PRN Physical Therapist

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

18h•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is seeking a PRN Physical Therapist to provide physical therapy services to patients with impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or changes in physical function and health status. This role involves collaborating with the healthcare team to achieve patient care outcomes and system improvement objectives. VUMC is a leading healthcare institution committed to advancing health and wellness through patient care, education, and research, fostering an environment where expertise is valued and uniqueness is celebrated.

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

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

Responsibilities

Analyzes comprehensive information from formal and informal assessment pertinent to patient 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.
Documents in the appropriate templates and utilizes only approved abbreviations within patient documentation, meeting institutional standards for quality and timeliness.
Develops a plan of care that incorporates treatment interventions focused on meeting objective goals, including functional and measurable short and long-term goals.
Identifies the need for and referral to other services, as needed.
Evaluates 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.
Provides treatment consistent with physician prescription and established plan of care.
Modifies 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.
Communicates functional impact of assessment findings, treatment interventions, treatment planning diagnosis, and disease process, considering the communication needs/level of understanding of the audience.
May supervise, educate and train students from professional programs of physical therapy, occupational therapy and athletic training.
Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance.
Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment.
Provides informal guidance and support to team members.
Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance and gain knowledge in new areas.
Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships.
Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences.
Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them.
Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions.
Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness.
Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly.
Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them.
Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring.
Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure.
Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area.
Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities.
Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches.
Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges.
Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.