Director of Rehab - Licensed Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

DIRECTOR OF REHABILITATION — PHYSICAL THERAPIST or Occupational Therapist

Premier Senior Living Community | Raleigh, North Carolina
Prava Therapy

This isn't just a rehab department. It's a chance to lead something exceptional.

Imagine walking into work every day knowing the residents you're serving by name.

Knowing what they love to do.

Knowing their families.

Knowing the care team.

And having the opportunity to build a therapy program that is truly woven into the life of the community.

That's what we're building.

Prava Therapy is looking for an exceptional Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist to serve as Director of Rehabilitation in a premier senior living community in Wilmington, NC.

This is a leadership role for a clinician who wants to make a bigger impact without stepping away from what they love about therapy.

You won't simply manage a rehab program.

You'll shape it.

WELCOME TO SENIOR LIVING THERAPY, REIMAGINED.

This is a community where residents aren't defined by a diagnosis, a room number, or a therapy schedule.

They're active adults.

They're parents and grandparents.

They're travelers, golfers, artists, gardeners, storytellers, leaders, and lifelong learners.

And when they need therapy, the goal isn't simply to make them stronger or improve a test score.

The goal is to help them keep doing the things that make life theirs.

That's the difference between providing therapy in a community and becoming part of the community.

We want the latter.

YOUR ROLE: CLINICAL LEADER. COMMUNITY PARTNER. BUILDER.

As Director of Rehabilitation, you'll lead the Prava therapy program while remaining connected to clinical practice.

You'll be the person who sets the standard for what great therapy looks like.

You'll build trust with residents and families.

You'll develop your team.

You'll partner with community leadership.

And you'll create a therapy program that people throughout the community know, understand, and value.

You'll:

• Lead the clinical and day-to-day operations of the rehabilitation program.

• Maintain an active clinical presence while providing leadership, mentorship, and support to the therapy team.

• Build a culture where clinical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and resident experience are non-negotiable.

• Develop strong relationships with community leadership, nursing, wellness, life enrichment, caregivers, residents, and families.

• Orient and integrate new clinicians into the community and Prava's clinical and operational standards.

• Coach therapists in clinical reasoning, documentation, communication, resident engagement, and functional outcomes.

• Ensure therapy is connected to meaningful goals—not simply impairments, exercises, or minutes.

• Identify changes in resident function and opportunities for early intervention.

• Partner with the interdisciplinary team to support residents across the continuum of care.

• Help caregivers and community staff understand how therapy can support safety, independence, mobility, and participation.

• Monitor clinical quality, documentation, outcomes, scheduling, caseload trends, and program performance.

• Identify opportunities to strengthen and grow the rehabilitation program.

• Create visibility for therapy throughout the community.

• Represent Prava as a trusted clinical partner—not an outside vendor.

• Set the tone for a therapy team that is curious, compassionate, clinically strong, and relentlessly focused on the resident.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PT WHO THINKS DIFFERENTLY.

You know great therapy when you see it.

It's not necessarily the most complicated intervention.

It's the intervention that matters.

It's helping someone walk confidently into the dining room.

Return to their favorite exercise class.

Get back to gardening.

Navigate their apartment safely.

Participate in an activity with friends.

Stay connected to their spouse.

Or simply feel more confident doing something they thought they couldn't do anymore.

You believe:

Every intervention should have a functional purpose.

Residents should be appropriately challenged—not underestimated.

The environment should be adapted before the resident is blamed for not adapting to it.

Outcomes matter more than minutes.

Caregiver education is part of treatment.

Dignity and autonomy aren't extras. They're clinical priorities.

And you believe the best rehabilitation programs are built through relationships.

YOU'LL HAVE A COMMUNITY — NOT JUST A CASELOAD.

This is one of the things that makes senior living different.

You'll see your residents outside of therapy.

You'll hear about the vacation they're planning.

You'll know when someone's daughter is visiting.

You'll notice when someone isn't moving quite like themselves.

You'll see the wins that happen between treatment sessions.

And you'll have the opportunity to make therapy part of everyday life.

That's what embedded therapy looks like.

YOUR CLINICAL EXPERTISE + PRAVA'S OPERATING SYSTEM

You bring the clinical expertise.

We bring the infrastructure.

Prava gives clinicians the tools and support to build exceptional therapy programs without having to carry every operational burden themselves.

Our platform and operating system support clinical documentation, AI-enabled workflows, credentialing, billing and revenue cycle, operational visibility, and the systems needed to run and grow a modern therapy program.

That means you can spend more energy where it matters most:

Leading your team. Building relationships. Caring for residents.

THIS ROLE IS FOR YOU IF...

• You're a Physical Therapist ready to step into meaningful leadership.

• You love clinical care and don't want to give it up just because you're a leader.

• You're a natural relationship builder.

• You know how to earn trust with residents, families, and community leadership.

• You enjoy mentoring and developing clinicians.

• You're comfortable setting expectations and holding people accountable.

• You see opportunities where other people see obstacles.

• You want to build—not simply maintain—a therapy program.

• You believe senior living should be about living, not just receiving care.

• You want your work to have an impact that extends far beyond the treatment session.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

Residents know you.

Families trust you.

Community leadership calls you a partner.

Your clinicians are growing.

Your therapy team is engaged.

Therapy is visible throughout the community.

Referrals happen because people understand the value you bring.

Clinical outcomes are strong.

The program operates with consistency and accountability.

And residents are doing more of the things that matter to them.

That's success.

READY TO BUILD SOMETHING BETTER?

If you've ever thought there has to be a better way to deliver rehabilitation in senior living—

we agree.

Prava is building that better way.

And we're looking for the person who wants to help lead it.

Bring your clinical expertise.
Bring your leadership.
Bring your ambition.

We'll bring the operating system.

Come build something exceptional with us.