Clinical Therapy Manager, Home Health

St. Charles Health System Inc.; Bend (OR); On-site; USD 126,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Charles Health System is seeking a Clinical Therapy Manager for Home Health in Bend, OR. The role oversees patient care services and home health staff, guiding referrals, plans of care, and staff development within budgeted targets.

The ideal candidate has leadership experience in home health, licensure in Oregon therapy, and a commitment to regulatory compliance and quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required by licensure.
• Five years hospital, skilled nursing, or outpatient rehab experience.
• Two years in Home Health and one year in a leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to the home health department.
• Plan and coordinate workflow and staffing for patient care.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and quality of care.
• Develop and mentor supervisors and caregivers.
• Oversee budgets, strategic initiatives and performance.
• Collaborate with physicians, staff, and leadership on clinical problems.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical oversight

Budget management

Staff development

Operations coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Job description

Salary range: $125,819 - $188,676 annually. This role offers in-state or out-of-state relocation assistance for candidates with one year of relevant experience who have not worked at St. Charles Health System in the last year.

JOB DESCRIPTION TITLE

Clinical Therapy Manager, Home Health

REPORTS TO POSITION

Director, Home Health

DEPARTMENT

Home Health

DATE LAST REVIEWED

July 2026

OUR VISION

Creating America’s healthiest community, together

OUR MISSION

In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value

OUR VALUES

Accountability, Caring and Teamwork

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY

St. Charles Home Health Services provides skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social work and home health aide services to patients in their homes. Services are provided by interdisciplinary team based on patient’s needs to maximize patient’s outcomes and to prevent hospitalizations.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Clinical Therapy Manager at St. Charles Health System is responsible for providing oversight of all patient care services and Home Health caregivers. Oversight includes making patient and personnel assignments; coordinating patient care; coordinating referrals; and assuring the development, implementation, and updates of the individualized plan of care. The manager participates in planning, budgeting, staffing, performance, and operation of Home Health in conjunction with the director, as well as performance and annual review of direct reports. This role consults with staff, physicians and administrative members on clinical problems and interpretation of hospital policies to ensure patient needs are met. This position directly manages caregivers in Home Health.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

• Provides leadership and direction to the home health department and effectively manages day-to-day clinical operations.
• Performs planning and coordination of workflow.
• Brings a global perspective to the team.
• Manages clinical resources for the agency.
• Sets expectation of performance of clinical staff assigned to the department.
• Provides for the development of supervisors/caregivers through effective advising, coaching, facilitating, and mentoring.
• Ensures consistent and technical excellence and compliance, superior service, and the integration of the healing health care principles.
• Accountable for the long-term strategic performance of the department including the identification of business development opportunities and the successful execution of strategic initiatives.
• Participates in the Home Health and Hospice leadership after-hours call rotation, providing clinical and operational leadership, consultation, and decision-making to support safe, effective patient care and agency operations during evenings, weekends, holidays, and other designated on-call periods.
• Maintains clinical competency.
• Provides direct home health therapy services within the scope of licensure and professional practice standards as needed to support patient care, staffing, or operational needs.
• Serves as a real-time resource and assists with clinical expertise for staff with problem‑solving on patient care, processes, and family issues.
• Serves as representative for all customers.
• Maintains ongoing communication with staff, department leadership, and others to ensure needs are being met for staff and patients.
• Communicates (both written and orally) effectively and maintains professional relationships with caregivers, medical staff, patients, guests and other hospital departments while providing 2‑way communication of the SCHS mission and strategic plan.
• Oversees department’s practices to meet regulatory agency requirements.
• Oversees staff documentation for patient care to ensure proficiency in compliance with hospital policies and regulatory agencies
• Ensures consistent and technical excellence and compliance, superior service, and the integration of the healing health care principles.
• Responsible for budget development, regular monitoring, accountability and meeting all operational targets for all areas within span of control.
• Hires, directs, coaches and monitors the performance of all direct reports, to develop and maintain a high-performance team that meets organizational and department goals.
• Monitors and ensures all direct reports are current with compliance and safety requirements.
• Implements and manages all organizational safety directives and goals.
• Provides and oversees team’s delivery of customer service in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient, and accurate.
• Collaborates with teams to review processes and identify/implement opportunities for improvements, applying Lean principles, concepts and tools.
• Supports the vision, mission, and values of the organization in all respects.
• Supports the Lean principles of continuous improvement with energy and enthusiasm, functioning as a champion of change.
• Provides and maintains a safe environment for caregivers, patients, and guests.
• Conducts all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality.
• Complies with all applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures, supporting the organization’s corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violation of applicable rules, and cooperating fully with all organizational investigations and proceedings.
• May perform additional duties of similar complexity within the organization, as required or assigned.

EDUCATION

Required: As required by licensure, Bachelor’s degree.

Preferred: Master’s degree.

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION

Required: Current Oregon Therapy (PT, OT, SLP) license. Valid Oregon driver's license and ability to meet SCHS driving requirements. Ability to travel to business functions/trainings/meetings and all SCHS worksites.

Preferred: N/A

EXPERIENCE

Required: Five (5) years hospital, skilled nursing facility, and outpatient or rehabilitation experience. Two (2) years’ experience in Home Health. One year of leadership experience.

Preferred: N/A

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Must be able to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to perform the job safely.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Continually (75% or more): Use of clear and audible speaking voice and the ability to hear normal speech level.
• Frequently (50%): Sitting, standing, walking, lifting 1-10 pounds, keyboard operation.
• Occasionally (25%): Bending, climbing stairs, reaching overhead, carrying/pushing or pulling 1-10 pounds, grasping/squeezing.
• Rarely (10%): Stooping/kneeling/crouching, lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling 11-15 pounds, operation of a motor vehicle.
• Never (0%): Climbing ladder/stepstool, lifting/carrying/pushing or pulling 25-50 pounds, ability to hear whispered speech level.

Exposure to Elemental Factors

• Never (0%): Heat, cold, wet/slippery area, noise, dust, vibration, chemical solution, uneven surface.

Blood‑Borne Pathogen (BBP) Exposure Category

No Risk for Exposure to BBP.

SCHEDULE

Weekly Hours: 40

Caregiver Type: Regular Shift: First Shift (United States of America)

Is Exempt Position? Yes

Job Family: MANAGER

Scheduled Days of the Week: Monday-Friday

Shift Start & End Time: 0800-1700

ABOUT ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM

St. Charles Health System is a private, nonprofit organization, dedicated to providing high-quality care and the latest in health care technology to the communities it serves. Headquartered in Bend, Ore., St. Charles is an integrated delivery system, with a strong focus on population health, that provides a full range of evidence-based health care services within a 32,000-square-mile area in Central and Eastern Oregon. The health system owns and operates a trauma level II, tertiary referral center in Bend, a trauma level III, type B rural hospital in Redmond, and trauma level IV critical access hospitals in both Prineville and Madras. As the largest employer in Central Oregon, St. Charles Health System and St. Charles Medical Group care for our communities in more than two dozen outpatient clinics and in more than 20 specialty areas of medicine.