Lemon Grove Care & Rehabilitation, located in San Diego County, is an incredible skilled nursing facility with a wonderful staff. There is a terrific relationship between nursing and therapy, and we are well loved by our community. We seek a dynamic Director of Rehabilitation to manage our stable in-house team and help us in providing outstanding programs and services to our deserving patients.

 

 

• In house therapy – job stability, growing company
• Lead a strong therapy team and support a strong inter-departmental team
• Freedom to effect change in your facility clinical and program development
• Be able to continue to treat patients and lead the therapy team
• Excellent support from local therapy leaders and resources
• Live with work life balance – competitive benefits
• Strong infection control to prevent COVID and keep staff/residents safe

• Every facility has an in-house therapy team – no contract therapy company. All department teams work for the facility and share the same goals
• Each facility is independently operated with local leadership and no corporate red tape
• Decisions made at the facility for the facility staff and community needs
• Core Values (CAPLICO): Customer Second, Accountability, Passion for Learning, Love One Another, Intelligent Risk Taking, Celebration, Ownership. These values are the core of who we are as an organization and shared among all affiliated facilities

• Implements and monitors the provision of facility Rehab policy and procedures
• Supervises rehab staff and ensures effective rehab staff orientation, training and ongoing competency
• Coordinates rehab admissions and distribution of caseload
• Assists in the case management/tracking of Medicare A rehab cases under the PDPM system
• Recruits rehab staff
• Manages and analyzes department metrics including accurate billing
• Ensures that rehab department is compliant with all regulatory issues. This includes assurance that department records are completed and maintained, such as medical record documentation, reimbursement denials management and other survey compliance requirements.
• Maintains relationships with hospital therapists, physicians and other key community members
• Provides direct patient treatment

• Licensed Physical, Occupational or Speech Therapist
• At least 3 years of experience as a therapist
• Supervisory and/or administrative experience in long term care rehabilitation preferred
• Knowledge of Medicare PDPM and ability to manage a variety of payors effectively
• Strong organizational and leadership skills