rd weekend – Friday 1500 to Monday 0700, • Is there a sleep room available? TBD, • What is the call back period? 30 minutes, • Holiday Expectations: done in rotation, • RTO Approval: Manager approval, • Shift times: Monday – Friday, 0700–1500 with (2) call overnights per week, • Schedule cycle: 4 weeks Other notes: • Scrub Color: Pewter EPIC -EMR About Reliable Nurse Staffing Providing reliable, competent, and compassionate care to our patients and clients. Benefits • Weekly pay, • Holiday Pay, • Guaranteed Hours, • Referral bonus, • Medical benefits, • Dental benefits, • Vision benefits, • Life insurance