Pediatric Physical therapist PRN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt Health is the region’s largest comprehensive academic health system, dedicated to providing world-class care, advancing medical research, and educating future healthcare professionals. We foster a collaborative and supportive environment where expertise is valued, knowledge is expanded, and individuality is celebrated. Our commitment is to unite talented, compassionate individuals in delivering the most advanced care to our community. This role involves providing physical therapy services to pediatric patients with impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or changes in physical function and health status resulting from injury, disease, or other causes. The therapist will work under occasional guidance and actively collaborate with the healthcare and educational team to achieve patient care outcomes and system improvement objectives.

Requirements

LIC-Physical Therapy License - Tennessee
Relevant Work Experience
Bachelor's degree
Has completed at least one year of clinical experience in treatment implementation.

Nice To Haves

Rehab Therapist Patient Documentation (Novice)
Treatment Planning & Goal Setting (Novice)
Rehabilitation Therapist Patient Evaluation (Novice)
Treatment Implementation (Novice)
Physical/Occupational Therapist Patient Education (Novice)

Responsibilities

Analyzes comprehensive information from formal and informal assessment 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.
Provides physical therapy services to patients who have impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or changes in physical function and health status resulting from injury, disease or other causes under occasional guidance.
Actively collaborates with the health care/educational team to meet patient care, outcomes and system improvement objectives.