Physical Therapist (PT) PRN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Lebanon, TN

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

Under medical supervision, the Physical Therapist is responsible for the delivery of services that help restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients suffering from injuries or disease. This PRN position offers opportunities in Acute Care, Inpatient Rehabilitation & Outpatient Therapy. Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital is seeking a PRN Physical Therapist (PT) to join their rehabilitation team. This role allows for care across Acute Care, Inpatient Rehabilitation, and Outpatient Physical Therapy settings, providing exposure to a diverse patient population while working with an experienced interdisciplinary team. It is ideal for experienced Physical Therapists seeking flexible PRN hours, supplemental income, or the opportunity to maintain skills across multiple practice areas, offering professional variety, clinical autonomy, and the support of a leading healthcare organization.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program.
Current Tennessee Physical Therapist license or eligibility for Tennessee licensure.
Current BLS/CPR certification.
Strong clinical reasoning, communication, documentation, and organizational skills.
Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
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.
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.
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.
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

Previous experience in acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient rehabilitation, orthopedics, or sports medicine preferred.
Enjoy treating a wide variety of patient populations and diagnoses.
Have experience in acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient orthopedics, sports medicine, or general outpatient therapy.
Value teamwork, evidence-based practice, and patient-centered care.
Seek schedule flexibility without sacrificing professional growth.
Thrive in dynamic environments and enjoy working across multiple clinical settings.

Responsibilities

Perform comprehensive physical therapy evaluations and develop individualized treatment plans.
Provide evidence-based physical therapy interventions for patients with a variety of orthopedic, neurological, post-surgical, medical, and functional impairments.
Treat patients across acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, and outpatient therapy settings as needed.
Collaborate with physicians, nurses, case managers, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and other healthcare professionals to optimize patient outcomes.
Educate patients and caregivers regarding treatment plans, home exercise programs, injury prevention, and recovery strategies.
Document evaluations, treatments, progress, and outcomes in the electronic medical record.
Promote safe mobility, functional independence, and successful discharge planning.
Deliver exceptional patient-centered care while supporting Vanderbilt Health's mission of excellence.
Provides and documents assessment of strength, range of motion, balance and coordination, posture, muscle performance, and motor function.
Provides and documents various treatments including exercise, electrical stimulation, hot packs or cold compresses, ultrasound to relieve pain or reduce swelling.
Provides and documents patient education regarding treatment plan, activity, exercises, assistive and/or adaptive devices such as crutches, walkers, prostheses, and wheelchairs.
Assesses wounds, implementing the appropriate skin care protocol.
Performs duties and responsibilities with indirect supervision and must frequently make independent decisions.
Participates in discharge plan rounds as needed.