Outpatient Specialty Rehab Manager, Rehabilitation Services (Acworth, GA)

Wellstar Health System•Acworth, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Wellstar is seeking an Outpatient Specialty Rehab Manager to lead their Acworth Outpatient Rehabilitation team. This role is ideal for a Pelvic Health or Lymphedema therapist looking to advance into leadership. The manager will be responsible for providing leadership and directing all activities and services within their area of service in the Rehabilitation Division. This includes implementing standards of practice, departmental policies, and maintaining/improving patient care quality. The role ensures staff and program compliance with standards, policies, and regulatory requirements. The manager is accountable for overall patient care standards, financial performance, human resource management, patient satisfaction, appropriate reporting, and coordinating program functions with other departments to ensure quality, cost-effective services. They will direct age-specific rehabilitative practices addressing biological, developmental, psychosocial, and clinical needs of patients and families, fostering an environment that supports the system's mission and goals, and promoting collaborative practice with physicians and other departments.

Requirements

Bachelors Nursing or Bachelors Counseling or Masters Physical Therapy or Masters Occupational Therapy or Masters Speech Pathology or Masters Social Work or Doctorate Physical Therapy
CRC - Cert Rehabilitation Counselor or LCSW - Lic Clinical Social Worker GA or LMSW - Lic Master Social Worker GA or OT - Occupational Therapist or PT - Physical Therapist or RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact or SLP - Speech Language Pathologist
Minimum 3 years of clinical experience in a hospital environment
Strong interpersonal skills to facilitate team dynamics is necessary
Time management skills, leadership skills, prioritization skills and change management skills are necessary to focus on goal achievement for the system.

Nice To Haves

Minimum 5 years in the management of a multidisciplinary staff in the field of rehabilitative services

Responsibilities

Coordinates delivery of Patient Care
Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for the delivery of care based upon an understanding of current clinical/technological advances in rehabilitative care
Continually assesses current trends/clinical/technological advances in the area of practice and takes appropriate action to improve functional outcomes, patient satisfaction and cost effective care.
Reviews and updates department/program specific standards/policies/procedures as needed to assure compliance with established standards, standardization efforts and current practice
Oversees the daily operation of the program and, in collaboration with physicians, appropriately adapts patient care processes to the assessed needs of the patient/family
Assesses, provides for the delivery of and evaluates rehabilitative practices and insures quality of services delivered within the program
Ensures that all staff collaborate in the discharge planning process and patient/family education to enable the system to deliver services more cost effectively in the most appropriate setting to meet patient needs
Promotes a positive environment to patients, families, staff and the community
Responds to inquiries and complaints effectively and timely and promotes a positive, professional image serving as a liaison between rehabilitative staff, physicians, and administration
Demonstrates commitment to teamwork through positive interactions and feedback to/from subordinates, physicians, peers and other customers
Accepts responsibility for employee morale and team performance toward goal achievement. Develops measurable, team goals, monitors progress and keeps staff abreast of progress toward achievement.
Participates in the selection of qualified personnel to ensure competent and adequate staffing
Assures compliance with System and facility policies and procedures, standards of practice and documentation standards for all staff
Maintains ongoing log of performance on all staff
Establishes, monitors and evaluates staff competency and performance
Recognizes staff for achievements through positive feedback
Oversees the continuing education activities of the staff and encourages continual learning for all staff; including staff participation in both required and elective in services or educational programs
Provides for system and departmental orientation of all new employees and verifies credentials and competency of any agency staff utilized
Coordinates with the Director of Rehabilitation Services on compliance and regulatory standards
Develops/implements professional standards for the program based upon recognized standards of care, JCAHO and CARF standards, state/federal regulations and overall system policies and procedures
Monitors staff compliance of regulatory standards
Assists with the development and implementation of operational and capital budgets that are consistent with system-wide, facility/divisional goals and objectives
Assists with the establishment of productivity measures and facilitates program and team achievement of established goals
Maintains FTE, salary and expense budgets at or below budgeted levels, demonstrating the ability to review/analyze current/historical data relevant to budget variances.
Assists with the development of collaborative approaches that promote quality, cost-effective rehabilitative services across the continuum
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.