One of the biggest complaints I hear from facility staff, no matter where I go, or in what setting, is the politics. Healthcare facilities are full of gossip, power struggles, scheduling issues and other common workplace fodder. As a contract physical therapist, I'm there to do the job I went to school for so long to be allowed to do......Physical Therapy! I'm not a permanent fixture in the facility, therefore, I have no need to get involved in such nonproductive activities.
I was recently working in a rehab setting with lots of conflicting personalities, office politics, disgruntled employees, and strange patients. This being a temporary assignment, those things don't bother me, as I am only there TEMPORARILY! Things that could really bug you as a full time employee are not even minor irritations when you are a traveling therapist.
Happy Traveling!
-Ben



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