Director Rehabilitation Services

Founded in 1967, Dignity Health - Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 377-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Carmichael, California. Serving over 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Mercy San Juan Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Comprehensive Stroke Center, the highest level of stroke care certification awarded by The Joint Commission.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Oversees rehabilitative services and is accountable for ensuring clinical standards are met. Directs a variety of tasks that lead to a high level of customer satisfaction in the most cost effective manner, including being responsible for the clinical supervision of Physical, Occupational and/or Speech Therapies.

• Leads the development of departmental objectives and integration of services in support of hospital's mission
  and vision and in alignment with hospital's strategic business direction by collaborating with others to create and execute integrated business plans; identifies short and long range goals as well as desired outcome measures and develops a plan of implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluating.
• Assesses and improves the quality of patient care and services provided to assure high standards on a continual
  basis, ensuring the development, implementation and monitoring of Performance Improvement activities;
  ensures that the patient care units and services are in compliance with The Joint Commission, Federal and State
  regulations and professional organization standards and that quality control programs are maintained as
  appropriate.
• Develops and monitors departmental budget and all related expenditures including recommendations of a
  sufficient number of qualified and competent staff, space and other resource needs ensuring maximization of
  resources, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of patient care operations.
• Recruits, orients, trains, coaches, mentors and retains department supervisors and/or managers based upon
  periodic competency assessment, identified job expectations/responsibilities, and encouraging
  professional/educational growth and opportunities; ensures through the department supervisors and staff that
  needs of patients are met through coordination and collaboration with other hospital and management staff.

Education and Experience:

• Masters Other in business or healthcare-related field. A combination of education and/or additional job related experience in lieu of the degree.
• Minimum of five (5) years of varied clinicalexperience. Three (3) years of supervisory experience in a rehab setting. 
• Previous experience in facility-wide integration and collaboration.

Licensure and Certifications:

• Physical Therapist: CA (PT:CA)
• Occupational Therapist: CA (OT:CA)
• Speech Language Pathologist: CA (SLP:CA)