Occupational Therapist – Pediatrics (PRN)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Tullahoma, TN

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Vanderbilt Tullahoma Harton Hospital is seeking a Pediatric Occupational Therapist PRN to support both outpatient pediatric therapy and inpatient acute care services in a collaborative community hospital setting. This role offers a balanced mix of pediatric and adult care with a manageable caseload and strong interdisciplinary support. The position highlights include outpatient pediatric therapy (approximately 80%) with forty-five-minute treatment sessions and an average of six patients per day, covering a wide variety of pediatric diagnoses, excluding orthopedic cases. Inpatient Adult Acute Care (approximately 20%) is also part of the role, with a consistent PRN schedule offering flexibility and lower patient volume, supporting quality patient care and work-life balance. Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity.

Requirements

An active Tennessee Occupational Therapist license is required
Relevant Work Experience
Experience Level : Less than 1 year
Education: Bachelor's
Rehab Therapist Patient Documentation (Novice): 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.
Physical/Occupational Therapist Patient Education (Novice): Demonstrates proficiency in communicating functional impact of assessment findings, treatment interventions, treatment planning diagnosis, and disease process. Considers the communication needs/level of understanding of audience and may share appropriate information/literature. May supervise, educate and train students from professional programs of physical therapy, occupational therapy and athletic training.
Treatment Implementation (Fundamental Awareness): Demonstrates proficiency 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. May supervise and direct certified athletic trainers (PT only), physical therapist / occupational therapist assistants, technicians and volunteers and students. Selects and follows correct protocol for care and utilize evidence based treatments.
Treatment Planning & Goal Setting (Novice): Demonstrates sufficient proficiency 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.
Rehabilitation Therapist Patient Evaluation (Novice): Demonstrates proficiency 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.

Nice To Haves

Experience in pediatrics, acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing, or relevant clinical rotations preferred
Strong communication skills and a patient-centered approach
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

Responsibilities

Provide occupational therapy evaluation and treatment for pediatric outpatients and adult acute care patients
Collaborate with physicians nurses therapists and interdisciplinary teams to deliver coordinated care
Educate patients and families to support independence and functional outcomes
Supervise occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant students after one year of experience
Provide clinical supervision and direction to certified occupational therapy assistants and technicians
Document patient care in accordance with hospital and regulatory standards
Report to the Director of Rehabilitation Services
Supervises OT and OTA students after one year of experience
Provides clinical supervision to COTA’s and technicians
Routinely interacts with other employees, patients, families, vendors, physicians and visitors.