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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 - Outpatient Rehabilitation

Location: Nashville, TN
Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday, Day Shift
Preferred Hours: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
No Weekends or Holidays

Advance Your Career in One of Nashville's Most Unique Outpatient Rehabilitation Settings

Vanderbilt Health is seeking a Physical Therapist to join the growing rehabilitation team at the Dayani Center for Health & Wellness, a specialized outpatient program recognized for its interdisciplinary approach to oncology rehabilitation, prehabilitation, chronic pain management, and medically complex care.

As oncology rehabilitation and prehabilitation services continue to expand across Vanderbilt Health, patient referrals have increased significantly, creating an exciting opportunity to join a growing specialty program that is helping meet the rising demand for rehabilitation services throughout the cancer care continuum.

Whether you bring experience in outpatient rehabilitation, orthopedic rehabilitation, chronic pain management, oncology rehabilitation, or medically complex patient care, this role offers an exceptional opportunity to grow your clinical skills while delivering highly personalized care.

Why Therapists Choose the Dayani Center

• Monday-Friday schedule with no weekends or holidays
• One-on-one patient care with 50-minute treatment sessions
• Dedicated documentation time built into the workday
• Opportunity to develop expertise in oncology rehabilitation and prehabilitation
• Collaborative interdisciplinary practice with physicians, speech-language pathologists, psychologists, nurses, and rehabilitation professionals
• Diverse and clinically rewarding patient population
• Supportive team culture within a nationally recognized academic health system
• Ongoing professional development and specialty growth opportunities
• Opportunity to help shape and grow a rapidly expanding oncology rehabilitation and prehabilitation program

About the Role

The Physical Therapist evaluates and treats patients experiencing functional limitations related to cancer, cancer treatments, chronic pain syndromes, fatigue, deconditioning, neuromuscular conditions, muscle tension dysphonia, and other complex medical diagnoses.

Therapists develop individualized treatment plans designed to restore function, improve quality of life, and help patients achieve their personal goals. Treatment interventions may include:

• Therapeutic exercise and strengthening
• Functional mobility training
• Neuromuscular re-education
• Endurance and conditioning programs
• Cancer rehabilitation and prehabilitation
• Chronic pain management strategies
• Symptom management and energy conservation
• Aquatic therapy
• Functional and community reintegration activities

This role is ideal for a therapist who enjoys clinical variety, critical thinking, interdisciplinary collaboration, and building meaningful relationships with patients through individualized care.

Who Thrives in This Role

Physical therapists who are successful in this role often:

• Enjoy treating a diverse patient population with complex medical needs
• Are energized by clinical variety and problem-solving
• Value one-on-one patient care and building meaningful patient relationships
• Thrive in collaborative, interdisciplinary environments
• Have an interest in oncology rehabilitation, prehabilitation, chronic pain management, or medically complex care
• Appreciate the opportunity to continuously learn and expand their clinical expertise
• Are passionate about helping patients improve function, independence, and quality of life
• Enjoy developing individualized treatment plans tailored to each patient's unique goals

Job Summary

Provides physical therapy services to patients with impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or changes in physical function and health status resulting from injury, disease, or other causes under occasional guidance. Collaborates with the healthcare team to achieve patient care, clinical outcome, operational, and system improvement objectives.

Qualifications

Required

• Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program
• Current Tennessee Physical Therapist license or license eligible

Preferred

• Experience in outpatient rehabilitation
• Experience treating medically complex patient populations
• Experience in oncology rehabilitation, neurologic rehabilitation, chronic pain management, aquatic therapy, hospital-based rehabilitation, or related specialty areas
• Strong clinical reasoning and communication skills
• Commitment to patient-centered, evidence-based care
• Passion for interdisciplinary teamwork and continuous learning

Previous oncology rehabilitation experience is welcomed but not required. Candidates with backgrounds in outpatient orthopedics, neurologic rehabilitation, acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, sports medicine, pelvic health, chronic pain management, or medically complex patient populations are encouraged to apply.

Why Vanderbilt Health

Vanderbilt Health is one of the nation's leading academic health systems and home to highly respected rehabilitation programs that advance patient care through innovation, collaboration, and evidence-based practice.

At the Dayani Center, therapists are empowered to practice at the top of their license while helping shape the future of oncology rehabilitation and complex care services. You'll join a growing program with increasing patient demand, strong interdisciplinary support, and a shared commitment to helping patients achieve their highest level of function and quality of life.

In addition, therapists benefit from:

• Continuing education opportunities
• Specialty training and annual competencies
• Professional organization reimbursement opportunities
• Career Ladder Advancement Program with growth opportunities and salary progression
• Day One Benefits
• Team-based culture
• Nationally recognized health system

Join a team where clinical excellence, compassionate care, professional growth, and work-life balance come together to create an exceptional therapy career.

Related Experience and Areas of Interest

Oncology Rehabilitation • Cancer Rehabilitation • Cancer Prehabilitation • Physical Therapy • Outpatient Rehabilitation • Neurologic Rehabilitation • Chronic Pain Management • Functional Rehabilitation • Aquatic Therapy • Medically Complex Patients • Fatigue Management • Deconditioning • Interdisciplinary Care • Academic Medical Center • Patient-Centered Care • Evidence-Based Practice • Quality of Life Restoration • Mobility Training • Neuromuscular Re-Education

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.