Director of Rehab - Licensed Physical Therapist

Prava Therapy•Apex, NC

2d•$40 - $46•Onsite

About The Position

Prava Therapy is seeking an exceptional Physical Therapist to serve as Director of Rehabilitation in a premier senior living community in Wilmington, NC. This leadership role is for a clinician who wants to make a bigger impact without stepping away from therapy. The Director will shape the therapy program, setting the standard for great therapy, building trust with residents and families, developing their team, partnering with community leadership, and creating a valued therapy program. The role emphasizes embedding therapy into the community life, focusing on residents' ability to continue doing the things that make life theirs, rather than just clinical metrics.

Requirements

Physical Therapist ready to step into meaningful leadership.
Loves clinical care and doesn't want to give it up.
Natural relationship builder.
Knows how to earn trust with residents, families, and community leadership.
Enjoys mentoring and developing clinicians.
Comfortable setting expectations and holding people accountable.
Sees opportunities where other people see obstacles.
Wants to build—not simply maintain—a therapy program.
Believes senior living should be about living, not just receiving care.
Wants work to have an impact that extends far beyond the treatment session.

Nice To Haves

Believes every intervention should have a functional purpose.
Believes residents should be appropriately challenged—not underestimated.
Believes the environment should be adapted before the resident is blamed for not adapting to it.
Believes outcomes matter more than minutes.
Believes caregiver education is part of treatment.
Believes dignity and autonomy aren't extras; they're clinical priorities.
Believes the best rehabilitation programs are built through relationships.

Responsibilities

Lead the clinical and day-to-day operations of the rehabilitation program.
Maintain an active clinical presence while providing leadership, mentorship, and support to the therapy team.
Build a culture where clinical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and resident experience are non-negotiable.
Develop strong relationships with community leadership, nursing, wellness, life enrichment, caregivers, residents, and families.
Orient and integrate new clinicians into the community and Prava's clinical and operational standards.
Coach therapists in clinical reasoning, documentation, communication, resident engagement, and functional outcomes.
Ensure therapy is connected to meaningful goals—not simply impairments, exercises, or minutes.
Identify changes in resident function and opportunities for early intervention.
Partner with the interdisciplinary team to support residents across the continuum of care.
Help caregivers and community staff understand how therapy can support safety, independence, mobility, and participation.
Monitor clinical quality, documentation, outcomes, scheduling, caseload trends, and program performance.
Identify opportunities to strengthen and grow the rehabilitation program.
Create visibility for therapy throughout the community.
Represent Prava as a trusted clinical partner—not an outside vendor.
Set the tone for a therapy team that is curious, compassionate, clinically strong, and relentlessly focused on the resident.