Title: Rehabilitation Coordinator, Physical Therapist

Job Type: Full time

Your experience matters!

At Solara Specialty Hospitals McAllen, we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. Here, you're not just valued as an employee, but as a person.

Solara Specialty Hospitals McAllen is a long-term acute care (LTAC) hospital located at 301 W Expy 83, 8th Floor, McAllen, Texas. It specializes in treating patients recovering from post-intensive care and medically complex conditions-especially those requiring extended hospital stays.

• Advanced Medical Services: Offers both intensive care and telemetry-level monitoring for patients with conditions like respiratory failure, sepsis, stroke, complex wounds, and congestive heart failure.

• Specialized Treatments: Many patients require mechanical ventilators, dialysis, or IV therapy, and the hospital is equipped to manage these needs with a multidisciplinary team.

• Quality Recognition: Certified by the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality for Long-Term Acute Care, reflecting a strong commitment to safe, evidence-based care.

As a Rehabilitation Coordinator, Physical Therapist joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier . Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

How you'll contribute
The incumbent shall be responsible for providing therapy services including assessment, treatment planning and therapeutic interventions in an interdisciplinary environment consistent with the discipline's qualifications, professional practices and ethical standards. The incumbent shall also be accountable for and contribute to program development, quality improvement, problem solving, and productivity enhancement in a flexible interdisciplinary fashion.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES LEADERSHIP AREA
1. Coordinate the development of team members through structured activities.
2. Assist the Program Director in providing team leadership.
3. Communicate and demonstrate a professional image/attitude for patients, families, clients, coworkers and others.
4. Promote adherence to policies and practices of applicable professional organizations, client hospital and Lifepoint.
5. Contribute to client relations and marketing activities.
6. Monitor team members' competencies, licenses/certifications, and memberships in applicable professional organizations.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES CLINICAL AREA
1. Conduct initial assessments.
2. Develop individualized treatment plans.
3. Provide clinical and age appropriate therapeutic interventions.
4. Evaluate patient response to treatment.
5. Document the course of patient care including progress made and continuing need for treatment.
6. Provide patient and family education on tasks and resources that will assist with continued functional independence.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM AREA
1. Coordinate treatment activity between disciplines and team members.
2. Participate in team business meetings.
3. Contribute to development of improved efficiency and productivity of unit clinical/administrative functions.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES QUALITY MANAGEMENT AREA
1. Participate in coordination of facility/unit quality management and program evaluation activities.
2. Collect quality review data.
3. Participate in survey preparation activities.
4. Participate in facility/unit safety committee activities.
5. Contribute to the delivery of cost effective care.
6. Carry out other duties as assigned

Qualifications and requirements:
The incumbent shall be a graduate of a program in his/her professional discipline and shall hold an applicable and current license to practice as a Physical Therapist. Experience working with an adult and geriatric population is preferred.
Experience serving people with physical disabilities is preferred. Computer and current technology competence.

About us
Lifepoint Rehabilitation is part of Lifepoint Health , a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone-your experience matters.

EEOC Statement

"Lifepoint Rehabilitation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Rehabilitation is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.