Physical Therapist - Outpatient Oncology

**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:** 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. . **Physical Therapist - Outpatient Oncology** **Location:** Nashville, TN **Schedule:** Full-Time | Monday-Friday | Day Shift **Preferred Hours:** 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM **No Weekends or 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, prehabilitation, chronic pain management, and medically complex care. If you're looking for an opportunity to provide truly individualized care, build meaningful patient relationships, and practice in an environment where quality outcomes matter most, you'll find it here. At Vanderbilt Health, physical therapists are more than mobility experts. They are advocates, educators, problem-solvers, and essential members of the care team who help patients improve function, restore independence, and reclaim quality of life. Be part of an organization redefining what's possible in healthcare. Vanderbilt Health is home to the nation's largest transplant center by volume and continues to set records for life-saving care, clinical innovation, and exceptional patient outcomes. **Why Outpatient Physical Therapists Choose Vanderbilt Health** * One-on-One Patient Care * 50-Minute Treatment Sessions * Dedicated Documentation Time Built Into Your Schedule * Monday-Friday Schedule * No Weekends * No Holidays * Practice at the Top of Your License * Opportunity to Specialize in Oncology Rehabilitation and Prehabilitation * Collaborative Interdisciplinary Care Model * Nationally Recognized Academic Health System At Vanderbilt Health, we believe healthcare is personal. Our therapists are empowered to deliver individualized, evidence-based care that puts patients before productivity metrics. Here, you'll have the time, resources, and interdisciplinary support to focus on what matters most: helping patients achieve meaningful outcomes. **About the Dayani Center** The Dayani Center for Health & Wellness offers one of the region's most unique rehabilitation environments, bringing together rehabilitation specialists, physicians, psychologists, nurses, speech-language pathologists, and wellness professionals to serve patients across the cancer care continuum and beyond. As oncology rehabilitation and prehabilitation services continue to expand throughout Vanderbilt Health, referrals continue to grow, creating an exciting opportunity to join a program that is shaping the future of rehabilitation for medically complex patient populations. 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 treatments, chronic pain, fatigue, deconditioning, neurologic conditions, and other medically complex diagnoses. * Develop individualized treatment plans designed to improve function, mobility, endurance, and quality of life. * Deliver evidence-based interventions, including: * Therapeutic exercise * Functional mobility training * Neuromuscular re-education * Cancer rehabilitation and prehabilitation * Chronic pain management strategies * Endurance and conditioning programs * Aquatic therapy * Community reintegration activities * Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to optimize patient outcomes. * Educate patients and caregivers on symptom management, energy conservation, mobility, and wellness strategies. * Contribute to the continued growth and development of an expanding specialty rehabilitation program. **Who Thrives Here** This role is ideal for physical therapists who: * Value one-on-one patient care. * Enjoy building meaningful relationships with patients. * Want greater clinical variety and complexity. * Are energized by problem-solving and critical thinking. * Appreciate interdisciplinary collaboration. * Have interests in oncology rehabilitation, chronic pain, neurologic rehabilitation, wellness, or medically complex care. * Want to grow beyond traditional outpatient orthopedic practice. * Believe exceptional outcomes begin with individualized care. **Qualifications** **Required** * Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy program * Current Tennessee Physical Therapist license or license eligible **Preferred** * Experience in outpatient physical therapy * Experience treating medically complex patient populations * Strong clinical reasoning and communication skills * Commitment to evidence-based, patient-centered care * Passion for collaboration and professional growth **Why Vanderbilt Health** Vanderbilt Health is one of the nation's leading academic health systems, recognized for innovation, collaboration, and advancing the future of healthcare. At the Dayani Center, therapists are trusted clinicians, not productivity numbers. You'll have the opportunity to provide highly personalized care, collaborate with experts across multiple disciplines, and build a specialty skill set that few outpatient settings can offer. Whether you're seeking greater clinical variety, more meaningful patient relationships, or the opportunity to specialize in an emerging area of rehabilitation, you'll find your next career move at Vanderbilt Health. **Apply today and discover what outpatient physical therapy can be when patient care comes first.** 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._