Team Leader - Outpatient Orthopedics

Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital•Bay City, MI

5d•$85,654

About The Position

We have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. It’s extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients “Ask for Mary,” they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them. This is true of every employee, from support staff and leadership to clinicians and care providers. 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 Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation. 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. Responsible for quality of patient care in all areas of assigned responsibility. Achieves and maintains an effective and harmonious multidisciplinary team of professionals through leadership, supervision, and daily management of a specific program.

Requirements

Equivalent degrees are accepted provided they are granted from an accredited school.
Current professional license with the State of Michigan in the area of practice is required (PT or OT).
Minimum 2 years work experience in a hospital or relevant clinical rehabilitation setting.
Possesses and demonstrates expertise in a specific diagnostic area of physical therapy.
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.

Responsibilities

Provides patient care.
Evaluates patient condition.
Establishes treatment objectives, written treatment plan, and administers treatment for each patient according to the stated objectives.
Delegates responsibilities to physical therapist assistants and rehabilitation technicians as appropriate.
Re-evaluates patient's status and effects of treatment. Revises treatment plan as necessary.
Evaluates patient's need for medical equipment and orders the appropriate equipment as necessary. Evaluates equipment upon delivery and instructs patient, patient's family, and health care workers on its use.
Participates in planning for patient discharge by considering patient, family, community support/services, and environmental limitations.
Documents patient's status and progress through initial evaluation, progress notes, and discharge summary according to established time standards.
Communicates with others to integrate physical therapy treatment in optimizing total patient care.
Participates in conferences/discussions and exchange of written records with other interdisciplinary team members to integrate physical therapy treatment plan.
Instructs the patient and the family in physical therapy procedures as part of the home program. Provides written instructions as necessary.
Instructs the visiting public, medical students, physicians, and other professionals in the methods of and objectives in area of expertise.
Attends various meetings and in-services as designated.
Functions as a patient advocate and maintains patient confidentiality.
Provides education/training of physical therapists and/or other staff in the form of in-services two times per year.
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 physical therapy students. Supervises, teaches, and evaluates skills of students. Communicates with participating universities regarding skill levels of students.
Determines staff assignments
Monitors and managers staff time (hours, TTO, etc.) to meet productivity.
Arranges schedules to ensure appropriate coverage.
Prioritizes and grants requests for TTO.
Ensures appropriate staff rotation.
Participates with interviewing and selection of candidates for open positions.
Ensures all staff changes and paperwork is completed daily.
Participates with development and implementation of marketing plan for their department in cooperation with manager and the Director of Outpatient Therapy Services and the MFB marketing department.
Attends leadership meetings as required.
Accountable to the MFB service standards.
Facilitates the annual employee review process.
Initiates the review process.
Participates in/understands outcomes of actual review meetings.
Performs employee competency assessments.
Participates in budget process.
Manages site expenses to keep within budget.
Participates in the budget preparation with department manager.
Understands and follows appropriate lines of communication authority.
Handles communication to/from VP and Director Outpatient Therapy Services, site administrators, and physicians.
Assures that appropriate standards of care are met for patients in areas of assigned responsibility, in accordance with hospital goals, policies, and procedures. This includes clinical standards of care, monitoring and mentoring of staff, and compliance with accreditation agencies.
Responsible for acquiring / maintaining appropriate equipment and supplies to meet patient need.
Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the field of rehabilitation.
Maintains external contacts and peer relationships with colleagues outside of Mary Free Bed.
Responsible for the orientation and education of new staff as well as ongoing staff development and mentoring of existing staff.
Encourages staff development through formal and informal learning opportunities and using competency-based education systems.
Demonstrate excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages, coaches, and monitors the same in team members.
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.