Director, Rehab Services - UPMC Washington

UPMC•Washington, PA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join a team where leadership, compassion, and innovation come together to improve lives. As Director of Rehabilitation Services, you'll play a key role in advancing rehabilitation programs, supporting multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring outstanding care for patients throughout their recovery journey. This has responsibility for inpatient and outpatient rehab services to include, PT/OT/SLT. There is some union staff in the departments so previous union staff management is a plus.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited program within respective discipline.
Minimum of 5 years clinical experience required.
Must possess knowledge and skills required to provide quality customer service.
Must possess knowledge of normal human growth and development over the lifespan.
Must be able to read, understand, analyze, and interpret medical record documents.
Must be skilled in planning/organization, follow up/control, delegation, problem solving, self-development orientation, organizational behaviors/competencies, and stress tolerance.
Must possess the ability to apply principles of logic and strategic thinking to a wide range of problems, and to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
Must possess effective written and verbal communication skills.
Must possess the ability to identify referral growth opportunities.
Demonstrated ability to interact with healthcare team, coworkers, supervisors, and all members of the Corporate Management Team.
Must complete all mandatory competencies for system, CRS business unit and/or facility.
Must complete CRS Orientation, Facility-specific Orientation, and Department Specific Orientation(s) where appropriate.
Must possess knowledge and skill in Excel.
CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Occupational Therapist (OT) OR Physical Therapist (PT) OR Speech Pathologist
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Act 33 with renewal
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Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated clinical expertise in a specialty area preferred.
Customer service experience and ability preferred.
Six months experience with Centers for Rehab Services preferred.
Two or more years supervisory/management experience in a health care setting preferred.
Active participation with health care industry professional organizations is preferred.
Previous union staff management is a plus.

Responsibilities

Oversee implementation of budget process for area of responsibility and monitors compliance with budgetary objectives.
Rotates through selected treatment areas when necessary to facilitate organizational needs.
Assists the Regional director in the disciplinary process as appropriate.
Delegates performance reviews to Senior Staff appropriately.
Oversee the implementation of program and activities, to achieve improvement in organizational performance related to clinical, service, and financial outcomes.
Oversees the daily operations of patient care services in their respective facility. This may include; addressing daily staffing needs, developing staffing schedules, review and approval of time off requests, and participating in the interviewing/selection process for their respective facility.
Performs PT, OT and/or SLP assessments, reassessment and treatment and supervises PT and/or OT assistants in the treatment of pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients referred by a physician to the clinic. Develops plan of care including goals and treatment plan in accordance with physician referral, nature of injury/illness and results of PT, OT and/or SLP assessment.
Actively participates in human resources management for your area of responsibility, including but not limited to the following areas: selection/placement (interviewing/hiring); orientation of all facility staff, performance management (evaluation/competency assessment/improvement plans), and employee relations (including disciplinary action and conflict resolution). Consults with human resources representative and/or POD director when dealing with these matters to ensure compliance on internal (policies/practices) and external (legal and regulatory) matters. Conduct continuing education, competency assessments, performance evaluations, counsels employees and administers disciplinary actions as required.
Oversees program development. This may include; development and implementation of patient care teams and specific orientation and/or reference manuals for their respective facility. Objectively identifies and analyzes the source of problems, develops innovative approaches to problem solving and implements appropriate change.
Modifies or adjusts plan of care based on patient's response to treatment and/or changes in patient's status. Works PTAs and COTAs to adjust patient programs as patient status changes.
Work with respective department heads and/or key department personnel to achieve compliance with hospital policies and procedures, consistent with the mission, vision, and strategic initiatives of the hospital, making appropriate recommendations to Executive Leadership as appropriate.