Area Rehabilitation Director - PT

About the role

The Area Rehab Director is responsible for direction and implementation of rehab services at assigned facilities. They are accountable for achieving fiscal, clinical, operational, and quality benchmarks as established utilizing Legacy Healthcare Services (LHS) tools and modeling. They instrumental in helping to identify clinical needs of the census in assigned geographic area and ensure the hires support the LHS staffing model and clinical reach for the anticipated caseload.

Responsibilities

• Communicates effectively and fluently with key management personnel of all assigned facilities and with LHS corporate personnel.
• Represents the company's best interest and communicates the company directives to assigned area in a positive, enthusiastic, professional way that promotes company culture and understanding of Legacy’s missions, vision, and values according to standardized procedures.
• Introduces ideas/suggestions for service improvement for the assigned area and works closely with the RDO to implement any company endorsed ideas/suggestions aligned with the organization’s intent to create excellence in therapy service delivery.
• Attains or exceeds budgeted goals and leads all direct reports to do the same.
• Good understanding of the reimbursement system(s) that drives revenue for assigned census and good knowledge of their regional Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) and Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Policies for Medicare.
• Able to offer a variety of suggestions on how clinical and operational adjustments can affect revenue and expenses to meet budgeted goals and takes every appropriate available action to enhance financial performance.
• Ensures each community has active and ongoing clinical needs identification efforts and events.
• Implements and monitors Clinical Program Development for their assigned region.
• Ensures completion of staff training of clinical programs.
• Responsible for quality assurance in assigned region along with accountability for implementation of clinical programs.
• Able to assess patients' needs and develop clinical programming appropriate for the community census and to meet the customers' expectations.
• Partners with Rehabilitation Director to coordinate therapy personnel and community education.
• Responsible for clinical quality oversight in assigned communities, including but not limited to documentation review, survey preparedness, and clinical quality.
• Manages a robust therapy program aligned with Legacy policies, procedures, and culture.
• Makes operational decisions in accordance with the Legacy Policies and Procedure Manual and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Knows and applies company, state, and federal requirements specific to the practice setting.
• Manages staffing to meet caseload benchmarks in accordance with the Legacy staffing model and State Therapy Practice Act(s), and is able to justify variances to the Legacy staffing model with sound business rationale.
• Participates in internal/external marketing efforts to improve community awareness of therapy services, including networking events, community education, and direct face-to-face contact with referral sources.
• Implements Legacy value-added services in accordance with the company’s expectations (LIVEWELL, health talks, etc.) and the community's approval.
• Maintains compliance in assigned communities.
• Participates in assigned start-ups in the region according to Legacy’s Start-Up Execution Planner.

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below illustrate the knowledge, skill, and ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Preferred clinical background as a Physical Therapist (PT), Occupational Therapist (OT) or Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), a therapy assistant PTA or OTA with a bachelor’s degree in a complementary field, or a tenured LHS therapy assistant.
• Two to three years’ experience in Long Term Care (LTC), rehab agency or outpatient setting with at least one year of supervisory or administration experience.
• Minimum of a degree from accredited college or university or equivalent experience (i.e., degree in PT, OT, OTA, PTA, SLP).
• Must have solid understanding and comfort with computer skills.
• Supervisory Responsibilities: Rehab Directors and other LHS employees at assigned sites.
• Licenses: Licensed and/or registered (PT, PTA, OT, OTA, SLP) in state of assigned sites.

Skills

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously.
• Knowledge of Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) and Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Policies.
• Proficiency in computer systems and software.
• Ability to lead and motivate a team.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent customer service and relationship-building skills.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan.
• Medical/dental/vision/prescription/pet insurance.
• Paid time off (PTO) with rollover and buyout options at year’s end.
• Company-paid group life.
• Voluntary life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
• Licensure reimbursement.
• Company-provided CEUs and unlimited online CEUs for full-time employees.
• Career advancement opportunities.

Pay

USD $85,000.00 - USD $105,000.00 /Yr.

Schedule

Monday-Friday schedule with no weekend or holiday requirements.