Salary
💰 $111,322 - $190,840 per year
About the role
- Provide effective leadership to a multidisciplinary staff comprised of licensed therapists, assistants, and unlicensed auxiliary staff
- Direct, organize and evaluate clinical practice determining work-flow processes, tasks, and procedures to maximize efficiency, productivity, safety, and evidence-based best practice across service lines
- Project and meet appropriate staffing and scheduling needs while meeting regulatory requirements
- Set expectations, clinical competency and standards of practice
- Collaborate with staff, multidisciplinary team, and administration in the delivery of timely patient/family centered care
- Align department goals with strategic goals of the facility and SHC system
- Meet standards for accreditation and certifications (e.g. CARF, GAIT, Rehab Agency, CORF, ORF, and Joint Commission)
- Communicate with local leadership, medical staff, and headquarters regarding reports or proposed process changes
- Lead clinical practice activities and provide direct clinical patient care for discipline of origin as needed
- Lead program development and participate in special projects as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor Physical Therapy
- Master's Physical Therapy
- 5 years of previous leadership, and/or management experience in a therapy or rehab setting
- Demonstrated experience in revenue cycle, coding, reconciliation, documentation, billing and prior authorization of third party payors to include letters of medical necessity
- Medicaid experience
- Licensed in state of practice
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) or American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
- Preferred: Doctorate Physical Therapy
- Preferred: Previous pediatric experience in pediatric orthopedics, burns, and/or inpatient rehabilitation