Our Rehabilitation Departments are focused on improving the quality of life for our community while providing a work life balance for you at UVM Health Network.

Our exceptional rehabilitation teams in Vermont and Northern New York determine the path for their patient’s treatment plans, aiding them to return to a functional life. While playing a vital role in our patient’s recovery path, we focus on supporting our employees which helps support our patients.

Rehabilitation professionals at UVM Health Network practice in a variety of settings including: acute care, acute rehabilitation, sub-acute rehabilitation, home health, and outpatient.

• Respiratory Therapy
• Audiology
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• Speech Language Pathology

Respiratory Therapists play a vital role in helping our patients breathe and recover from lung diseases and injuries and are a critical part of the multidisciplinary care team. Across our Health Network, our therapists can advance their careers by specializing in a particular area, such as neonatal respiratory care, critical care respiratory therapy, or pulmonary rehabilitation. They can also pursue leadership positions or become educators. You will work in areas such Adult Surgical & Medical ICU, NICU, Emergency Department and Med/Surg units. We are looking for critical thinkers, good problem solvers and effective communicators to join our team. If you are interested in a career in healthcare that is rewarding, challenging, and in high demand come join our RT team.

Audiologists provide expert evaluation and diagnosis of hearing loss. From newborns to adults, audiologists offer personalized treatment and care for a wide range of hearing disorders.

Occupational Therapy is the therapeutic use of everyday activities (occupations) for the purpose of participation in roles and activities at home, in school, at work in the community or in other settings. Occupational therapy services are provided for the purpose of promoting health and wellness and to those who have or are at risk for developing an illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability, activity limitation, or participation restriction. Occupational Therapy addresses the physical, cognitive, psychosocial, sensory, and other aspects of health, well-being and quality of life.

Physical therapy provides treatment to help with recovery from surgery or an injury, reduce risk of injury and decrease pain.

Physical Therapists are health care professionals who specialize in the restoration, maintenance and promotion of optimal physical function. Physical Therapists at The UVM Medical Center:

• Diagnose and treat movement dysfunction
• Enhance physical and functional abilities
• Evaluate, treat, and prevent symptoms, progression of impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities that can result from injury or disease.

Physical Therapists assess joint motion, muscle strength and endurance, function of the heart and lungs, and performance of activities required in daily living, among other responsibilities.

Speech-Language Pathologists  evaluate and treat a large range of communication and swallowing disorders. These include problems with speech, voice, language, thinking and swallowing. These problems can result from neurological conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, head and neck cancer, Parkinson’s disease, swallowing complications from birth - or from infections and other causes.