AHC Rehabilitation - White Oak Medical Center

White Oak Medical Center seeks to hire an experienced Program Manager for our Inpatient Therapy Department who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.

As a Program Manager, you will:
• Deploy and champion PACS technology strategy & clinical innovation
• Develop and implement technology-enabled rehabilitation initiatives that align with patient-centered functional mobility goals, anticipated length of stay, discharge planning needs, and long-term community participation outcomes.
• Research and critically evaluate using evidence-based practice principles for emerging rehabilitation technologies (e.g., VR, robotics, AI, wearables) for clinical application and scalability.
• Collaborate with frontline clinicians, interdisciplinary teams, operational leaders, and patients to ensure clinical engagement throughout technology evaluation, pilot development, workflow integration, and implementation processes.
• Create workflows to embed technology into rehab practices without reducing clinical efficiency or productivity.
• Identify and develop partnerships with technology vendors, startups, and academic institutions for innovation and research initiatives.
• Lead or support research and outcomes tracking to assess the impact of technology on functional outcomes and patient experience.
• Promote a culture of innovation across rehabilitation staff through training, mentorship, and program development.
• Design strategies to improve access to rehabilitation technology in the community, supporting long-term independence beyond discharge.
• Ensure all rehabilitation technology and innovation initiatives align with organizational compliance, information technology governance, cybersecurity, infection prevention, patient safety, and operational standards.
• Develop integrated programs combining:
- Occupational therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Therapeutic recreation
- Prosthetics and Orthotics
- Technology-enabled care pathways
• Lead performance improvement initiatives and contribute to departmental program development.
• Mentor staff, students, and interdisciplinary partners in both clinical and technology applications.
• Assist in building a scalable model for technology-supported rehabilitation across Post-Acute continuum of care.  (inpatient → outpatient → home/community).
• Evaluate program effectiveness through analysis of functional outcomes, patient experience, staff feedback, and operational metrics to support sustainable therapeutic interventions and community integration through clinical and technology rehabilitation program development.
• Deliver Clinical Care and promote community reintegration for patients at assigned rehab hospital.
• Deliver occupation-based, functional-based, and real-world recreational interventions designed to improve participation across home, community, leisure, vocational, and social environments. (e.g., community outings, adaptive leisure, life skills training) to improve real-world function.
• Plan and implement individualized and group interventions focused on:
• Functional independence
• Community reintegration (transportation, leisure, social participation)
• Adaptive life skills and wellness
• Cognitive, physical, and psychosocial performance
• Integrate assistive and adaptive technologies into therapy plans to support independence (e.g., mobility aids, communication devices, environmental controls).
• Facilitate community reintegration programming, including community outings, simulated environments, transportation training, adaptive recreation, and technology-supported participation activities aligned with patient-centered goals.  Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure coordinated patient care, goal alignment, discharge preparation, and community integration beyond inpatient rehabilitation.
• Educate patients, care providers, and community partners on functional strategies, wellness resources, technology use, and adaptive leisure participation.
• Support patient transition beyond discharge through promotion of community resources, wellness engagement, adaptive leisure opportunities, digital access strategies, and technology-enabled self-management tools.
• Document all interventions, outcomes, and care coordination activities in accordance with regulatory and organizational standards.
• Participate in interdisciplinary initiatives that promote patient experience, engagement, independence, and continuity across the post-acute continuum of care.
• Deploy and champion PACS technology strategy & clinical innovation
• Develop and implement technology-enabled rehabilitation initiatives that align with patient-centered functional mobility goals, anticipated length of stay, discharge planning needs, and long-term community participation outcomes.

Education and Experience
• Bachelors, Masters, or Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from accredited therapy program (either CTRS, OT, PT)
• At least 5 years of experience in rehabilitation (post-acute settings)
• 2 years of progressive leadership experience preferred
• Maryland Licensed Rehabilitation Professional (Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, Occupational Therapist, or Physical Therapist) Required; Advanced Technology Professional (ATP) certified or related rehabilitation technology experience preferred
• Experience with therapeutic recreation principles or CTRS collaboration and Interest in rehabilitation innovation, community participation, adaptive recreation, wellness engagement, and technology-supported care models preferred

Work Schedule:

• Employment Type: Full-time

• Hours per Week: 40 hrs/week

• Typical Daily Schedule: Monday through Friday

• Shift Type: Day

• Weekend Requirements: No

• Holiday Requirements: Follow company holiday calendar

• On-Call: No

• Shift Differential Eligible: No

Pay Range:

$89,356.80 - $134,035.20

If the salary range is listed as $0 or if the position is Per Diem (with a fixed rate), salary discussions will take place during the screening process.

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as:

United States of America (Exempt)

As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care. Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County.

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference.

Join the Adventist HealthCare team today, apply now to be considered!

COVID-19 Vaccination

Adventist HealthCare strongly recommends all applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination.

Tobacco and Drug Statement

Tobacco use is a well-recognized preventable cause of death in the United States and an important public health issue. In order to promote and maintain a healthy work environment, Adventist HealthCare will not hire applicants for employment who either state that they are nicotine users or who test positive for nicotine and drug use.

 

While some jurisdictions, including Maryland, permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes, marijuana continues to be classified as an illegal drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act.  As a result, medical marijuana use will not be accepted as a valid explanation for a positive drug test result.

 

Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana. Those testing positive are given the opportunity to re-apply in 90 days, if they can truthfully attest that they have not used any nicotine products in the past ninety (90) days and successfully pass follow-up testing. ("Nicotine products" include, but are not limited to: cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, vaping products, hookah, and nicotine replacement products (e.g., nicotine gum, nicotine patches, nicotine lozenges, etc.).