Rehab (OT) Services Coordinator, HVI - TMC

About the Role

At Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, you’ll be part of a highly specialized occupational therapy team at the forefront of advanced cardiovascular rehabilitation. Our Heart & Vascular Institute offers a unique opportunity to combine complex patient care, clinical innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and professional leadership in an environment that values expertise, teamwork, and continuous growth. This unique coordinator opportunity offers a 50% clinical and 50% leadership role, allowing you to remain engaged in complex patient care while shaping the growth and success of an exceptional team.

Highlights

• Advanced Clinical Practice: Work with highly complex cardiovascular patients, including those requiring ECMO and advanced mechanical circulatory support devices, while participating in innovative early mobilization and rehabilitation practices.
• Exceptional Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Partner closely with physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other specialists to develop individualized rehabilitation plans for critically ill patients.
• Clinical Leadership & Mentorship: Lead and develop a cohesive team of skilled occupational therapists, fostering clinical excellence through mentorship, competency development, and ongoing education.
• Innovation & Research: Participate in clinical research, evidence-based practice initiatives, and opportunities to advance rehabilitation approaches for patients with complex cardiovascular conditions.
• Professional Growth & Development: Expand your expertise through specialized clinical education, continuing education opportunities, and exposure to cutting-edge cardiovascular interventions.
• A Collaborative, High-Performing Team: Join a supportive, highly skilled team that thrives on collaboration, shared learning, and delivering exceptional care to patients with complex medical needs.
• Meaningful Clinical Impact: Play an essential role in helping critically ill patients regain function, independence, and quality of life throughout their recovery.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors or Graduate degree from an accredited university-based therapy program in Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, or Speech Pathology.
• Licenses/Certifications:
  • Current license to practice Physical Therapy by Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners or by the Physical Therapy Compact Commission, or
  • Current Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners license, or
  • Current license to practice Speech/Language Pathology by the State Board of Examiners for Speech Pathology and Audiology for Texas and Current certification from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
  • Current Certification in Basic Life Support.
• Physical Therapist Practicing Direct Access:
  • Education: Doctoral degree along with a residency or fellowship program, or Licensed therapist with 30 hours of continuing competence activities in differential diagnosis.
  • Licenses/Certifications: Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners license.
• Experience / Knowledge / Skills:
  • At least five (5) years’ of clinical experience required with demonstrated leadership acumen.
  • The position requires occasional/frequent lifting up to 75-100 pounds and carrying of up to 30 pounds; prolonged standing; frequent walking, stooping and squatting.
  • Fine hand dexterity, eye-hand coordination, the ability to receive oral and written communication, and to communicate verbally and in writing are also necessary.
  • The visual ability to monitor instruments, computers and equipment, recognize alphanumeric characters, distinguish colors and observe physical characteristics are essential to this position.

Principal Accountabilities

• Assumes responsibility in the care of the patient.
• Performs complete, comprehensive evaluation of patients.
• Accurately interprets evaluation findings.
• Completes a written plan of care, develops goals based on evaluation findings, and develops a comprehensive program to attain goals.
• Implements a therapy treatment program and provides advanced therapy treatments.
• Demonstrates competency in performing advanced therapy skills.
• Assesses patients periodically to monitor progress towards treatment goals, and alters goals, plan or program as indicated for assessment.
• Motivates and instructs patient/caregiver using appropriate methods.
• Communicates effectively with staff, patients/caregivers and professional colleagues to include physicians and insurance companies.
• Manages time effectively.
• Documents appropriately in the medical record and completes other documentation duties accurately and efficiently.
• Serves as clinical resource and mentor to develop staff, acts as clinical instructor to therapy students.
• Performs assigned administrative duties in the absence of manager and/or director.
• Assists manager/director with new employee on-boarding and orientation.
• Actively participates in organized community service/functions as a representative of the profession.
• Attend and participate in designated committees, focus groups, and staff meetings in conjunction with the Rehab Manager and/ or Director.
• Identifies need for new departmental programs, or for revision of existing ones in response to the changing health environment.
• Conceptualizes, designs and implements new or revised programs.
• Assists with departmental planning including departmental strategic plans, budgets, goals, policies, procedures, standards of care and marketing.
• Coordinates the day-to-day operations of assigned area to ensure safe care to patients while adhering to policies, procedures and standards, within budgetary specifications.
• Demonstrates good skills in time management, supply management, productivity and accuracy of practice.
• Coordinates staffing and schedules to ensure optimal department performance within budgetary and productivity specifications.
• Assists with updating and maintenance of personnel files.
• Assists Manager and / or director with coordinating and conducting candidate interviews and provides feedback on candidate selection.
• Presents relevant special topics in professional literature at clinic meetings, grand rounds, conferences, university settings and meetings as delegated or requested by the faculty.
• Ensures safe care to patients, staff and visitors; adheres to all Memorial Hermann policies, procedures, and standards within budgetary specifications.
• Promotes individual professional growth and development by meeting requirements for mandatory/continuing education and skills competency.
• Demonstrates commitment to caring for every member of our community by creating compassionate and personalized experiences.
• Other duties as assigned.