
Hospital | Physical Therapist
- Agency
- GHR Healthcare
- Location
- Kodiak, AK
- Job type
- Travel
- Profession
- Physical Therapist
- Industry
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Posted
- Oct 5, 2026
Pay breakdown
- Hourly
- $56.25
- Weekly
- $2,250
- Yearly (full-time)
- $117,000
- Contract length
- 26 weeks
- Start date
- November 2, 2026
This job pays about $56.25/hour — 1% above the median for Physical Therapist jobs in Alaska ($55.43/hour). The total includes tax-free housing and meal stipends, which staff jobs don't pay, so take-home pay is usually higher than the hourly figure suggests.
Estimated from the weekly pay in the listing, 40 hours a week; yearly = 52 weeks. Median wage: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Physical Therapist jobs in Alaska right now
- 81 open Physical Therapist jobs in Alaska from 7 agencies, 9 of them in Kodiak.
- Pay in these listings: $17.95 – $102/hour, median $59.13/hour.
- Typical Physical Therapist pay in Alaska: $55.43/hour ($115,294/year, BLS).
- Highest median pay: Care Team Solutions ($72.38/hour across 4 jobs).
Job description
Travel Physical Therapist Jobs – Acute Care Hospital Assignment in Kodiak, Alaska
Explore a rewarding travel Physical Therapist (PT) job in Kodiak, Alaska, providing acute care, outpatient, and skilled nursing rehabilitation services in a diverse critical access hospital. Make a meaningful impact while treating patients across a broad range of diagnoses and age groups. Kodiak is a scenic island community known for rugged coastal beauty, abundant outdoor recreation, and a welcoming community atmosphere.
Travel Physical Therapist Job Details
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,170–$2,330
- Assignment Type: Travel Physical Therapy Assignment
- Location: Kodiak, Alaska
- Start Date: November 2, 2026
- End Date: May 3, 2027
- Duration: 26 weeks
- Schedule: 5 shifts per week, 8-hour day shifts
- Shift Hours: 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Healthcare Setting: Critical access hospital with acute care, outpatient, and skilled nursing services
- Electronic Medical Record: Epic experience required
- Call and Weekends: No call and no weekend requirement
- Floating: May provide Physical Therapist coverage within scope across outpatient, acute care, and skilled nursing services
Physical Therapist Job Requirements
- At least 1 year of experience as a Physical Therapist, preferably in a hospital, acute care, outpatient, or skilled nursing setting
- Active Alaska Physical Therapist license; compact license must be in hand when applicable
- Current BLS certification
- Previous Epic charting experience
- Ability to practice across acute care, outpatient, and skilled nursing settings within scope of practice
- Experience treating adult and geriatric patients; pediatric and adolescent experience is preferred but not required
- Strong clinical assessment, rehabilitation documentation, communication, and time-management skills
- First-time travel Physical Therapists are welcome to apply
Physical Therapist Responsibilities
- Evaluate patients and develop individualized physical therapy treatment plans based on clinical findings, functional limitations, and patient goals
- Provide physical therapy and rehabilitation services to inpatients, outpatients, and skilled nursing patients
- Treat a broad range of conditions, including orthopedic, neurologic, cardiopulmonary, postoperative, mobility, and balance-related diagnoses
- Perform gait training, therapeutic exercise, functional mobility training, transfers, strengthening, and patient education
- Support specialized services such as wound care, lymphedema management, pelvic health, and pediatric therapy as appropriate to experience and scope
- Educate patients and families on home exercise programs, adaptive equipment, fall prevention, safety, and injury prevention
- Document evaluations, interventions, patient progress, and discharge plans accurately in Epic
- Collaborate with physicians, nurses, rehabilitation professionals, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team
- Adapt to coverage needs across acute care, outpatient, and skilled nursing settings while maintaining high standards of patient-centered care
Apply now for this Physical Therapist travel assignment in Kodiak, Alaska, and join a collaborative healthcare team serving a diverse island community.
Benefits
401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision
Equal Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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