Physical Therapist – Pediatric Outpatient Rehab

Vanderbilt University Medical Center-posted 3 days ago

Full-time • Entry Level

Onsite • Nashville, TN

5,001-10,000 employees

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Physical Therapist – Pediatric Outpatient Rehab Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center : Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. Organization: Physical Therapy Out Job Summary: JOB SUMMARY 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. . Location: Vanderbilt Health at One Hundred Oaks, Nashville, TN Schedule: Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–6:00 PM | No Weekends Job Type: Full-Time Empower Young Lives Through Pediatric Physical Therapy at Vanderbilt Health Are you a licensed Physical Therapist with a passion for pediatrics? Vanderbilt Health invites you to join our nationally recognized Pediatric Outpatient Rehabilitation team in Nashville, TN. This is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact on children and young adults (birth to age 21) in a collaborative, evidence-based care environment. Why Vanderbilt Health? Day One Benefits – Medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans start immediately Career Growth – Structured advancement from Level 1 to Level 4 Top-Ranked System – Join a leader in pediatric healthcare Innovative Rehab Services – Access cutting-edge technology and best practices Supportive Culture – Work alongside a dedicated, interdisciplinary team What You’ll Do as a Vanderbilt Health Pediatric Physical Therapist: Deliver personalized, evidence-based therapy to children with orthopedic and developmental diagnoses Collaborate with physicians, PTs, SLPs, and other specialists Use My Health at Vanderbilt/MyChart for seamless care coordination Educate families on therapy goals, home programs, and long-term strategies Document care in compliance with hospital and regulatory standards Participate in mentorship, quality improvement, and departmental initiatives Support and mentor students and new team members Qualifications Licensed (or license-eligible) Physical Therapist in Tennessee Minimum 1 year of pediatric experience required Experience treating both orthopedic and developmental populations strongly preferred Experience with Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) strongly preferred Strong communication, adaptability, and teamwork skills Make a Lasting Impact Join a team where your expertise is valued, your growth is supported, and your work truly matters. Apply today to advance your career in pediatric physical therapy with one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers.

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.
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.
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.
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.

Licensed (or license-eligible) Physical Therapist in Tennessee
Minimum 1 year of pediatric experience required
Strong communication, adaptability, and teamwork skills

Experience treating both orthopedic and developmental populations strongly preferred
Experience with Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) strongly preferred

Medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans start immediately
Career Growth – Structured advancement from Level 1 to Level 4
Access cutting-edge technology and best practices

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