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Organization:
Dayani Ortho

Job Summary:
About this Position:
We are seeking a Physical Therapist who is passionate about treating patients that excludes orthopedic and neuro care. The optimal PT thrives in managing a medically complex patient population. This role manages a diverse caseload of individuals with cancer, muscle tension dysphonia conditions, and chronic pain syndromes such as fibromyalgia. Care emphasizes comprehensive evaluation, individualized treatment planning, and close interdisciplinary collaboration to address functional limitations, fatigue, deconditioning, and symptom management. Treatment approaches integrate both land-based therapeutic interventions (strengthening, mobility, neuromuscular re-education, and functional training) and aquatic therapy in a one-on-one setting with 50 minutes allowed per visit and dedicated documentation time.
Vanderbilt Health is looking for an experienced PT who values clinical variety, interdisciplinary collaboration, and creative problem-solving, and who is motivated to help patients improve quality of life.

Hours: Outpatient Setting, no weekends or holidays. Day hours, prefer 8:00 am -5:00 pm

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.

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Physical Therapist (PT) Outpatient Rehabilitation

Location: Nashville, TN

Schedule: Full-Time | Monday-Friday | Day Shift
Preferred Hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
No Weekends | No Holidays

Practice Physical Therapy the Way You Always Intended

Vanderbilt Health is seeking a Physical Therapist to join the Dayani Center for Health & Wellness, an innovative outpatient program specializing in oncology rehabilitation, cancer prehabilitation, chronic pain management, wellness, and medically complex care.

If you're looking for meaningful patient relationships, clinical autonomy, and the opportunity to provide truly individualized care, you'll find it here. Our therapists are trusted members of the care team, helping patients restore function, improve quality of life, and regain independence.

Why Physical Therapists Choose Vanderbilt Health

Exceptional Patient Care

• One-on-one treatment sessions
• 50-minute patient appointments
• Dedicated documentation time built into your schedule
• Practice at the top of your license
• Collaborative interdisciplinary care model

Work-Life Balance

• Monday-Friday schedule
• No weekends
• No holidays
• Consistent daytime hours

Specialty Growth Opportunities

• Oncology rehabilitation and prehabilitation
• Medically complex patient populations
• Professional development within a nationally recognized academic health system

About the Dayani Center

The Dayani Center brings together rehabilitation specialists, physicians, psychologists, nurses, and wellness professionals to provide comprehensive care across the cancer continuum and beyond.

As oncology rehabilitation services continue to expand throughout Vanderbilt Health, patient demand continues to grow. This is an exciting opportunity to join a program at the forefront of specialty rehabilitation. Previous oncology experience is welcomed but not required.

Your Impact

As a Physical Therapist, you will:

• Evaluate and treat patients experiencing functional limitations related to cancer, cancer treatment, chronic pain, fatigue, deconditioning, neurologic conditions, and other complex diagnoses.
• Develop individualized treatment plans to improve mobility, endurance, function, and quality of life.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions including:
  
  • Therapeutic exercise
  • Functional mobility training
  • Neuromuscular re-education
  • Oncology rehabilitation and prehabilitation
  • Chronic pain management strategies
  • Aquatic therapy
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to optimize patient outcomes.
• Educate patients and caregivers on symptom management, wellness, energy conservation, and safe mobility.
• Support the continued growth of an expanding specialty rehabilitation program.

Who Thrives Here

This role is ideal for physical therapists who:

• Value quality patient care over productivity metrics
• Enjoy building meaningful patient relationships
• Appreciate clinical variety and complex patient populations
• Thrive in collaborative environments
• Have interests in oncology, neurologic rehabilitation, chronic pain, wellness, or medically complex care
• Want to grow beyond traditional outpatient orthopedic practice

Qualifications

Required

• Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program
• Current Tennessee Physical Therapist license or eligibility for Tennessee licensure

Preferred

• Outpatient physical therapy experience
• Experience treating medically complex patient populations
• Strong clinical reasoning and communication skills
• Commitment to evidence-based, patient-centered care

Why Vanderbilt Health

Vanderbilt Health is one of the nation's leading academic health systems, recognized for innovation, collaboration, and exceptional patient care.

At the Dayani Center, therapists are empowered to focus on what matters most: helping patients achieve meaningful outcomes through personalized, evidence-based care. Whether you're seeking greater clinical variety, specialty expertise, or a workplace where patient care comes first, you'll find it at Vanderbilt Health.

Apply today and help patients regain strength, restore function, and improve quality of life through exceptional rehabilitation care.

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
• 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.

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.

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-Physical Therapy License - Tennessee

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.