Physical Therapist (Acute Care) PRN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

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. This role is in an inpatient acute care setting within Vanderbilt Health, a nationally recognized team that thrives on collaboration, innovation, and excellence in patient care. Vanderbilt is Middle Tennessee’s largest Level 1 Trauma Center and offers opportunities for growth and learning. Every day brings unique challenges and rewarding experiences.

Requirements

Licensed Physical Therapist or eligibility for Tennessee licensure.
Experience in acute care and interdisciplinary collaboration preferred.
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.
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.
Treatment Implementation (Novice): 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.
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.
Has completed at least one year of clinical experience in treatment implementation.
LIC-Physical Therapy License - Tennessee
Relevant Work Experience
Bachelor's degree

Nice To Haves

Experience in acute care and interdisciplinary collaboration preferred.

Responsibilities

Delivering evidence-based physical therapy evaluations and treatments across diverse inpatient units, including ICUs and the emergency department.
Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to create individualized care plans.
Educating patients and families on mobility, safety, and rehabilitation goals.
Documenting patient progress and outcomes in compliance with hospital standards.
Participating in mentorship, quality improvement initiatives, and departmental projects.
Supporting and mentoring students or new staff in a collaborative learning environment.
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.
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.