Manager, Inpatient Acute Rehab

Company Description

Join the UM Rehab Team!

At UM Rehab, we offer an unparalleled opportunity to work in a setting that seamlessly blends elements of acute care, outpatient therapy, and skilled nursing, creating a fast-paced yet deeply rewarding environment. Our dedicated Brain Injury Unit and Stroke Unit specializes in treating highly complex cases, including coma-emerging patients and individuals with behavioral challenges, ensuring they receive the specialized care needed for recovery. Our multidisciplinary team is equipped with the expertise and training to manage cases that many other facilities are unable to accommodate.

Why Join UM Rehab?
Diverse & Challenging Cases: Gain invaluable experience working with complex diagnoses that enhance your clinical skills and deepen your understanding of brain and stroke health and injury recovery.

Collaborative Environment: Work closely with a multidisciplinary team that emphasizes teamwork, flexibility, and open communication, ensuring the best outcomes for patients.

Supportive Team Culture: Be part of a hardworking, compassionate team that feels like family and is dedicated to making a meaningful difference in patients’ lives.

Impactful & Rewarding Work: While the job can be emotionally demanding, the reward of seeing patients progress—and even hearing success stories long after discharge—makes every challenge worthwhile.

At UM Rehab, we’re looking for professionals who are empathetic, adaptable, and passionate about patient care. If you’re ready to take your career to the next level in an environment where your skills and dedication truly make a difference, we invite you to join our team!

Job Description

This position is for a full time Therapy Manager for the Brain Injury and Stroke Units

Inpatient acute rehab setting experience preferred

Responsible for the general direction, coordination and financial management of all therapies for a specific patient care unit/area.  The Therapy Manager is the primary clinical resource for therapists within the same discipline/cluster and works in conjunction with the  NurseManager to ensure the integration of all therapies and related services into the unit’s patient care delivery system.

• Technological Transformation- Uses change management skills to align new technologies with the organization’s culture and needs of key stakeholders. Considers work structure, job design, educational needs and other necessary resources during integration. Utilizes technology to achieve optimal organizational performance.
• Diversity- Promotes an environment of respect and inclusion where multicultural employees can learn from one another, work collaboratively and achieve their full potential.  Minimizes intergroup conflict by engaging in fair and supportive practices.  Capitalizes on staff differences to creatively solve problems.  Upholds organizational values while balancing cultural needs.  Understands and applies the components of cultural competence to the workforce.
• Critical Thinking Skills- Demonstrates ability to solve problems and make decisions employing inquiry, reasoning and a results-oriented approach.  Gathers, assesses, and analyzes all relevant information before generating solution options.  Raises and pursues insightful, significant questions.  Identifies the impact of decision on all parties affected.  Independently designs actions that are perceived as fair, balanced, and ethically sound when implemented.
• Designs and implements safe labor allocations and staffing adjustments in accordance with volume, clinic activity and budgetary considerations. Evaluates skill mix and changing patient care requirements. Provides professional vigilance over competency and performance of clinical and support staff.
• Develops/integrates departmental processes that assure adequate inventory of therapeutic/diagnostic equipment, instrumentation and supplies. Communicates with Materials Management and UMMS Charge Master whenever modifications are needed for billing and supply codes. Holds self and staff accountable for accurate entry of data and charge capture.
• Serves as leader, role model, change agent, and operational manager of financial and clinical activities. Integrates service processes within operations that improve patient outcomes and exceed customer satisfaction expectations. Develops processes and procedures for departmental operations involved in delivering patient care. Holds staff accountable and monitors compliance. Serves as filter and main contact for clinical issues.
• Respect and Customer Service- Models excellence in customer service behaviors.   Holds staff accountable for responding to customer requirements.  Interv