Physical Therapist – Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT) | PRN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is seeking a PRN Physical Therapist with Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT) experience to join their Outpatient Adult Neuro-Rehabilitation team at the Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute (PBPRI) located in Nashville, Tennessee. This role is ideal for a Physical Therapist passionate about treating vestibular, balance, and neurologic disorders in a collaborative, academic medical center environment. The position involves evaluating and treating adults with complex vestibular and neurologic conditions, including BPPV, vestibular hypofunction, PPPD, concussion, central vestibular disorders, imbalance, gait instability, and dizziness with head movement. The role requires a minimum commitment of 1 day per week, with clinic hours from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, with no weekend or holiday work. The clinical focus is approximately 80% Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy and 20% Neurologic & Functional Rehabilitation.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program
Tennessee Physical Therapy license or eligibility
Minimum 1 year of experience with vestibular and adult neurologic populations
Advanced vestibular training preferred
Strong clinical reasoning and patient-centered care skills
Has completed at least one year of clinical experience in treatment implementation.

Nice To Haves

Advanced vestibular training preferred

Responsibilities

Perform comprehensive vestibular, balance, gait, and functional mobility evaluations.
Deliver evidence-based Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy interventions.
Implement canalith repositioning maneuvers, gaze stabilization, balance, and habituation programs.
Provide patient and caregiver education and fall prevention strategies.
Collaborate with an interdisciplinary neurorehabilitation team.
Participate in team meetings and care planning.
Supervise and mentor physical therapy students as applicable.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.