Therapy Manager

About the role

The Rehab Therapy Manager at Banner Rehab Hospital Tucson Partnership with Select Medical is responsible for facilitating patient treatment and staff development. They promote clinical development, competency, and expertise in staff to maximize patient outcomes. Additionally, they assist with daily operational management tasks and effectively communicate across various levels.

Responsibilities

• Communicates clinical issues as they relate to service or program development to the leadership team.
• Promotes clinical development, competency, and expertise in staff to maximize patient outcomes.
• Aids in the daily operational management of the department.
• Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration to ensure the success of operational and clinical initiatives.
• Optimizes departmental operations by identifying current needs, delegating responsibility, and planning for succession of these responsibilities.
• Identifies, responds to, and reports acute changes in patient status.
• Follows appropriate emergency procedures to ensure patient safety.
• Captures and coordinates departmental responses to emergency situations.
• Pursues focused skill development through continuing education, self-study, involvement in professional activities and organizations.
• Utilizes the organization's performance improvement methodology to improve quality of services provided by this position to develop program improvement initiatives.
• Takes an active role in implementing new PI initiatives, delegating responsibilities appropriately.
• Provides feedback regarding outcomes to all levels of the rehab department, maximizing performance improvement.
• Serves as a liaison between clinical departments and DOR and/or CEO, effectively communicating and clarifying expectations related to departmental needs and organizational initiatives, determining procedures to implement strategic goals, and providing recommendations to maximize operational efficiency.
• Consistently exhibits commitment to patient-centered care and customer service excellence, demonstrating empathy in all interactions with patients and patient families, internal and external customers by responding in a timely, professional, and effective manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Current state licensure as a Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, or Speech Language Pathologist required.
• (For Speech discipline: Current Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) in Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language & Hearing Association required).
• Certified BLS or completion in first 90 days of employment required.