Occupational Therapist (PT) Acute Care TempForce

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Organization:

Acute Rehab PT/OT 3

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 with some guidance. Actively collaborates with the health care/educational team to meet patient care, outcomes and system improvement objectives.

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, TN

$65/Hour | Full-Time | 13-Week Assignment

40 Hours Per Week | Day Shift

Weekend Requirements Negotiable

Acute Care Occupational Therapist Opportunity at a Leading Academic Medical Center

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist (OT) seeking a high-impact acute care opportunity in a nationally recognized academic medical center?

Join Vanderbilt Health TempForce for a 13-week assignment supporting one of the country's premier Acute Care Rehabilitation programs. This position offers competitive compensation, valuable hospital experience, a streamlined hiring process, and the opportunity to work with highly complex medical and surgical patient populations.

As an Acute Care Occupational Therapist, you will collaborate with physicians, nurses, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, case managers, and rehabilitation specialists to help patients maximize independence, improve safety, and achieve functional goals during hospitalization and beyond.

Why Vanderbilt Health?

At Vanderbilt University Hospital, you'll gain experience in a world-class healthcare environment that includes:

• •Nationally recognized Level I Trauma Center
• •One of the nation's largest and busiest transplant programs
• •Advanced specialties including critical care, neurosciences, cardiovascular medicine, surgery, and specialty medicine
• •An Acute Care Rehabilitation team of approximately 130 rehabilitation professionals
• •A collaborative culture that empowers therapists to practice at the top of their license

Position Details

• •13-week TempForce assignment
• •Full-time schedule, 40 hours per week
• •Five 8-hour day shifts
• •30-minute meal break
• •Schedule determined by department needs
• •Weekend requirements negotiable
• •Potential extension opportunities for up to one year
• •Opportunity to transition into a permanent Vanderbilt Health position

What You'll Need

Required Qualifications

• •Tennessee Occupational Therapist license or eligibility for licensure
• •Current BLS certification
• •Minimum two years of Occupational Therapy experience
• •At least one year of recent Adult Acute Care experience

Preferred Qualifications

• •Two or more years of Adult Acute Care experience in a Level I Trauma Center
• •Experience treating medically complex, surgical, ICU, transplant, and progressive care patient populations
• •Experience with discharge planning, ADL retraining, cognitive assessment, and functional mobility interventions

What You'll Do

• •Evaluate and treat adult acute care patients across a variety of medical and surgical service lines
• •Develop individualized treatment plans focused on functional independence and safe discharge
• •Provide ADL retraining, cognitive assessment, upper extremity intervention, and patient/family education
• •Collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams regarding equipment recommendations and discharge planning
• •Document clinical findings and treatment recommendations in the electronic medical record

Productivity Expectations

Productivity expectations vary based on patient complexity, acuity, and clinical needs

Therapists are expected to provide high-quality, patient-centered care while supporting efficient patient throughput and discharge planning

Fast, Streamlined Hiring Process

• •Apply online and upload your current resume.
• •Connect with a recruiter via phone or text.
• •Participate in a virtual interview with rehabilitation leadership.
• •Receive timely feedback, often within 48 hours of the interview.

Our goal is to complete the interview and hiring process within two weeks whenever possible.

Apply Today

If you're an experienced Acute Care Occupational Therapist, Hospital Occupational Therapist, or Travel OT looking for a rewarding short-term assignment with exceptional clinical exposure, we encourage you to apply and join the Vanderbilt Health team.

• 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.
• •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 (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.
• •Treatment Planning & Goal Setting (Novice): Demonstrates sufficient proficiency in developing a plan of care that incorporates treatment interven