Clinical Director PT

POSITION SUMMARY: The Clinical Director drives clinical practice by leading the Regional Vice
Presidents and Clinical Operations Area Directors in promoting consistent and efficient evidence-based practice in patient identification, comprehensive assessment using standardized tests and/or objective measures, patient-centered intervention in order to achieve targeted clinical outcomes
The Clinical Director develops and strategically directs the organization in clinical analysis, education, training, and strategic planning in order to ensure the provision of quality care across all disciplines
The Clinical Director serves as a clinical expert and provides leadership and focus for the clinical team within the organization, in their discipline and respective specialty practice areas
The Clinical Director utilizes an analytical process to guide clinical operations within the organization in the identification and implementation of clinical service delivery, programs, and initiatives.
RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:
1
Influences the clinical practice of the organization through the ability to motivate others, positive
role modeling, and providing leadership to achieve company goals.
2
Proactively provides an assessment, analysis and related plan for improvement for the state of
clinical practice at large which includes, but is not limited to, evidence-based practice, best
practice guidelines, and appropriate tools and resources to enhance and improve care delivery.
3
Completes root cause analysis in focus centers (those that trigger for clinical operational or
quality improvement) and provides direction and leadership of GRS clinical standards and
regulatory oversight in the creation of a strategic education plan, implementation plan and
clinical quality improvement plan for the center.
4
Analyzes and provides feedback regarding the clinical needs assessments for focus centers, area,
and region completed by Clinical Operations Area Directors to effectively guide the development
of strategic plans that clearly outline clinical practice opportunities when existing plans have not
resulted in effective or improved delivery of care that meets GRS standards as evidenced by
clinical outcomes.
5
Provides clinical leadership in the ongoing development of clinical processes and improvement
plans in focus centers, areas, and regions to create sustainability of clinical service improvement
over time evidenced by clinical outcomes.
6
Provides clinical expertise and leadership as necessary to develop an implementation plan,
clinical quality improvement and create sustainability of clinical service improvement over time.
7
Analyzes the educational/programmatic training needs of a center, area, customer chain, region
for accurate identification of clinical growth opportunities that impact GRS standards of care;
directs operational leadership in establishing an education plan and provides access to
educational resources
Strategically identifies effective modes of delivery for education within all
levels of the organization, leveraging resources effectively and responsibly.
8
Supports the organization in the development of center, area, customer chain and regional
education; successfully directs operations leadership team in establishing implementation plans
to effectively deliver education
Provides education throughout the organization and strategically
identifies and develops qualified individuals within the organization who demonstrate advanced
clinical knowledge and the desire to educate others.
9
Acts as a clinical resource and content expert in the development of clinical education and
initiatives; in the following, but not limited to, areas-- interpretation and application of clinical
outcomes, clinical operations systems and processes, care delivery model design and
implementation.
10
Acts as a clinical resource and expert on discipline-specific standards of practice, codes of ethics,
and practice acts which may include clinical specialization, advanced clinical teaching and
training, mentoring and professional association representation.
11
Acts as a clinical resource and content expert respective to identified specialty practice areas as
it relates to interdisciplinary roles, and is able to access interdisciplinary resources.
12
Participates in and represents Powerback Rehab Services in local, state and/or national association
activities, models active engagement to GRS leaders and staff, provides education to leadership,
and passionately communicates regarding benefits of active engagement in these activities.
13
Recognizes the advanced clinical skills of the master clinicians and engages them in clinical
projects based on specialty area as indicated
Provides clinical oversight through the organization
in the development of individualized professional growth plans in specialized clinical areas to
advance clinical growth in the region.
14
Performs documentation audits, QI/QA and case management reviews in center/region as
directed by the Sr
Clinical Director and Vice President of Clinical Operations to identify specific
clinical trends and areas of opportunity in the provision of value based health care services.
Provides direction and resources to the leadership team with specific clinical areas of a QI/QA
plan to effectively mitigate risk.
15
Participates in compliance investigations as directed by the Sr
Clinical Director and Vice
President of Clinical Operations when the investigation requires a specialized skill of the Clinical
Director to effectively interpret, analyze and provide guidance to leadership to formulate results
that are consistent and accurately reflect state/national practice acts/laws and regulatory
governing bodies and profession association standards.
16
Participates in collaborative clinical quality improvement initiatives with internal and external
customers as directed by the Sr
Clinical Director and Vice President of Clinical Operations in
order to drive clinical care delivery to the GRS standard (e.g., Peer Survey Teams, mock surveys,
etc.).
17
Participates strategically in customer meetings and activities, with a focus on differentiating GRS
as a clinical leader
Develops clinical strategic plan for each customer including chain customers.
Demonstrates clinical expertise in their own discipline as well as expertise within an
interdisciplinary care delivery model
Clearly articulates and demonstrates to business partners
the value of GRS philosophy of care, programming and resources.
18
Provides discipline-specific patient care with the intent to model effective assessment and
treatment, manage a difficult case or population, facilitate clinical reasoning of clinicians, and in
emergency situations to address an unmet patient need.
19
Performs other related duties as required.
DRCP
SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL/VOCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
1
They must have a valid Physical Therapy license in the state(s) of practice, or proof of license and eligibility.
2
They must have a Master's degree in Physical Therapy; or
3
They must have a Master's degree in a Physical Therapy related field in addition to a Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy; or
4
They must have a Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy plus 5 years of progressively responsible PT experience.
5
The qualifying Physical Therapy degree earned outside of the U.S
must be evaluated to be the U.S
equivalent to a degree in Physical Therapy.
6
The Clinical Director must be licensed/certified/registered as required in the states in which they practice and must be certified or registered by the appropriate national board.
7
A Clinical Director will have a minimum of 3 years experience practicing in an adult and/or geriatric clinical setting, including one year of management/supervisory experience.
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A record of affiliation and active participation in geriatric-related professional/educational activities and/or national/state professional associations is preferred.
9
Patient care experience within the last 2-3 years is required.