Director of Rehab Services
About The Position
Director of Rehabilitation Services Elderwood at Lockport – Lockport, NY Are you a licensed Occupational or Physical Therapist ready to lead, inspire, and make a meaningful impact in post-acute and long-term care? Elderwood at Lockport is seeking a dynamic Director of Rehabilitation Services to oversee and guide our therapy team in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care. Position Overview The Director of Rehabilitation Services plays a vital leadership role in ensuring the health and well-being of our residents by supervising rehabilitation department staff in the provision, documentation, and billing of therapy services in compliance with Federal and State Laws, Regulations, and Practice Acts. This leader will drive clinical excellence, fiscal accountability, and exceptional customer service outcomes while maintaining a strong clinical presence.
Requirements
- Current, valid Occupational Therapy (OT), Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) or Physical Therapy (PT) license required
- Strong knowledge of regulatory compliance, documentation standards, and reimbursement practices
- Excellent communication, organizational, and team-building skills
- Commitment to high-quality resident care and continuous improvement
- Licensed Occupational Therapist/Physical Therapist/Speech Language Pathologist professionally educated in an accredited curriculum with a baccalaureate degree required.
- State specific license to practice required.
- Current, valid CPR/BLS certification.
- This position requires regular interaction with residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors. In order to ensure a safe work environment for residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors of the Company, and to permit unfettered communication between the employee and those residents, coworkers, visitors, and supervisors, this position requires that the employee be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language at an intermediate or more advanced level.
Nice To Haves
- Leadership or supervisory experience preferred
- Management experience preferred.
- Experience in the geriatric field of Occupational/Physical Therapy or Speech Language Pathology preferable.
- Experience with computer hardware and software including Microsoft Office preferred.
- Possession of ability to teach, inspire and motivate others; leadership qualities; ability to organize workload, delegate assignments and promote teamwork required.
Responsibilities
- Supervise rehab department staff in therapy service delivery, documentation, and billing compliance
- Ensure services align with all Federal and State regulations and professional Practice Acts
- Assist in the hiring, orientation, mentoring, and training of staff therapists, therapy assistants, and rehabilitation aides
- Participate in required meetings, in-services, programs, and general orientation activities
- Maintain a clinical caseload with a minimum of 35% productivity
- Monitor clinical, fiscal, and customer service outcomes and implement action plans to address underperformance
- Promote a collaborative, positive, and resident-focused therapy environment
- Screen and provide (as necessary and as ordered by a physician) an in-depth evaluation of each individual's rehabilitation potential (unless contradicted); makes written recommendations for inter-disciplinary care planning and treatment.
- Inform individual or qualified representative about care and treatment plan and possible outcomes of treatment, or lack of treatment if resident refuses participation in a therapy program.
- Develop a treatment plan and administer treatments in accordance with the physician's orders and the rehabilitation goals; maintain required contact with physician.
- Oversee written evaluations, progress notes, care plans and discharge summaries of individuals receiving physical therapy according to state, federal and facility policies.
- Review each individual's status at least quarterly to determine need for revising rehabilitation aspects of care plan.
- Collaborate with other members of the inter-disciplinary health care team to integrate rehabilitation goals into the comprehensive care plan.
Benefits
- Leadership opportunity with meaningful impact
- Collaborative interdisciplinary team
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Opportunity to shape clinical and operational excellence
- Supportive organizational culture focused on resident outcomes
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
