Physical Therapist 2

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is seeking a Physical Therapist to join the Acute Rehab PT/OT team. This role involves providing physical therapy services to patients with impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or changes in physical function and health status resulting from injury, disease, or other causes. The Physical Therapist will actively collaborate with the healthcare team to achieve patient care outcomes and system improvement objectives. VUMC is committed to an environment where everyone can thrive and where uniqueness is celebrated, fostering a sense of purpose and pride in work. The mission is to advance health and wellness through patient care, education, and research.

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 level proficiency in Treatment Planning & Goal Setting: 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.
Novice level proficiency in Rehabilitation Therapist Patient Evaluation: 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.
Novice level proficiency in Treatment Implementation: 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. Selects and follows correct protocol for care and utilize evidence based treatments.
Novice level proficiency in Rehab Therapist Patient Documentation: 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.
Novice level proficiency in Physical/Occupational Therapist Patient Education: 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.

Responsibilities

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.