Wheelchair Seating Center Manager

Manager, Wheelchair Seating Center

By joining our team, you'll be part of our life-changing Mission and Vision. You'll work in a truly inclusive environment where diversity and equity are championed through words and actions. You'll contribute to an innovative culture that is second to none, one that embraces curiosity, discovery, and compassion. You'll play a role in something that's never been done before as we integrate science and clinical care to help patients achieve better, faster outcomes as we Advance Human Ability, together.

Job Description

The Manager, Wheelchair Seating Center, Wheelchair Room & Durable Medical Equipment Ordering Process will oversee an interdisciplinary team of licensed and non-licensed professional allied health staff within the Wheelchair Seating Center department. Works collaboratively to lead excellence in patient care and clinical outcomes, while achieving program fiscal targets and adhering to regulatory requirements and best practice objectives. The Manager, Wheelchair Seating Center will consistently demonstrate support of the RIC statement of Vision, Mission, and Core Values by striving for excellence, contributing to the team efforts and showing respect and compassion for patients and their families, fellow employees, and all others with whom there is contact at or in the interest of the institute. The Manager, Wheelchair Seating Center will demonstrate RIC Core Attributes : Communication, Accountability, Flexibility / Adaptability, Judgment / Problem Solving, Customer Service, and RIC Values (Hope, Compassion, Discovery, Collaboration, & Commitment to Excellence) while fulfilling job duties.

The Manager, Wheelchair Seating Center :

• Manages and leads an interdisciplinary team of licensed and non-licensed professional allied health staff including physical therapists, occupational therapists, technicians, and administrative support staff; coordinates and integrates prescriptive individualized DME within the designated program.
• Works collaboratively with all Inpatient DayRehab and Outpatient Allied Health Leaders and staff to lead achievement of the clinical, financial, safety, satisfaction, outcome measures, environment of care needs, adherence to regulatory requirements and best practice objectives as well as drive innovation and commitment to excellence especially in the integration of clinical and research goals for the program.
• Works collaboratively with Inpatient Access / Admitting, the International Program, the Workers Comp Program, and others to facilitate appropriate acquisition of DME, admissions and discharge planning to optimize access to care for patients and to realize organizational fiscal targets.
• Develops, implements and delivers on annual budget target for designated area including recommending and initiating cost savings and revenue enhancing activities, managing human and material resource as well as capital needs.
• Ensures effective, efficient and high quality documentation in the electronic medical record of all patient care activities within program area to accurately track and report patient care and adherence to financial and regulatory targets.
• Establishes and sustains valid and reliable measurement and tracking systems to ensure appropriate billed time / productivity expectations are achieved to ensure the provision of therapy services meets established quality and financial objectives for individual programs.
• Manages the scheduling of staff to support patient care within program area which operates 365 days a year.
• Attracts, develop, retains and counsels as necessary professional staff at expected levels to meet volume and quality service expectations through mentorship, continuing education, research opportunities, clinical ladder programs, practice council activities as well as working with RIC Human Resources on the implementation of recruitment and retention strategies.
• Initiates and implements quality improvements in individual, program and organizational performance utilizing RICQI and other mechanisms to facilitate resolution of quality issues and / or the promotion of new quality initiatives.
• Drives ongoing evaluation and improvement of clinical protocols and ensures that each staff member has necessary education, training and tools to comply with these identified patient care best practices.
• Teaches in the RIC Academy internal and external courses as well as acts as a consultant at the RIC offsite centers and RIC Alliances as appropriate.
• Performs all other duties that may be assigned in the best interest of RIC.

Reporting Relationships

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required

Working Conditions

Pay and Benefits

Pay Range : $71,277.00 annually - $124,500.00 annually

Benefits : Shirley Ryan AbilityLab offers a comprehensive benefits program that is competitive with our industry peers in our geographic locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity

ShirleyRyan AbilityLab is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.