Physical Therapist Pediatric Home Health PRN
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Nashville, TN
- Permanent
- Part-time
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..Physical Therapist Pediatric Home Health PRNService Area: Greater Nashville AreaSchedule: Monday–Friday PRN HoursMake a Difference Where It Matters MostVanderbilt Health is seeking a compassionate and skilled Physical Therapist to join our Pediatric Home Health team on a PRN basis. This is a unique opportunity to provide one-on-one, meaningful care to children in the comfort of their homes across the Greater Nashville area—all while enjoying a flexible weekday schedule.Why Join Vanderbilt Health?Reputation for Excellence – Be part of one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers.Collaborative Culture – Work alongside a dedicated interdisciplinary team of nurses, speech and occupational therapists, and pediatric specialists.Supportive Environment – We foster a culture of respect, learning, and professional growth.Work-Life Balance – PRN flexibility with Monday–Friday scheduling—no weekends or holidays required.Competitive compensation and mileage reimbursement.How you’ll make a differenceDeliver skilled physical therapy services to pediatric patients in their homes.Develop and implement individualized care plans in collaboration with families and care teams.Document patient progress and outcomes using EMR systems.Participate in interdisciplinary case reviews and care coordination.QualificationsLicensed Physical Therapist in the state of Tennessee.Experience in pediatrics, especially with medically fragile infants and childrenAcute care or home health experience preferred.Proficient in the use of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems for documentation and care coordination.Strong communication and organizational skills.Passion for working with children and families in a home-based setting.CPR certification and valid driver’s license requiredReady to Join Us?If you're a dedicated Physical Therapist looking to make a real impact in pediatric care—on your schedule—apply today and become part of the Vanderbilt Health family.KEY 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.
- The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.