Outpatient Site Manager- Occupational Therapist/ OT

Area Manager

The Area Manager works to develop and implement strategic plans while ensuring compliance with regulations and standards, managing budgets and resources, supervising staff, and maintaining quality patient care. The Area Manager also collaborates with other healthcare professionals to ensure effective delivery of rehabilitation services and serve as representative for community outreach and marketing initiatives.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring timely conversion of referrals to admissions and facilitation of an effective patient admission process to achieve or exceed all admission goals. Develops and maintains working knowledge of third-party payers, both government and commercial, for admissions.
• Communicating established financial/billing procedures to patients, including proper verification of benefits information prior to their admission and managing productivity and efficiency to meet financial and clinical goals.
• Providing leadership, accountability, and guidance in handling challenging client cases and employee concerns.
• Leading local recruitment, hiring, and development of clinical and administrative staff to ensure the delivery of safe and consistent quality care to all patients.
• Conducting chart audits to ensure that all federal and state law requirements and conditions of participation for Medicare and Medicaid are met.
• Gathering data for assigned area(s) and preparing written reports. Using the collected data to identify areas of concern and implement quality improvement plans to address the concerns.
• Responding in writing or verbally to client or community concerns, audit requests, and/or contract complaints regarding quality of services and programs and using the information to make service improvements.
• Working closely with the Administrative Support to ensure a positive and efficient work environment exists between the support staff and branch managers.
• Establishing relationships and being the primary area contact person for case management and contract monitoring personnel assigned to the local area Agency on Aging, DSHS Home and Community Services, health care providers, and the Dept. of Health. Attending and participating in area meetings, case staffing, and addressing local contract concerns as needed.
• Representing the company publicly at professional and community group meetings. Preparing written and oral reports regarding program area supervised.
• Working closely with the Regional Vice President or designee to ensure assigned locations are operating effectively.

Qualifications include:

• Degree from a college or university with an accredited Occupational Therapy program.
• Hold a current, unrestricted license as an Occupational Therapist by state in which practicing.
• A minimum of three (3) year's work experience in a therapy or rehab environment.
• Experience working in an outpatient rehab facility preferred.

Salary Range: USD $75,000.00 - $100,000.00 / Year