Neurological Rehab - Spinal Cord Injury Program Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Evaluates and treats rehabilitation patients, mainly within specialty, per staff therapist job description.
• Follows staff therapist job description for direct and indirect patient care.
• Develops and shares key clinical protocols;
• Mentors clinicians and/or student clinicians.
• Serves as direct contact person for associates, physicians, administrators and the community related to the rehabilitation clinical program.
• Provides organizational clinical focused communication to each rehabilitation site and to other OhioHealth entities related to clinical program.
• Focusses on quality improvement that may include any or all of the following:
• Maintains program requirements related to clinical program.
• Aids management with quality/safety initiatives related to sub-specialty.
• Acts as sub-committee chair for Quality Management process (peer review).
• Develops, analyzes, manages, and improves Quality Outcomes within clinical program (i.e., data analysis for FOTO results within subspecialty).
• Mentorship (treatment with a clinician) and coaching at minimal bi-monthly or for clinicians involved in the program.
• Assists in the development and implementation of clinical competencies and clinical protocols.
• Develops and organizes continuing education for the specialty.
• This includes presenting at a CEU event annually, routinely holds in-services or study groups on a topic at least twice a year, and/or sharing of literature to promote evidence-based practice.
• Develops relationships with at least one key physician partner/sponsor.
• Interfaces with Physicians and Payers to develop and grow rehabilitation sub-specialty.
• Contributes to clinical publication, present at non-OhioHealth entities, assists in or conducts research in area of specialty and participates in the residency program if offered.
• The focus of CEU’s will primarily be in the area of clinical program specialty or related to it.
• Aids leadership with strategic planning and implementation in clinical program.
• Actively involved in marketing the sub-specialty program.
• Edits rehabilitation leadership on mandatory regulations related to clinical program.
• Aids leadership with monitoring of patient satisfaction within dedicated program.
• Attends Rehabilitation Leadership Meetings and provides program updates to leadership team bi-annually.
• Researches, develops best practice standards, authors, and assists leadership with implementation of new programs/standards within specialty.
• Conducts at least two meetings/conference calls per year amongst clinical coordinators to promote best practice /idea sharing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (Required)