Therapy Manager

About the Role

We’re searching for a Manager of Therapy to join our team at Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, the best-ranked children’s hospital in Texas and among the best in the nation. In this role, you’ll direct, manage, and coordinate the Therapy department’s daily inpatient and/or outpatient operations, ensuring the provision of high-quality therapy services. You’ll also provide clinical direction to therapists, technicians, and students.

Responsibilities

• Manages Therapy Department daily operations to ensure efficiency, compliance, and accuracy while maintaining optimum levels of patient and family satisfaction.
• Reviews processes to identify gaps between requirements and current outputs; identifies improvement opportunities through benchmarking or external comparisons.
• Generates and analyzes solutions, selecting the most appropriate to address identified gaps.
• Coordinates clinical training and mentoring for licensed and non-licensed staff based on individual and department needs.
• Monitors staffing requirements and productivity levels, establishing guidelines based on patient needs and budgetary constraints.
• Oversees annual capital and operating budgets, monitoring financial performance and billing.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory and accrediting agency standards (JC, CARF, OSHA, ADA).
• Completes audits, identifies problems, and implements effective improvements.
• Collaborates with other departments to resolve issues related to Therapy departmental operations.
• Manages human resources, including hiring, developing, and coaching staff, and resolving employee, patient, and physician concerns.
• Organizes orientation for new employees and student interns, ensuring completion of procedures.
• Facilitates professional development of direct reports, aligning with organizational and departmental goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy or Occupational Therapy (Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology if SLP)
• Required licenses/certifications:
  • Physical Therapist (PT) by the State of Texas
  • Occupational Therapist (OT) by the State of Texas
  • Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) by the State of Texas
• 8 years of healthcare experience required
• 2 years of Leadership/Management experience in healthcare preferred

About Us

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital designed, built, and equipped exclusively for children. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital offers a 24/7 pediatric emergency room, four operating rooms, a 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services, and more. Join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members by visiting texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other protected status unrelated to job performance.