Physical Therapist - Home Care (PRN)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

5d•Remote

About The Position

Vanderbilt Health Home Care Services is seeking a dedicated Physical Therapist (PT) to join their Home Health team in a PRN capacity, serving patients across the Greater Nashville Area. This role provides autonomy, weekday flexibility, and the support of a nationally recognized health system. The Physical Therapist will provide high-quality, evidence-based physical therapy in patients’ homes, deliver care according to individualized treatment plans, promote patient safety, mobility, and functional independence, educate patients and caregivers, accurately document clinical notes and patient progress in EMR systems, and communicate effectively with interdisciplinary team members. The role requires independent travel to patient homes within designated service areas.

Requirements

Active Physical Therapist (PT) license in the state of Tennessee
Minimum 1 year of PT experience
Strong communication and assessment skills
Ability to work independently with a flexible PRN caseload
A valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and ability to maintain a satisfactory driving record
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. 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. Has completed at least one year of clinical experience in treatment implementation.
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.

Nice To Haves

Home Health experience
Experience with EMR documentation systems
Strong understanding of rehabilitation principles and functional mobility

Responsibilities

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.
Provide high-quality, evidence-based physical therapy in patients’ homes.
Deliver care according to individualized treatment plans developed by supervising PTs.
Promote patient safety, mobility, and functional independence.
Educate patients and caregivers on exercises, mobility strategies, and home safety.
Accurately document clinical notes and patient progress in EMR systems.
Communicate effectively with interdisciplinary team members.
Travel independently to patient homes within designated service areas.
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.