Occupational Therapist - Outpatient Neuro Rehab

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Organization:

Pi Beta Phi Rehab Clinical Staff

Job Summary:

JOB SUMMARY
Provides occupational therapy services to patients who have impairments, developmental disabilities, 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.

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Occupational Therapist (OT) PRN - Outpatient Neurologic Rehabilitation

Location: Vanderbilt Health | Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute (PBPRI) | Bill Wilkerson Center | Nashville, TN

Schedule: Flexible PRN weekday opportunities based on your availability and department needs

Exceptional Patient Care. A Culture of Joy, Respect, and Teamwork.

At Vanderbilt Health, we're transforming lives through clinical excellence, innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and an unwavering commitment to patient outcomes.

What do clinicians consistently tell us after visiting? They feel welcomed.

You'll work alongside colleagues who genuinely support one another while sharing a commitment to compassionate care, continuous learning, and helping patients achieve meaningful progress.

Our culture is built on:

• Compassion and kindness
• Clinical excellence
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Mentorship and professional growth
• Mutual respect
• Teamwork
• Exceptional patient care

Looking for flexibility without sacrificing purpose?

Our PRN opportunities allow Occupational Therapists to maintain work-life balance while continuing to work with complex neurologic patient populations in one of the region's leading outpatient neurorehabilitation programs. Whether you're supplementing another role, maintaining specialty skills, or seeking greater scheduling flexibility, you'll find meaningful work here.

Why Join Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute?

Practice within one of the Southeast's premier outpatient neurologic rehabilitation programs. More than 80% of our caseload focuses on adult neurologic rehabilitation, creating opportunities to develop advanced expertise while working alongside experienced rehabilitation specialists.

Treat a wide range of neurologic conditions, including:

• Stroke
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• Parkinson's Disease
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Concussion
• Vestibular Disorders
• Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)

As part of a nationally recognized interdisciplinary team, you'll help patients maximize independence, function, participation, and quality of life.

Position Summary

The Occupational Therapist PRN evaluates and treats adults receiving outpatient neurologic rehabilitation services. Working collaboratively with Physical Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists, physicians, and caregivers, you will help patients return to meaningful activities at home, work, and within their communities.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate and treat adults with neurologic and neurorehabilitation needs.
• Develop individualized treatment plans focused on independence, function, safety, and quality of life.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions addressing upper extremity recovery, motor control, coordination, and functional performance.
• Assess and treat cognitive, visual-perceptual, and executive functioning impairments.
• Evaluate and train patients in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs).
• Educate patients and caregivers on diagnoses, adaptive strategies, home programs, and community resources.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to provide coordinated, patient-centered care.
• Complete timely evaluations, progress notes, and clinical documentation.
• Participate in specialty services such as cognitive rehabilitation, vision rehabilitation, seating and mobility, vestibular rehabilitation, and driving rehabilitation based on training and experience.

Qualifications

Required

• Graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy program.
• Current Tennessee Occupational Therapy license or eligibility for licensure prior to start.
• Strong clinical reasoning and patient-centered care skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Preferred

Experience in one or more of the following:

• Adult neurologic rehabilitation
• Stroke rehabilitation
• Brain injury rehabilitation
• Cognitive rehabilitation
• Driving rehabilitation
• Seating and mobility services
• Adaptive equipment evaluation
• Vestibular rehabilitation
• Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist (CDRS)
• Epic EMR

Why Vanderbilt Health?

• One of the Southeast's most respected outpatient neurorehabilitation programs.
• Nationally recognized academic health system.
• Collaborative team of Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists, physicians, and rehabilitation specialists.
• Opportunities to develop expertise in cognitive, vision, vestibular, seating and mobility, and driving rehabilitation.
• Flexible PRN scheduling.
• A supportive culture where clinicians are valued and patients come first.

Apply Today

If you're passionate about neurologic rehabilitation and want the flexibility of a PRN schedule while working alongside an exceptional interdisciplinary team, we invite you to apply and join Vanderbilt Health's Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute.

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.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
• 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.
• 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.
• Treatment Implementation (Fundamental Awareness): 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.
• 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.

Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic health care services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings.

These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health’s reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South.

Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

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Core Accountabilities:

Organizational Impact: Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment. Breadth of Knowledge: Has expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area. Team Interaction: Provides informal guidance and support to team members.

Core Capabilities :

Supporting Colleagues:- Develops Self and Others: Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance e and gain knowledge in new areas.- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships.- Communicates Effectively: Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences. Delivering Excellent Services:- Serves Others with Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them.- Solves Complex Problems: Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions.- Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness. Ensuring High Quality: - Performs Excellent Work: Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly.- Ensures Continuous Improvement: Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring. Managing Resources Effectively: - Demonstrates Accountability: Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure.- Stewards Organizational Resources: Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area.- Makes Data Driven Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities. Fostering Innovation:- Generates New Ideas: Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches.- Applies Technology: Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges.- Adapts to Change: Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.

Position Qualifications:

Responsibilities:

Certifications:

LIC-Occupational Therapy License - Licensure-Others

Work Experience:

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level :

1 year

Education:

Bachelor's

This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within Vanderbilt Health, supported by a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity.  EOE/Vets/Disabled.