Rehabilitation Services Manager jobs in Georgia

Landmark Hospital of Savannah is seeking an experienced Rehabilitation Manager to lead our dynamic Rehabilitation department!

The Rehabilitation Manager is responsible for planning and designing, directing, integrating and coordinating services, and planning and implementing performance improvement activities for the therapy department. The Rehabilitation Manager is also responsible for supervision of Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Speech Language Pathologists and technicians as set by hospital policy and as required by state practice acts. This is a hands-on working manager, so will also be involved in the delivery of patient care as well as managing and coordinating the therapy staff.

Essential Duties

• Manages department staff including recruitment, scheduling, payroll and performance evaluations.
• Serves as a resource person for shift members in an effort to build a stronger core staff.
• Recognizes when a staff member is in need of additional assistance and either provides assistance or delegates such to ensure that the patient’s care and safety needs are met in a timely matter which could also include redistributing patient loads.
• Helps to address any patient, family, nursing or physician concerns or complaints in a timely and professional manner.
• Welcomes new hires, takes an active role in precepting and participates in ongoing continued education of staff as needed.
• Assesses the home, school, and work environments of the patient.
• Advising on adaptive equipment or techniques to help patients with daily activities.
• Educate on compensatory strategies for memory, communication, and activities of daily living (ADLs).
• Helps patients to take part in everyday activities based on their unique circumstances.
• Reviews the patient’s progress and updates the plan of care and goals.
• Performs administrative tasks such as documentation, participates in interdisciplinary care conference, recommends equipment and continuing services, and patient / family education.
• Participates in Administrator on Call rotation with the CEO and senior administrative leaders.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Experience & Licensure Requirements

• AS Degree
• Minimum 1 year of therapy in clinical setting (preferably in hospital setting)
• Minimum of 1 year management / supervisory experience (3-5 years preferred)
• Active and unrestricted GA state licensure in Physical or Occupational Therapy
• Active BLS certification

Key Competencies

• Therapy skills and knowledge.
• Empathy, compassion, and patience.
• Communication skills (verbal, written) and critical thinking.
• Leadership, relationship building, coaching, training.
• Excellent human relations, organizational, collaboration and communication skills.
• Experience with Electronic Health Management Record systems.
• Passionate about continuously improving and providing high quality care and service with excellence to patients, families, employees and physicians.

About us - Landmark Hospitals:

We are looking forward to talking to you about the opportunities available at Landmark Hospitals!

Landmark Hospitals is a privately owned, five hospital system with locations in Georgia and Missouri. Landmark Hospitals are licensed as acute care hospitals and accredited as long-term acute care hospitals under CIHQ. Each of our hospitals is recognized as the regional Transitional Care Hospital of choice in their respective markets and we specialize in providing transitional care for medically complex patients.

What it is like to work at Landmark Hospitals? Our employees enjoy a high level of engagement and operate with an experienced and understanding administration who listen to and value clinician interaction. The Landmark culture provides connectivity across the organization through:

• Focus: Our facilities have an average of 30 – 35 beds, which allows our healthcare teams to focus intensely on our patients and their families.
• Multi-Disciplinary Interaction: We take pride in our collaborative, multi-disciplinary team approach to care, that helps us deliver exceptional healthcare outcomes for our patients in a positive and supportive work environment. Our clinical staff plays an important and respected role with the medical staff and administration.
• Growth and Skills Leverage: Use and grow your skills - our units are entirely focused on critical care to meet the needs of our medically complex patients. We have a new training system (MedTrainer) to support your training goals too!
• Patient Centered: Our Long-Term Acute Care patients stay with us an average of 25 - 30 days, which allows the clinical team to get to know the patient as a person
• Multi-Facility System Support: As part of a multi-hospital system, our team benefits from sharing best practices and standards that can drive better patient outcomes.

If you enjoy working in a vibrant critical care atmosphere, with coworkers who are committed to providing compassionate care to the patients, come grow with us!

https://www.landmarkhospitals.com/

We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.