Sub-Acute Rehab Therapy Manager

Sub-Acute Rehab Therapy Manager

Manage daily operation of sub-acute rehabilitation therapy department through leadership, education and clinical supervision that promotes clinically and financially effective interdisciplinary patient-centered care.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Staff will provide patient care, treatment, and services within the scope of their license, certification or registration and as required by law and regulation.
• Provide the oversite for specific groups of staff, including physical therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, rehab techs
• Responsible for the recruitment, selection, and training of staff, and provide them ongoing mentoring, development, continuing education opportunities, and performance appraisal/feedback.
• Assure staff competence to perform job responsibilities is assessed, demonstrated, and maintained, according to regulatory and accreditation requirements and in alignment with recognized standards of care and best practice benchmarks.
• Identify risks to employee safety and take appropriate steps to reduce those risks. Maintain a physical work environment that reflects the high-quality services delivered at Mary Free Bed.
• Oversight of therapy program quality metrics/outcomes. Analyze quality measures and reimbursement data to identify opportunities for clinical and financial improvement. Implement process improvement plans as necessary to maintain high quality performance.
• Complete managed care insurance requirements of participation for continued stay authorizations daily. Complete Section O of MDS for all patients. Coordinate with MDS nurses to ensure Medicare skilled criteria requirements are satisfied with documentation completion and compliance.
• Complete month-end therapy billing
• Administrator and point of contact for therapy electronic medical record system
• Review and provide therapy documentation in the event of insurance appeal/denial
• Establish treatment objectives, written treatment plan, and administer treatment for each patient according to the stated objectives. Re-evaluate patient's status and effects of treatment. Revise treatment plan as necessary.
• Communicate with Interdisciplinary Team to integrate therapy treatment that optimizes total patient care. Update patient care plans in real-time to maximize treatment plan and patient safety.
• Participate in planning for patient discharge by considering patient, family, community support/services, and environmental limitations. Provides patient/caregiver education for discharge planning and post discharge plan of care.
• Provides education/training of staff in the form of in-services.
• Participates in program development and/or research activities as requested.
• Serves as a resource person for patient care in areas of recognized clinical expertise.
• Serves as a Clinical Instructor for specified therapy students. Supervises, teaches, and evaluates skills of students. Communicates with participating universities regarding skill levels of students.

Essential Job Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Recreational Therapy, or Speech Language Pathology program. Will also consider PTA, COTA program graduates.
• Licensed (or eligible for licensure) in Michigan.
• Minimum 4 years work experience in a relevant clinical rehabilitation setting.
• Possesses and demonstrates expertise in a specific diagnostic area of rehabilitation.
• Possesses and maintains CPR certification to meet department/program protocol.
• The physical ability to lift, position, and transport patients with physical impairments.
• Demonstrates ability to supervise students.

Mary Free Bed is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristic