Director of Rehab Services

TriStar Centennial Medical Center; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental & vision options

Retirement plan matching

Tuition assistance

Employee recognition program

Job summary

TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville seeks a Director of Rehab Services to lead Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy across the department. The role focuses on growth, quality care, and integration with hospital programs.

You will supervise staff, establish policies, ensure compliant records, manage budgets, and drive patient outcomes. Collaboration with administration, other services, and external partners is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in PT, OT, or SLP from an accredited program.
• Licensure in the State of Tennessee preferred.
• 3–5 years of healthcare management at an Assistant Director level or higher preferred.
• Acute care experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and develop rehab department staff to ensure high-quality care.
• Establish department policies and ensure staff compliance.
• Oversee medical records accuracy and compliance with requirements.
• Coordinate with other services to improve team effectiveness.
• Communicate with administration about programs, goals, and outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies.
• Promote rehab services to physicians and the public.
• Participate in utilization review, QA, care conferences.
• Manage revenue and expenses to meet budget.
• Set goals and implement actions to achieve them.
• Ensure MD and patient satisfaction.
• Ensure accurate MDS reporting.

Education

PT/OT degree

SLP degree

Job description

This position is incentive eligible.

Introduction

We are seeking a Director of Rehab Services with TriStar Centennial Medical Center to promote growth and unlock possibilities. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. Share your leadership skills and come make a difference with us!

Benefits

TriStar Centennial Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
• Colleague recognition program
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

We are seeking a Director of Rehab Services for our team to be an innovator. HCA Healthcare partners with Harvard Pilgrim Institute and the CDC to use our data from more than 26 million patient encounters each year to impact the industry. Come build your career with us!

Job Summary And Qualifications

The Director of Rehabilitation/Therapy Services is responsible for establishing and promoting the growth and excellence of the Department of Rehab Services to include Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy. The Director is responsible for community, interdepartmental and intradepartmental integration of departmental patient-care services. The Director is responsible for the operation of the departments to include management and coordination of clinical activities, fiscal management, and quality patient care. The Director shall assume overall responsibility for the safe and effective operation and maintenance of the departments. The Director shall perform all job duties and tasks in accordance with national and state professional governing guidelines and state practice act, rules, and code of ethics.

What you will do in this role:

• Supervise, orient, train, evaluate and counsel department employees to improve their job performance and to maintain high standards of care.
• Establish center specific policies and procedures for the department and assures employee compliance.
• Ensure compliance with a medical records system that: is accurate and concise; meet governmental and third-party payor requirements; minimize duplication; reflect a clear picture of the resident’s problems, the therapist’s intervention, and the resident outcomes.
• Communicate and coordinate department functions with other services in a constructive manner that helps build team rapport and effectiveness.
• Communicate effectively with administration regarding department programs, goals, objectives, problems and successes.
• Assure that the department complies with corporate and central policies and procedures.
• Communicate effectively to the public and to medical personnel outside the center regarding the therapy services offered by Reliant Rehabilitation.
• Participate in utilization review, quality assurance, resident care conferences, admission meetings, department head meetings, community education planning, and rehabilitation conferences.
• Responsible for revenue and expense controls to meet budgetary requirements.
• Establish goals and objectives for the department and implement activities to accomplish them.
• Ensure clinicians report required MDS information accurately and on time.
• Identify, achieve, and maintain quality of services.
• Ensure ongoing MD and patient satisfaction.

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in Physical Therapy or Occupational Therapy, or a Master of Science or Master of Arts in Speech/Language Pathology from an accredited institution required.
• Licensure as a Therapist in the State of Tennessee preferred.
• 3-5 years of previous healthcare management experience at an Assistant Director level, or greater strongly preferred.
• Acute care experience strongly preferred.

TriStar Centennial Medical Center is a 740+ bed comprehensive facility. We offer medical and surgical programs. These include behavioral health and 24-hour emergency. These also include heart and vascular and imaging. These also include neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, pediatrics, rehabilitation, sleep disorder, and women's services. We are an affiliate of TriStar Health. TriStar Centennial Medical Center is a 43-acre campus. We are home to TriStar Centennial Heart & Vascular Center. We are home to TriStar Centennial Women's Hospital. Our campus includes The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial, Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at TriStar Centennial Medical Center, TriStar Centennial Advanced Joint Replacement Institute and TriStar Centennial Parthenon Pavilion.

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