Staff Development Instructor - Acute Care Rehab

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Location

BHG Bronson Healthcare Group

Title

Staff Development Instructor - Acute Care Rehab

The Rehabilitation Educator serves as a role model, consultant, change agent and facilitator in assessing learning needs, planning, implementing and evaluating educational activities for instructing staff and or patients/families. Works collaboratively with all members of the healthcare team. Position requires the ability to devise own work patterns, to communicate effectively with all levels within the organization, to be flexible and self-motivated. Represents the institution in community and professional development activities. Creates protocols and clinical guidelines. Provides orientation and continuing education. Assures standardization and best practice through use of protocols. Provides educational activities in a cost effective and efficient manner. Reports educational opportunities to Rehabilitation Management Council and monthly updates to rehabilitation staff. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.

Must have all the basic educational requirements of their discipline (Physical, Occupation, Speech Therapist)
Interdisciplinary experience required
2 years of clinical experience required with focus in area of specialty preferred
Appropriate license in good standing, registration or certification based on the discipline.
Employee must provide evidence of successful completion (or an approved audit) of a
CPR training course within the past two years or successfully complete a CPR training course
(or audit with approval) within six months of hire.
• Prefer skills in meeting management and ability to teach key concepts
• Team collaborating skills
• Advanced skills in communication
• Ability to effectively develop, train, and orient the rehabilitation staff in the use of rehabilitation computer applications
• Ability to develop training materials, work plans, schedules, etc.
• Ability to organize and maintain written procedures,manuals and work flows
• Chart audits for compliance and works closely with compliance on documentation accuracy.
• Maintain current ICD-9 and CPT codes
• Demonstrates good judgment in departmental problem solving
• Ability to meet deadlines and strong attention to detail
• Ability to communicate across disciplines
• Must have a customer service orientation
• Must demonstrate leadership and organization skills including the ability to work independently, take initiative, and coordinate educational events
• Must demonstrate a positive attitude
• Must be able to work in and cope with a rapidly changing environment
• Must demonstrate flexibility
• Must have good attention to detail and follow through
• Must be able to distribute information to all sites and all disciplines
• Must be able to teach in an empowering manner
Work which produces levels of mental/visual fatigue which are typical of jobs that perform a wide variety of duties with frequent and significant uncontrollable deadlines. Work may include the operation of and full attention to a personal computer or CRT up to 40 percent of the time.
The job produces some physical demands. Typical of jobs that include regular walking, standing, stooping, bending, sitting, and some lifting of light weight objects.
Clinical duties include
• Interpretation and implementation of referrals; evaluates patient (for related discipline) through assessment and testing. Establishes functional baseline to be used throughout treatment as a gauge of progress and physical improvements.
• Provision of education and treatment planning
• Patient care goal setting and estimating length of treatment
• Provision of direct patient care, for related discipline
• Family and community education
• Team meeting involvement
• Supervision of related discipline Assistant, Patient Care Assistant, students and volunteers
• Program development
• Coordinate student placements
• Serving as a resource person in areas of expertise
• Providing inservices in areas of expertise for the Bronson Rehabilitation System

Administration duties include
• Documenting patient treatment plans, treatments performed, and progress; indicates condition in relationship to established goals, and alte