Director of Rehabilitation

About the role

Plans, manages, and evaluates the programs and staff of the rehabilitation department. Responsible for attending facility meetings such as stand-up, Medicare, care planning, and others with approval of the Director of Operations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily operations of the rehabilitation department, including but not limited to:
  • Ensure appropriate and adequate staffing at all times
  • Monitor admissions
  • Assign new evaluations and screens
  • Develop treatment schedules
  • Maintain staff utilization
  • Case management
  • Completion of screening
  • Track and document MDS assessment periods and data
  • Ensure staff compliance and utilization of all automated therapy management tools
• Monitor and assist with personnel compliance standards, including required credentials, corrective actions, and improvement plans
• Manage cost and fiscal growth
• Assist in recruitment, hiring, and retention of therapy staff
• Conduct new staff training and orientation
• Complete documentation and chart audits
• Identify program development needs of the individual community and implement appropriate programming
• Promote positive employee-to-employee and employee-to-facility relations
• Set and implement departmental goals and objectives, guidelines, policies, and procedures relative to the functioning of the department
• Complete all other tasks deemed appropriate for the role and assigned by the manager/supervisor

Requirements

• Registered Therapist or Therapy Assistant of any discipline
• Current and valid state licensure

Skills

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Knowledge of therapy software/EMR
• Ability to effectively multitask to simultaneously execute multiple projects
• Ability to maintain professionalism in all situations
• People management
• PDPM knowledge
• Medicaid case mix knowledge

Physical Demands

Required to perform a variety of duties relative to the job, some of which require a moderate to heavy category of physical demand.

Desired Experience

• Prior Senior Living Experience Preferred
• Supervisory role in a healthcare setting