Travel Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant in Albuquerque, NM

Take on a rewarding 13-week travel healthcare assignment as a Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant in Albuquerque, NM. This day shift opportunity involves a 36-hour workweek at a partner healthcare facility. Applicants are required to hold an active New Mexico caregiver account. The position has no restrictions, welcoming qualified therapists eager to contribute to excellent patient outcomes.

• Specialty: COTA / Allied
• Location: Albuquerque, NM
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Day
• Hours: 36 hrs/week
• Estimated gross pay: $1,683/week (taxable wages plus non-taxable stipends)
• Open positions: 1

This travel contract is placed by Care Connect Staffing, a nurse-owned healthcare staffing agency. Benefits include day-one medical, dental, and vision coverage, transparent pay packages, a $500 referral bonus, and a dedicated recruiter and compliance team supporting you from submission through your start date.

Credentialing and compliance for COTA travel assignments in Albuquerque, NM

Compliance work starts the day you accept, not the week before orientation. Our team works NM licensure, the certifications this COTA role calls for, immunization and health records, and any facility-specific modules through with you, so the file is moving well before your Albuquerque start date.

The contract runs 13 weeks, is scheduled at about 36 hours a week and sits on the Day shift, about 468 hours in all. Gross pay is about $1,683 a week ($540 in taxable wages plus $1,143 in stipends toward housing and meals, non-taxable where you qualify), close to $21,879 across the 13 weeks. Hours, float expectations and time-off are worth settling with your recruiter before you submit, so you know what you are agreeing to.

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