Clinical Manager (Occupational Therapist Preferred)

Overview

Pursue your passion and fulfill your purpose at KidsCare! KidsCare Home Health is a multi-award-winning organization who was most recently recognized as a 2024 U.S. Top Workplace. As an award-winning organization, we are looking for dedicated professionals who will embrace the KidsCare core values. At KidsCare we desire to work with individuals who embody the values of the organization which together create our C.A.R.E. culture. In return we offer a full benefits package to include health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, 401K, tuition reimbursement, and a hybrid or blended work arrangement (providing balance between in office and work from home).

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Responsibilities

The Clinical Manager is a licensed therapist that will manage Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Speech-Language Pathologists by providing daily support and serving as a primary contact. They will also complete and monitor performance, reviews, and documentation as required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Contribute to KidsCare Home Health's growth through the hiring, training, and retention of qualified therapists. Provide ongoing development of clinical staff by associating legislative policies and procedures with the mission and values of the company.
• Manage Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Speech-Language Pathologists in designated service area(s).
• Ensure the quality and appropriateness of patient care meets or exceeds company and industry standards and ensures that all Rehab services are in compliance with state and federal legal, regulatory, accreditation and reimbursement guidelines.
• Aid in maintaining sufficient staffing by responding to changes which impact staffing needs; ensures appropriate levels of professional staff and maintains the clinical skill levels needed for the company in accordance with budgetary and company guidelines.
• Effectively cross-train and maintain proficiency with all clinically related roles in the office to fill in with other departments/roles when needed or directed.
• Review clinicians' documentation practices for clarity, conciseness and consistency with patient outcome goals and payer expectations.
• Serve as a functional representative of the company to staff, referral sources and the community. Routinely identifies and assists in coordinating marketing and census development.
• Provide education in the area of Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech-Language Pathology to KidsCare Home Health employees, partners, colleagues, families, and members of the community. Continuously promoting clinical reasoning skills and best practices within rehabilitation.
• Maintain an open line of communication with various departments regarding the daily operations of KidsCare Home Health.
• Oversee specialty-specific programs (i.e., VitalStim, TRC) and creation of new materials and protocols.
• Provide clinical supervision to therapists. Also, maintain a clinical caseload; under a physician's order, provides direct treatment in accordance with an established treatment plan; treatment venue includes individual and supervisory.
• Routinely monitor expenses; Initiates appropriate actions in order to ensure that budget goals are met or exceeded. Generates and analyzes operational and productivity reports as required; contributes to the development of clinical operating budget. Recommends the purchase of therapy equipment and supplies.
• Attend and direct clinical meeting.
• Exhibit follow through with communicating new policies, programs, procedures, etc. to clinical staff.
• Demonstrate a good working knowledge of Medicaid and other reimbursement regulators/payer sources.
• Participate in quality improvement activities which reduce cost and increase efficiency through improved systems and processes
• Ensure compliance with the State Practice Acts and Rules.
• Ability to generate new ideas for change, take risks and positively lead a team.
• Travel up to 50%, including overnight stays.
• Comply with all company policies, practices, and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Other Qualifications and Skills

• Strong leadership skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to learn new concepts and ideas quickly.
• Ability to prioritize work and multi-task.
• High ethical and moral standards.

Education and Work Experience Requirements

• Master's Degree as required for initial professional preparation in Physical, Occupational or Speech Language Pathology (Occupational Therapist Preferred)
• Current professional licensure.
• Two (2) - Four (4) years of clinical experience required.
• One (1) - Two (2) years of supervisory experience with multiple disciplines preferred.
• Pediatric home health experience preferred.

Physical Demands/Working Environment

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard.
• Ability to sit at a computer for an extended period.
• Light to moderate physical activity and lifting is required.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements.
• Moderate noise (i.e., business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic).

Job Description Acknowledgement

All job requirements in the job description provided indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills, and/or abilities deemed necessary to perform the job competently. Job descriptions are an overview of the duties, responsibilities, and requirements of the position. Employees may be required to perform other job-relates assignments as requested.