Therapy Manager

Job Description

Schedule : Full Time

Your experience matters

Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Arlington is operated jointly with Lifepoint Health, Texas Health Resources and Methodist Hospital System. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Therapy Manager joining our team, you’re embracing our promise to provide superior patient care that exceeds industry standards as well as patient expectations. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

More about our team

This is a chance to be a vital member of an interdisciplinary team caring for people in the Arlington area who need continued care to recover completely. You have specialized skills and our patients in Tarrant County need them! If you are an enthusiastic individual seeking an environment dedicated to superior patient care and an organization with a strong mission to serve our community, we invite you to apply!

How you’ll contribute

A Therapy Manager who excels in this role :

• Communicates with patient, family, caregivers, significant other and members of the healthcare team to achieve rehabilitation goals and promote maximum benefit of care.
• Provides an environment conducive to safety for patients, visitors and staff. Assesses the risks for safety and implements appropriate precautions. Complies with appropriate and approved safety standards.
• Utilizes the appropriate leadership skills in directing, delegating, and evaluation management Practice. Applies management knowledge principles in order to comply with regulatory Agencies, Federal, State and hospital standards.
• Coordinates and integrates inter-departmental and intra-departmental services.
• Develops and implements policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of services.
• Continuously assesses and improves the quality of (care and / or services) provided.
• Demonstrates communication ability and creates mechanisms to facilitate effective communication within the department and the organization.
• Demonstrates delegation and leadership ability by providing problem solving, decision making.
• Meet with staff members as needed to discuss their performance competence and goal attainment.
• Review therapist’s professional objectives.
• Determine annual competence of staff for their specific job function.
• Provide new staff orientation to job responsibilities. Assist in determining end to probationary period.
• Facilitates the maximum utilization of personnel according to Corporate guideline.
• Assumes department responsibility for developing, implementing and evaluating a program of staff development for profession and non-profession staff that comprehensively includes competency assessment, orientation, in-services and continuing education.
• Recruits, interview, selects and hires qualified personnel; validates licensure as appropriate, assures the orientation of the new employee; and, evaluates personnel performance to include rewards, promotion, transfers, demotions, suspensions and terminations.
• Performs patient assessment.
• Establishes plan of care.
• Assesses the effectiveness of treatment and modifies treatment to achieve goals.
• Provides care in accordance with physician’s orders and established plan of care.
• Assesses educational needs of the patient, family, caregiver or significant other and provides education to meet those needs.
• Plans for discharge.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support the overall effectiveness of the department.

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers :

What we’re looking for

Applicants should have a current licensure as an Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist or Speech Pathologist in the state of Texas.

Additional requirements include :

More about Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Arlington

Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Arlington is a 40-private bed, state-of-the-art inpatient acute rehabilitation hospital, offering exceptional care to the Arlington, TX community.

EEOC Statement

“ Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Arlington is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Arlington is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”