Seating & Positioning Clinic

Through the bidding and procurement process, DIDD worked with Nomad GCS to meet the specifications and unique requirements of a mobile seating and positioning clinic.  The clinic is essentially a module that rides on a standard 3-axle CDL Class B chassis.  Inside the clinic, there are 2 main areas: a production area and a clinic area.

The clinic area is the more spacious of the two zones.  It includes an articulated wheelchair lift that extends out of the back of the rig and down to the ground to lift people and equipment into the clinic.  The clinic area also includes a ceiling lift to help people in and out of their equipment, a mat table for use during appointments, mounting rails to secure equipment during transport, desk space for the clinician to use during and after appointments, and a small sink.

The production area includes a band saw, an in-floor equipment lift, a work bench, and storage for tools, materials and equipment.  It also has a pocket door so the area can be closed off for privacy or noise reasons.

Throughout the mobile clinic, there are three A/C and heating units with individual thermostats to keep the temperature comfortable and switchable LED lights.  The mobile clinic also has an extremely powerful generator to ensure that its equipment can function in any environment.

The Seating and Positioning Mobile Clinic is capable of providing comprehensive wheelchair seating and therapeutic positioning evaluations, planar and custom molded seating simulation, seating system fittings, minor wheelchair maintenance, and possibly alternative positioning simulation and fittings.

The dimensions of the clinic are 43 feet long, 9.5 feet wide, and 13.7 feet high.  The wheelchair lift on the back requires an additional 10 feet of space in length to operate and allow for loading and unloading for a total length requirement of 53 feet.  There is also a side door with stairs and a retractable awning that can be used to provide protection from the elements.  In order to use the clinic safely, we require adequate access and level parking.  If you believe that it will be difficult to gain access to your facility or home, including challenging local roads, please call us so we can determine if there are other routes we can take or options for parking.  If it is determined that a location is not accessible, we will work to make alternative arrangements. 

The smaller size of the mobile clinic and the need to transport multiple pieces of equipment within the mobile unit, may limit the services we are able to provide.  This may necessitate travel to the clinic in Greeneville for some appointments.  The mobile clinic is not designed to provide emergency care, repairs, recovering equipment, modifications to bathing equipment, or sewing large pieces of equipment.

Scheduling will be completed by the East Clinic secretary on a weekly basis.  Prioritization will include: patients confined to the home, groups of two or more individuals, locations more than two hours from the clinic.  The clinic will make plans to travel to various pre-arranged hubs throughout the region in order to provide services to multiple individuals from the surrounding areas in one day in order to maximize efficiency.  Scheduling for these sites will be coordinated with host agencies.

The West Clinic is located at 11437 Oak Crest Drive, Arlington, TN 38002, which is also the address for the DIDD West Regional Office.  From the Jackson area, take exit 24-25 onto TN-205 toward Arlington from I-40.  Keep right toward Arlington. At the end of the ramp, turn right onto Airline Rd.  At the first red light, turn left on Milton Wilson Dr.  After traveling about a mile, you will see the entrance for the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities campus.  Turn left into the entrance and continue straight.  After you pass the main building, turn right.  There is accessible parking located up a ramp between the B and C parking lot signs, and also in parking lot D, where you can enter the lower level of the clinic through the tunnel. Visitors can park in the gravel lot across from the building, walk up the ramp to the sliding doors and ring the buzzer. From the Memphis area, take exit 25 (Arlington, Collierville, Millington) from I-40.  At the end of the ramp, turn left on Airline Rd.  At the first red light, turn left on Milton Wilson Rd. Follow the above directions.

The Middle Clinic is located at 301 Stewarts Ferry Pike, Nashville, TN 37214, which is also the address for the DIDD Middle Regional Office.  From Nashville and the west, take exit 219 (Stewarts Ferry Pike) off I-40 and turn left.  Proceed for about a mile, and you will see the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities campus on your right.  Turn right into the entrance and proceed straight up the hill, following the signs for the Assistive Technology Clinic.  After you crest the hill, take a right onto Franklin Way. The clinic will be immediately on your left.  Go through the first parking lot and turn left at the end of the building and you will find accessible parking and the main clinic entrance.From east of Nashville, take exit 219 (Stewarts Ferry Pike) off I-40 and turn right.  Follow the above directions.

The East Clinic is located at 4850 East Andrew Johnson Hwy, Afton, TN 37616, which is also the address for the DIDD East Regional Office, on the former Greene Valley campus.  When mapping this address, it may tell you to turn right from HWY 11E onto Erwin Hwy. Instead, continue straight on 11E until you pass the Walmart on your left. Continue straight through the stoplight at the intersection of HWY11E and 107E. Take the second right after this stoplight which is the main entrance to the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities campus. Continue straight on Main Street to the back of the campus.  Follow Main Street as it makes a left turn and go right at the third stop sign.  The clinic will be immediately on your right. Park and enter at the double doors by the gazebo.Coming from Johnson City, traveling on West Market Street/US-11E S: From the intersection of North State of Franklin Rd and West Market Street travel 4.8 miles to the intersection in Jonesborough (see McDonald’s on the right). Go through this intersection staying on US-11E S, and travel 17.8 miles and turn left into the campus entrance.  If you get to intersection of US-11E S and East 107 you have gone too far. Once you turn onto campus, follow the above directions.