Manager Rehabilitation Services

JOB SUMMARY

• Directs and develops clinical and supportive operations (where applicable), develops operational departmental budget, assures customer service, participates in strategic planning, provides performance feedback to staff. Provides services to patients/clients who have impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or changes in physical function and health status resulting from injury, disease or other causes. Restores function, provide prevention education, promote health, wellness and fitness, alleviate pain and prevent/minimize disability.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• CLINICAL SKILLS

  • Delivers quality care

  • Pursues educational opportunities

  • Shares knowledge with others

  • Uses a wide variety of techniques & technologies

  • Customizes treatment & communications to individual patient needs (IE cultural & cognitive)

  • Plans for discharge appropriate to setting & circumstances in a timely manner (IE HEP, equipment, family teaching)

  • Develops professional discipline specific policies and procedures

  • Provides clinical oversight, direction, and development of best practices

  • Assess clinical competencies

  • Coaches, counsels, & implements corrective action plans

• DOCUMENTATION

  • Uses objective measurements appropriate to substantiate care

  • Completes documentation on the date of service

  • Interventions selected match treatment delivered & meet regulatory standards (IE 3 hr. rule, 8 min. rule)

  • Documentation substantiates charges selected

  • Documentation meets clinical policy & procedure guidelines (frequency, timeliness-weekly/monthly notes & discharge instructions)

  • Reviews staff documentation for compliance with policies and procedures.

• TEAM EFFORT

  • Adheres to productivity standard

  • Efficiently & effectively schedules patients

  • Demonstrates flexibility to help others (IE provide coverage @ other sites, adjust work schedule to meet needs, assist others to cover patients)

  • Program development & involvement

  • Staff & student development

  • Embraces change and promotes positive work environment

• MANAGEMENT

  • Directs, counsels and develops staffDevelops leadership skills

  • Completes Performance Development Plans (PDPs)

  • Assures adequate staffing department to meet regulatory requirements & productivity standards

  • Identifies & resolves daily operational issues

  • Completes operational budgets

  • Controls expenses and works towards financial targets

  • Embraces and implements new processes and techniques

  • Markets program and develops referrals.

• COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

  • By understanding and adhering to current standards of, guide for professional conduct including the code of ethics and practice guidelines established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

  • By providing appropriate supervision to assistants, therapy aides and students.

• PROTECTS PATIENT INFORMATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY

  • By securing all information in confidential space, overseeing and following compliance of confidentiality policies.

QUALIFICATIONS

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  

  • Education

    • Bachelor's Degree in a clinical discipline required

  • Work Experience

    • 3-5 years of clinical experience required

    • Prior supervisory experience preferred

  • Licenses / Certifications

    • Clinical license required