Manager, Physical Therapy

BHS•New Albany, IN

21d•Onsite

About The Position

Baptist Health Medical Group is looking for a Manager, Physical Therapy to join their clinic in New Albany, IN. (State Street) If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

Requirements

Current active Kentucky Physical Therapy license (required as a working manager)
2+ years clinical experience required, management experience is strongly preferred
Basic Life Support Certification required

Responsibilities

Handles departmental operations in order to maintain departmental efficiency and provide clinical interpretation of Policy and Procedures
Monitors PT department productivity.
Maintains appropriate distribution of patient load among employees and schedules employees appropriately
Assumes role as a resource person for the therapists, linking accomplished staff with others as a resource when needed, and/or personally offers suggestions and makes recommendations regarding patient care
Coordinates the orientation of all new PT employees and assists with the orientation of other employees to the PT department
Works closely with the director on PT program development and may be responsible for program implementation
Works closely with Director to ensure departmental compliance with all applicable regulatory agency requirements, e.g., the Office of the Inspector General and KY. state Health standards for patient care.
Works closely with Director to formulate and revise Quality program and is responsible for its implementation.
Assists Director with annual budget process.
Documents on employees via tracking sheets; prepares employee evaluations; and conducts the employee evaluation session with the employee.
Coordinates the educational experiences of PT and PTA students including assigning appropriate clinical instructors.
Evaluates and develops a treatment plan with goals for each patient
Completes documentation in patient charts including initial evaluations, progress notes, and discharge summaries according to policy and procedure.