Summary:
The Acute Care Manager provides leadership and management for the staff and programs within specialized therapy services, including Speech Therapy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and or Recreational Therapy and Child Life Therapist. The manager is responsible for staff supervision and development, budget projection and monitoring, and program development and improvement. In addition to these supervisory responsibilities, the position may also has clinical duties.

Responsibilities:
1. Quality & Compliance - Leads continuous quality improvement efforts in conjunction with the department Assistant Director. Helps ensures compliance with regulatory requirements related to Therapy Services, TJC and Health Care System policies. Develops appropriate departmental policies and procedures oversees team auditing requirements. Ensures best practices for various team roles.
2. Goals/Outcomes Management - Collaborates with Assistant Director to establish goals for the team that are congruent with hospital and departmental goals. Reviews performance to ensure staff is meeting or exceeding target outcome goals. Assists the Assistant Director in ensuring the collecting, analyzing, evaluating, measuring, and presenting of clinical care management operational data. Uses data to take corrective action as needed to benefit the team, department, and/or institution.
3. Communication - Provides regular communication to staff by leading, participating in, and/or overseeing team meetings and team building activities. Participates in committees promoting effective communication between Therapy Services and other clinical areas. Role models and leads staff in supporting departmental and institutional expectations in customer service excellence. Develops and maintains positive relationships with key individuals in other hospital departments to enhance team processes.
4. Fiscal Management - Makes team budget recommendations and projections to Assistant Director. Monitors approved budget versus actual expenditures to reconcile as needed to achieve cost effective use of resources. Oversees tracking and trending of team productivity statistics regularly reports team productivity measures to Assistant Director.
5. Assists Assistant Director in establishing systems, processes and education that will improve internal and external customer satisfaction and positive results for the team, department, and institution.
6. Personnel Management - Manages personnel functions for designated Rehabilitation Services team staff. Interviews and selects candidates for hiring, coordinates orientation for new staff, develops work plans, conducts performance reviews, recommends compensation, and conducts disciplinary action using hospital and departmental personnel guidelines.

Other Information

Other information:
Education Requirements:
• Graduation from an accredited school in the field of Rehabilitation Services with a minimum of a Bachelor's degree, Masters level or greater preferred.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
• Licensed to provide care in rehabilitation related field in the state of North Carolina.
Professional Experience Requirements:
• Five (5) years of experience of clinical experience, at least (1) year in a role with progressive leadership responsibilities
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
• Understands and applies principles, procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to care provided in Rehabilitation Services.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex IP Rehab Svcs

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $41.45 - $59.58 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.