A high energy, enthusiastic and competitive professional who can motivate and inspire other therapy staff to provide therapy services for both long- and short-term care patients. Able to direct, supervise and evaluate staff. Strong organizational skills. Passionate about achieving results. Motivated by results and challenging tasks. Ability to make independent decisions in a collaborative environment. Skilled in providing guidance, counseling and support to staff and residents. Skilled facilitator of team development and initiatives. Willingness to be flexible and adaptable under pressure.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• ·Maintains individual and team productivity and budget expectations for the therapy department on a consistent basis set by either the Therapy Resource Manager and/or facility administrator.
• ·Recruits, manages, develops, and motivates PT, OT, SLP, COTA, and PTA staff.
• ·Ensures the best possible skilled therapy services are provided to our patients.
• ·Helps residents by providing rehabilitative services to persons with mental, physical, psychosocial, and/or developmental impairments.
• ·Monitors therapy services to make sure they are performed correctly and provides encouragement when necessary.
• ·Maintains patient therapy records by recording resident’s progress and daily notes and ensuring other therapy staff do so on a timely basis that establishes skilled therapy services were provided.
• ·Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following facility policy and procedures.
• ·Helps keep therapy equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs.
• ·Enhances therapy practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• ·Be the primary liaison between therapy staff and IDT, residents, families, and insurance case managers.

Supervisory and Management Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates and understands the importance of and respect for the rights, dignity, and individuality of each patient in all interactions.
• Demonstrates respect for co-workers and responds to needs of patients by complying with hospital policies.
• Carries out essential functions of this position (with or without reasonable accommodation).
• Promotes the philosophy, mission, and objectives of the Company within and to customers outside the hospital.
• Demonstrates satisfactory level of interpersonal skills to interact with facility and medical staff and Administration, patients, families, customers, vendors, and government agencies.
• Assure participation in relevant in-service training sessions, facility meetings and continuing educational opportunities appropriate to responsibilities.
• Always demonstrates honesty and integrity in care and use of patient and hospital property.
• Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks/responsibilities and compete duties within allotted time.
• Appropriately accesses the resources of the company’s corporate offices for consultation and program development support. Seeks out external resources through conferences, workshops, etc. as necessary. Shares professional knowledge with staff, directors, managers, and hospital personnel.
• Participate in hospital wide patient safety program identifying risks to patient safety and reducing healthcare errors.
• Comply with HIPAA regulatory requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

·Licensed PT, OT, ST, COTA, or PTA.

·Preferred one year or more of DOR experience preferably in a SNF/Rehab, Assisted Living or Memory Care setting.

·Experience with PDPM, Net Health and PCC systems.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.