This position has a Sign on Bonus of $2500. It is paid in three increments, $500 after completion of first therapy session, $1000 after six months and $1000 after a year of employment!

Company Overview

Minds Matter, LLC is an organization dedicated to helping individuals who have experienced a brain injury live independently at home. Our innovative experts provide services and resources that empower consumers to relearn, reinvent and reconnect in their communities. We believe in a holistic, person-directed approach to care. Your goals are our goals. Our consumers work with physical, occupational, cognitive, behavioral, and speech therapists as well as Transitional Living Services staff who help consumers learn independent living skills so they can live, work and play in the community.

Job Summary:
Therapy coordinator will manage and mentor Occupational Therapy team members. Coordinator will also provide support to certified occupational therapist assistants (COTA). Therapy coordinator will work to enhance training opportunities, provide administrative leadership and expertise to all disciplines designed area. This position will also be responsible for providing direct care for consumers.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Responsible for providing specialized orientation as outlined in the Therapy Coordinators checklist.
• Assist and collaborate with Director of Rehabilitation Services on team member assignments, as needed.
• Mentor new and current therapists as it relates to correct documentation procedures, therapeutic approaches and/or other activities related to consumer services.
• Provide ongoing mentoring to new employees until efficient with Minds Matter OT procedures, protocols, documentation requirements and understanding of treatment strategies.
• Maintain, review and turn in all documentation at assigned times.
• Review and provided feedback when needed to discipline specific staff on initial evaluations, reevaluations, progress notes, and transition summaries.
• Conduct annual reviews for the respective therapy department.
• Educate families about the consequences of brain injury and communicate with them about goals and progress as needed.
• Attend trainings and workshops to maintain ability to provide the most up to date, effective and evidence-based practice.
• Organize and maintain discipline specific CEU program.
• Provide tips and techniques to team members regarding effective documentation.
• Be knowledgeable of departmental goals and objectives. Take an active role in helping the department to attain goals.
• Coordinate supervision meeting with therapy coordinator as needed to review individual cases and departmental objectives/needs.
• Assist therapist in goal setting at initial evaluation/assessment and ongoing as you work with consumers and their goals change.
• Review available job openings and therapy hours available with Director of Rehab and HR consistently to assist with occupational therapy hiring process.
• Participate in regular monthly meetings including Coordinators Q&A.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills

• Capability to work independently, specifically as it relates to setting your schedule of weekly sessions
• Great listening and teaching skills
• High degree of sensitivity towards all people
• Comfortable navigating and deescalating stressful situations
• Ability to work professionally with people one-on-one
• Capacity to effectively plan, coordinate and work within with many aspects of a consumer’s life
• Excellent time management skills
• Creativity
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to meet deadlines

Education and Experience

• Associates' Degree in Occupational Therapy Assistant program or Bachelore's degree in Occupational Therapy required.
• Must have and maintain a license from the state of Kansas.
• Must have a minimum of two (2) years experience or more as a COTA or OTR/L required.
• Some management experience preferred.

Total Compensation Package

• In addition to competitive pay, we offer a 401K, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), free CEUs for licensed staff, health insurance, dental insurance, and vision coverage to qualified employees, and generous accrual of paid time off. We also offer unique opportunities to further your brain injury specialist certification.
• What Minds Matter Therapist Appreciate: the ability to set their own hours and schedule, a work-life balance where they aren't hounded about productivity, the ability to find creative solutions to life's challenges, and a supportive work environment.
• Do meaningful work. With Minds Matter, your work makes an impact on a consumer's life from your very first session. Our therapy is applied in an individual's home and/or community - the most natural setting possible. As a result of this, our outcomes are 4-5x greater than that of other brain injury rehabilitation programs.

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