Provides strategic and operational leadership for rehabilitation services. Oversees daily operations and performance—including staffing, scheduling, productivity, and budgets—while supervising and developing therapists and support staff, advancing evidence-based practice, regulatory compliance, and continuous quality improvement. Collaborates with physicians and organizational leaders to integrate services across the continuum and community resources, drive employee engagement, recruitment and retention, resolve patient concerns, and achieve superior clinical outcomes and patient/family experience.

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• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.   

• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.  

• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.   

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.   

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience. 

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Patient Care/Resource Management

• Models patient outcome focused care and -family centered - practice.
• Assures provision of patient care to meet patient needs through delivery of service in a timely manner and according to department's goals and scope of services.
• Ensures development and implementation of evidence-based standards of care for the patient population.
• Assures compliance with The Joint Commission, CARF, DIA, Iowa Board of Therapy Examiners and all applicable regulatory bodies for delivery of patient care.
• Manages day-to-day operations for the department, including measurement of the department's effectiveness.
• Analyzes available financial data for significant variances.
• Investigates variances and initiates corrective action or justifies non-adherence to quality, financial and patient satisfaction outcome goals.
• Maintains appropriates staffing levels to meet patient care and service needs.
• Monitors and adjusts productivity as it relates to guidelines developed within the division
• Collaborates with appropriate associates to assure adequate clinical competence of all disciplines.
• Ensures the establishment and maintenance of an orientation program for new department associates, based on principles of adult learning.
• Ensures in-service, on-the-job training and continuing education programming to meet identified staff development needs.
• Ensures that proper communications and plans are coordinated with other hospital departments.
• Participates in recruitment, interviewing, selection, promotion, transfer, status change and L.O.A. decisions.
• Evaluates associates against established performance criteria, ensuring that all staff meet expectations.
• Provides ongoing counseling and coaching with direct reports.
• Models collaborative behaviors that facilitate achievement of department and program goals.
• Initiates and processes disciplinary actions, demotions, and terminations as necessary.
• Consults with appropriate persons regarding rehabilitation services provided through other cost centers as necessary.
• Handles conflicting situations in a dignified and respectful manner.
• Ensures physician, patient and family satisfaction with services provided.

Program Planning/Development

• Conducts regular department meetings for problem solving, decision making and communication.
• Collaborates with Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation management, physicians and others to facilitate planning, implementation and evaluation of strategic plan and other initiatives.
• Creates and implements goals and objectives.
• Effectively communicates hospital and division mission, vision and strategic framework -
• Facilitates the organization and coordination of the delivery of services and care provided through the department.
• Develops and revises as necessary the departmental structure required to meet department goals.
• Develops annual F.T.E., operations, and capital expense budgets for the department.
• Coordinates departmental performance improvement activities with hospital and division performance improvement plans.
• Maintains appropriate quality control programs.
• Continuously assesses and improves department performance.
• Attends and contributes to education offerings.
• Speaks to hospital and community groups, when appropriate.
• Participates in community preventative and/or health maintenance projects/programs when appropriate.
• Collaborates with available resource persons to plan, implement, and evaluate research projects, when appropriate.

• Meets educational requirements as necessary for obtaining professional license as a PT, OT, SLP or Recreation therapist
• Previous leadership experience or 5 years clinical experience plus basic management skills
• Licensed or certified as required by discipline to practice in the State of Iowa
• Writes, reads, comprehends and speaks fluent English
• Experience in an interdisciplinary rehabilitation model
• Clinical skill competence in rehabilitation within own discipline in various clinical settings
• Comprehensive knowledge of rehabilitation theory and practice and an expanded knowledge of current clinical and specialized patient care concepts related to own professional clinical service area
• Competence in computer word processing, spreadsheet and internet skills
• Understand health care reform related to rehabilitation
• Apply well-developed human relation skills in individual and group interactions
• Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position