Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Physical Therapist – Orthopedic Outpatient Float
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37247
Physical Therapist – Orthopedic Outpatient Float
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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 Regional PT
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, Nashville, TN
Job Type Full-Time
Overview Elevate Your Physical Therapy Career with Vanderbilt Health. Are you a licensed Physical Therapist with a passion for orthopedic rehab and a desire to grow your clinical versatility? Join Vanderbilt Health, a nationally recognized leader in patient-centered care, and become part of a dynamic outpatient rehabilitation team that values innovation, collaboration, and professional development. This unique float position offers the opportunity to work across multiple Vanderbilt outpatient orthopedic clinics within a 20-mile radius of Nashville. You’ll treat a diverse patient population—from post-operative joint replacements to sports injuries and chronic musculoskeletal conditions—while gaining exposure to a variety of clinical environments. If you thrive on variety and enjoy the challenge of adapting your skills, this role is a perfect fit.
What You’ll Do
Deliver one‑on‑one, evidence‑based therapy for orthopedic and musculoskeletal conditions
Rotate across multiple clinic locations, supporting teams, and covering PTO for long‑tenured staff
Collaborate with physicians, athletic trainers, and interdisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes
Educate patients on injury prevention, rehabilitation strategies, and long‑term wellness
Document care using My Health at Vanderbilt/MyChart for seamless communication
Participate in mentorship, quality improvement, and departmental initiatives
Support onboarding and development of students and new hires
Why Vanderbilt Health?
Day One Benefits – Medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans start immediately
Career Advancement Ladder – Structured growth from Level 1 to Level 4
National Recognition – Work for a health system known for excellence and patient‑first care
Collaborative Culture – Be part of a team that values mentorship, learning, and shared success
Schedule Monday–Friday flexible business hours, no holidays or weekends.
What We’re Looking For
Licensed Physical Therapist (or eligible for licensure in Tennessee)
Minimum 1 year of experience in orthopedic outpatient physical therapy
Flexibility and enthusiasm for working in multiple clinic settings
Strong communication and time management skills
Ready to Float, Flex, and Flourish? Join Vanderbilt Health and take your orthopedic physical therapy career to the next level. Apply today to become part of a team that’s redefining rehab care—one patient at a time.
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.
Position Qualifications
LIC-Physical Therapy License - Tennessee
Relevant Work Experience – 1 year
Bachelor’s
Equal Opportunity 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.
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Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.
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 Regional PT
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, Nashville, TN
Job Type Full-Time
Overview Elevate Your Physical Therapy Career with Vanderbilt Health. Are you a licensed Physical Therapist with a passion for orthopedic rehab and a desire to grow your clinical versatility? Join Vanderbilt Health, a nationally recognized leader in patient-centered care, and become part of a dynamic outpatient rehabilitation team that values innovation, collaboration, and professional development. This unique float position offers the opportunity to work across multiple Vanderbilt outpatient orthopedic clinics within a 20-mile radius of Nashville. You’ll treat a diverse patient population—from post-operative joint replacements to sports injuries and chronic musculoskeletal conditions—while gaining exposure to a variety of clinical environments. If you thrive on variety and enjoy the challenge of adapting your skills, this role is a perfect fit.
What You’ll Do
Deliver one‑on‑one, evidence‑based therapy for orthopedic and musculoskeletal conditions
Rotate across multiple clinic locations, supporting teams, and covering PTO for long‑tenured staff
Collaborate with physicians, athletic trainers, and interdisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes
Educate patients on injury prevention, rehabilitation strategies, and long‑term wellness
Document care using My Health at Vanderbilt/MyChart for seamless communication
Participate in mentorship, quality improvement, and departmental initiatives
Support onboarding and development of students and new hires
Why Vanderbilt Health?
Day One Benefits – Medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans start immediately
Career Advancement Ladder – Structured growth from Level 1 to Level 4
National Recognition – Work for a health system known for excellence and patient‑first care
Collaborative Culture – Be part of a team that values mentorship, learning, and shared success
Schedule Monday–Friday flexible business hours, no holidays or weekends.
What We’re Looking For
Licensed Physical Therapist (or eligible for licensure in Tennessee)
Minimum 1 year of experience in orthopedic outpatient physical therapy
Flexibility and enthusiasm for working in multiple clinic settings
Strong communication and time management skills
Ready to Float, Flex, and Flourish? Join Vanderbilt Health and take your orthopedic physical therapy career to the next level. Apply today to become part of a team that’s redefining rehab care—one patient at a time.
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.
Position Qualifications
LIC-Physical Therapy License - Tennessee
Relevant Work Experience – 1 year
Bachelor’s
Equal Opportunity 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.
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