Under general direction, provides organizational leadership in the development, implementation and maintenance of service consistent with the Mission, Vision, Values and Strategic Plan of the Mary Greeley Medical Center. Leader understands, supports, communicates, and promotes hospital initiatives. Ensures all actions taken in carrying out responsibilities support patient centered care and a respectful work environment.

Lead safety efforts by ensuring staff receive timely education and updates on organizational safety goals, evidence-based practices, regulations, and requirements; fostering a culture of trust where staff feel comfortable bringing concerns forward; promptly addressing identified safety concerns and serious safety events through established escalation pathways; completing A3/Root Cause Analyses with timely follow-up and applying fair, consistent accountability when evaluating and addressing events and concerns.

• Instill a culture of customer service by emphasizing responsiveness, resourcefulness, follow-through, accuracy, timeliness and accountability.
• Coordinates unit shared decision-making teams; ensures effective utilization of meeting time and that meeting minutes are documented.
• Creates ownership in decision-making processes by collaborating with others to identify problems, develop solutions, and implements and monitors effectiveness of solutions.
• Implements, revises, communicate and monitor compliance with organizational and pediatric specific policies and clinical guidelines for safe patient care delivery.
• Accountable for attendance, participation and dissemination of information from organization and nursing department meetings.
• Participates in the medical centers’ Quality Improvement plan by gathering and analyzing data associated with continuous improvement of care and services, and monitoring quality control programs.
• Acts as a department resource for unit-specific core competencies.
• Functions in the capacity of staff as needed.
• Responsible for oversight of all hospital based patient programming for the Rehab & Wellness Department.
• Performs all essential functions of a staff physical or occupational therapist or speech language pathologist.
• Performs thorough evaluations, develops and administers treatment plans through use of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy or Speech Language Pathology standards of care, coordinates treatment plans with patient, family and or significant others. Monitors patient's response to therapeutic interventions and modifies treatment plan as indicated to attain desired goals.

• Graduation from a college or university with either a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Therapy, Master’s degree in Physical Therapy, Post-Graduate Certificate in Physical Therapy, or Clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy. OR, graduate of an Occupational Therapy program or graduate of a WFOT approved Occupational Therapy program; successful completion of a minimum of six months Level II Fieldwork experience; successful completion of AOTA Certification Examination for Occupational Therapist, OR graduate of a Speech-Language Pathology program; successful completion of required internship training; successful completion of requirements for Certification of Clinical Competency as defined by The American Speech and Hearing Association. This position requires five years of professional experience.
• Possession of license or eligibility for licensure as a physical, occupational therapist or speech language pathologist issued by the State of Iowa Department of Health and the Iowa Board of Physical and Occupational Therapy or the Iowa Board of Speech Pathology and Audiology.

• Doctor of Physical Therapy, APTA Board Specialist Certification, or
• Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy, AOTA Board /Specialty Certification, or
• Masters Degree in Speech Language Pathology, ASHA Clinical Specialty Recognition