Occupational Therapist (OT) - Neuro

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt Health's Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute (PBPRI) is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join our nationally recognized outpatient neuro-rehabilitation program. This position offers the opportunity to work alongside a highly specialized interdisciplinary team dedicated to helping adults maximize independence, function, participation, and quality of life following neurologic injury or disease. More than 80% of the caseload is focused on adult neurorehabilitation, with opportunities to develop expertise in cognitive rehabilitation, vestibular and balance rehabilitation, vision rehabilitation, seating and mobility, and driving rehabilitation. As part of Vanderbilt's collaborative outpatient neuro-rehabilitation team, you will evaluate and treat adults with a variety of neurologic conditions, including: Stroke Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Parkinson's Disease Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Spinal Cord Injury Concussion Complex neurologic disorders requiring comprehensive rehabilitation Driving rehabilitation evaluations and services (based on experience and training) Working closely with physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, physicians, and caregivers, you will play a vital role in helping patients return to meaningful activities at home, in the community, at work, and in leisure pursuits.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy program
Tennessee Occupational Therapy license or eligibility to obtain prior to start
Strong clinical reasoning and patient-centered care skills
Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
Relevant Work Experience
1 year experience

Nice To Haves

Experience in driving rehabilitation programs and initiatives is preferred.
Adult neurorehabilitation
Brain injury rehabilitation
Cognitive rehabilitation
Driving rehabilitation
Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist (CDRS) certification
Adaptive equipment evaluation
Seating and mobility services
Vestibular and balance rehabilitation
Experience with Epic EMR

Responsibilities

Evaluate and treat adults with neurologic diagnoses in an outpatient setting.
Develop individualized treatment plans focused on independence, safety, participation, and quality of life.
Deliver evidence-based neurorehabilitation interventions addressing upper extremity recovery, motor control, coordination, and functional performance.
Assess and treat cognitive and executive functioning deficits affecting daily life, work, and community participation.
Evaluate and train activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs).
Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to provide coordinated, patient-centered care.
Educate patients and caregivers regarding diagnosis, prognosis, adaptive strategies, home programs, and community resources.
Complete timely clinical documentation, evaluations, progress reports, and payer-required documentation.
Participate in specialty programs including cognitive rehabilitation, vestibular and balance rehabilitation, vision rehabilitation, seating and mobility services, and driving rehabilitation based on experience and clinical interests.
Contribute to program development, quality improvement initiatives, mentoring, and ongoing professional development.
Analyzes comprehensive information from formal and informal assessment that is pertinent to the patient's care and management to determine a rehabilitation treatment diagnosis.
Collaborates with stakeholders in establishing the plan of care, coordinates and implements care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the rehabilitation continuum.
Applies appropriate, evidence-based interventions to ensure effective outcomes and re-evaluates performance to assess patient's progress towards goals.
Employs strategies to promote successful return to home, community, and school/vocational environments.
Demonstrates proficiency in documentation practices. Documents in the appropriate templates and utilizes only approved abbreviations within patient documentation. Meets institutional standards for quality and timeliness of documentation. May complete accurate chart audits of co-workers in the same classification category.
Demonstrates mastery in developing a plan of care that incorporates treatment interventions focused on meeting objective goals. Develops and documents patient focused short and long term goals that are functional and measurable. Identifies the need for and referral to other services, as needed. May serve as a mentor for other clinical staff to develop their skills in treatment planning. May consult with team members or implement new procedures.
Demonstrates mastery in evaluating patients with physical deficits including impairments, developmental disabilities, functional limitations, disabilities, or changes in physical function by obtaining information pertinent to the assessment and administering and scoring standardized tests and objective measures of deficit areas. Selects appropriate measures and performs a functional assessment to document patient's status requiring skilled therapy. Interprets the results of the assessment and their significance to the patient, family, referring physician and other members of the health care team. Demonstrates experience in clinical evaluation skills and may serve as a mentor for other clinical staff to develop their skills in evaluation techniques. Contributes to the development of best practices for the organization. May consult with team members to implement new procedures.
Demonstrates mastery in providing treatment consistent with physician prescription and established plan of care. Able to modify treatment plan as needed to demonstrate provision of skilled therapy services including progression of treatment throughout course of care, and revision of treatment interventions of goals not met. Supervises and directs certified athletic trainers (PT only), occupational therapist assistants, technicians and volunteers, and students. Selects and follows correct protocol for care, as established, and actively seek out, utilize and mentor/teach others on current evidence-based treatment strategies. May consult with team members to offer suggestions for treatment strategies. May serve as a clinical content expert for practice area, initiates consultation with team members for advanced treatment of patients, develop forum for staff members to utilize clinical expertise.
Demonstrates mastery in communicating functional impact of assessment findings, treatment interventions, treatment planning diagnosis, and disease process. Able to adapt communication to needs/level of understanding of audience and share appropriate information/literature. May supervise, educate and train students from professional programs of physical therapy, occupational therapy, and athletic training and/or students and staff from other departments. Contributes in the development of patient education best practices for the organization.