Director of Rehabilitation

Shore Acres Care Center in St Petersburg will be reopening very soon after complete renovations and restorations. The exact date will be announced shortly. We are starting the hiring process for the new rehab team.

The primary purpose of your position is to efficiently manage rehabilitation services in the Facility. The Director of Rehabilitation is responsible for ensuring the highest standard of rehabilitation services is being delivered and maintained to the Facility’s residents.

As Director of Rehabilitation you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties.

Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.

The DOR position involves being a department head and resident treatment.

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the rehabilitation services of the Facility.
• Keep abreast of current federal and state regulations, as well as professional standards of practice, and make recommendations on changes in policies and procedures to the Administrator.
• Review department policies and procedures, at least annually, and participate in making recommended changes.
• Interview resident and families, as necessary, in a private setting.
• Refer resident and families to appropriate personnel, as needed, to meet resident and family needs.
• Involve residents and families in planning Facility rehabilitation programs.
• Assist in the review and updating of departmental job descriptions, at least annually.
• Assume the authority, responsibility, and accountability of directing the Rehabilitation Department.
• Assume responsibility for daily staffing and utilization with input from treating rehabilitation therapists, residents’ needs, and recommendations from the Administrator.
• Maintain a productive working relationship with the medical profession and other health related facilities and organizations.
• Review and evaluate the department’s workforce and make recommendations to the Administrator.
• Coordinate rehabilitation services with other departments, as necessary.
• Work with the Facility’s rehabilitation consultants and implement recommended changes, as required.
• Delegate authority, responsibility, and accountability to other responsible department personnel.
• Make written and oral reports and recommendations to the Administrator concerning the operation of the Rehabilitation Department.
• Assist in standardizing the methods in which work will be accomplished.
• Interpret the department’s policies and procedures to employees, residents, visitors, government agencies, etc.
• Keep abreast of economic conditions and situations and recommend to the Administrator adjustments in rehabilitation services that assure the continued ability to provide such services.
• Review and develop a plan of correction for rehabilitation deficiencies noted during survey inspections and provide a written copy of such report to the Administrator.
• Review departmental complaints and grievances from personnel and make written reports to the Administrator of action(s) taken. Follow Facility’s established procedures.
• Develop, implement, and maintain an ongoing quality assurance program for the Rehabilitation Department.
• Participate in Facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies.
• Ensure that all charted rehabilitation progress notes are informative and descriptive of the services provided and of the resident’s response to the service.
• Maintain a reference library of written material, laws, etc., necessary for complying with current standards and regulations and that will provide assistance in maintaining a quality rehabilitation program.
• Involve the resident and family in planning objectives and goals for the resident.
• Meet with administration, medical,…