Sub-Acute Rehab Therapy Manager

Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital•Grand Rapids, MI

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Mary Free Bed is a not-for-profit, nationally accredited rehabilitation hospital serving thousands of children and adults each year through inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics and home and community programs. With the most comprehensive rehabilitation services in Michigan and an exclusive focus on rehabilitation, Mary Free Bed physicians, nurses and therapists help our patients achieve outstanding clinical outcomes. The growing Mary Free Bed Network provides patients throughout the state with access to our unique standard of care. Mission Statement: Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation. Employment Value Proposition: At Mary Free Bed, we take pride in our values-based culture: Focus on Patient Care. A selfless drive to serve and heal connects all MFB employees. Clinical Variety and Challenge. An inter-disciplinary approach and a top team of professionals create ever-changing opportunities and activities. Family Culture. We offer the stability of a large organization while nurturing the family/team atmosphere of a small organization. Trust in Each Other. Each employee knows that co-workers can be trusted to make the right decision for our family, patients, staff, and community. A Proud Tradition. Years of dedicated, quality service to our patients and community have yielded a reputation that fills our employees with pride.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Recreational Therapy, or Speech Language Pathology program. Will also consider PTA, COTA program graduates.
Licensed (or eligible for licensure) in Michigan.
Minimum 4 years work experience in a relevant clinical rehabilitation setting.
Possesses and demonstrates expertise in a specific diagnostic area of rehabilitation.
Possesses and maintains CPR certification to meet department/program protocol.
The physical ability to lift, position, and transport patients with physical impairments.
Demonstrates ability to supervise students.

Nice To Haves

Experience with government reimbursement systems and other regulatory bodies related to service line.
Demonstrates competence in relevant software and hardware required to meet job responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Manage daily operation of sub-acute rehabilitation therapy department through leadership, education and clinical supervision that promotes clinically and financially effective interdisciplinary patient-centered care.
Provide the oversite for specific groups of staff, including physical therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, rehab techs.
Responsible for the recruitment, selection, and training of staff, and provide them ongoing mentoring, development, continuing education opportunities, and performance appraisal/feedback.
Assure staff competence to perform job responsibilities is assessed, demonstrated, and maintained, according to regulatory and accreditation requirements and in alignment with recognized standards of care and best practice benchmarks.
Identify risks to employee safety and take appropriate steps to reduce those risks. Maintain a physical work environment that reflects the high-quality services delivered at Mary Free Bed.
Oversight of therapy program quality metrics/outcomes. Analyze quality measures and reimbursement data to identify opportunities for clinical and financial improvement. Implement process improvement plans as necessary to maintain high quality performance.
Complete managed care insurance requirements of participation for continued stay authorizations daily. Complete Section O of MDS for all patients. Coordinate with MDS nurses to ensure Medicare skilled criteria requirements are satisfied with documentation completion and compliance.
Complete month-end therapy billing.
Administrator and point of contact for therapy electronic medical record system.
Review and provide therapy documentation in the event of insurance appeal/denial.
Establish treatment objectives, written treatment plan, and administer treatment for each patient according to the stated objectives. Re-evaluate patient's status and effects of treatment. Revise treatment plan as necessary.
Communicate with Interdisciplinary Team to integrate therapy treatment that optimizes total patient care. Update patient care plans in real-time to maximize treatment plan and patient safety.
Participate in planning for patient discharge by considering patient, family, community support/services, and environmental limitations. Provides patient/caregiver education for discharge planning and post discharge plan of care.
Provides education/training of staff in the form of in-services.
Participates in program development and/or research activities as requested.
Serves as a resource person for patient care in areas of recognized clinical expertise.
Serves as a Clinical Instructor for specified therapy students. Supervises, teaches, and evaluates skills of students. Communicates with participating universities regarding skill levels of students.
Demonstrate excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages, coaches, and monitors the same in team members. This individual should consistently promote teamwork and direct communication with co-workers and deal discretely and sensitively with confidential information.
Contribute by identifying problems and seeking solutions. Promote patient/family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service.