Cardiac rehabilitation program director vs rehab director

Differences between cardiac rehabilitation program director and rehab director duties and responsibilities

Cardiac rehabilitation program director example responsibilities.

• Recruit support of cardiologists for referral to cardiac rehabilitation programs.
• Educate physicians and community about the benefit of cardiac rehabilitation.
• Coordinate cardiac rehab/wellness program classes including patient program orientation, individual program design, EKG interpretation, program progression and reassessment.
• Establish and implement standard of care protocols for clients with heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and pulmonary diseases.
• Conduct monitoring/quality assurance/site reviews for CRP's to ensure quality of services.

Rehab director example responsibilities.

• Manage PPS, MDS input, Medicare caseload, setting planner, managing minutes, and managing insurance approvals authorizations.
• Manage budget and labor costs of rehab department in LTC skil nursing facility.
• Experience in education and training of other DOR's at sister facility to accomplish clinical and financial goals.
• Manage PPS/schedules and ensure sufficient coverage for a mix caseload of MCR, HMO and private pay residents.
• Organize, supply, set up, and manage therapy services in a new state of the art SNF.
• Lead team of interdisciplinary therapists through the preparation process to successfully obtain CARF accreditation.
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