Inpatient Therapy, Team Leader - Physical Therapy at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Job Description:

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.

Essential Job Responsibilities- Clinical

• 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.


• Educational Responsibilities:
  
  
  
  • 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.
  
  
  
  

Essential Job Responsibilities- Managerial

• 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. This may involve direct marketing to physicians as well as directing and oversight of staff involvement in direct marketing activities.


• 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.


• Patient Care - 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.


• Clinical Knowledge - 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.


• Staff Development and Mentoring - 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.

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  Leadership Must-Haves will be followed for patient and staff interactions:
  
  
  • Rounding
  
  
  • Thank You Notes
  
  
  • Employee Selection/Peer Interviewing
  
  
  • Key Words at Key Times
  
  
  • AIDET + Promise
  
  
  • Standards of Behavior
  
  
  
  

Other Job Responsibilities:

Demonstrates competence in relevant software and hardware required to meet job responsibilities.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Embrace Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, by:

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  Treating everyone with dignity and respect


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  Opening more doors to opportunities for underrepresented cultures


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  Growing talent and people


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  Evaluating and eliminating disparities


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  Taking action against injustices, bias and racism


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  Honoring our differences and how to collaborate


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  Educating staff, patients and the communities we care for


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  Restoring Hope and Freedom, together

Essential Job Qualifications (Knowledge, Education, and Training Requirements):

• Graduate of Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)


• Licensed (or eligible for licensure) in Michigan.


• 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.

• Physical Demands
  
  
  • The physical ability to lift, position, and transport patients.
  
  
  • The ability to frequently sit, stand, walk, bend, kneel, twist, crawl, grasp, reach, and occasionally climb.
  
  
  • The ability to hear, speak, write, and see (correctable vision).
  
  
  • The ability to frequently lift up to 75 pounds, and occasionally lift in excess of 75 pounds.
  
  
  • The ability to occasionally push, pull, or carry weight anywhere from 1 to 100+ pounds while assisting patients and moving equipment.
  
  
  • The ability to exert up to 20-50 pounds of force occasionally, 10-20 pounds of force frequently, and exert up to 10 pounds of force constantly.
  
  
  
  

Other Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Experience with government reimbursement systems and other regulatory bodies related to service line.

Mary Free Bed is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristic.