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The University of Miami UHealth at SoLé Mia opening September 2025, will bring high-quality academic medicine to North Miami, Aventura, and surrounding communities. Our expert team of physicians and staff will represent a wide range of specialties, including NCI–designated Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the number one eye hospital in the nation. UHealth at SoLé Mia will also deliver the latest in urologic treatments from the renowned Desai Sethi Urology Institute as well as top-notch care from UHealth’s nationally ranked neurology and neurosurgery programs.

The University of Miami UHealth – Department of Physical Therapy at SoLé Mia has an exciting opportunity for a full time Clinical Director, Physical Therapy.

The Director, Physical Therapy Operations organizes, develops, directs, and supervises all aspects of physical therapy operations, under current applicable federal, state, and local standards, regulations, and guidelines to assure that the highest degree of quality care is always rendered.

The Director, Physical Therapy Operations manages the staffing and scheduling to provide adequate coverage for patient treatments and for the preparation and monitoring of financial and budgeting concerns. The incumbents represents physical therapy operations in hospital meetings and participates as key member of hospital leadership. This position maintains open and ongoing communication with the hospital leadership to ensure patient, staff, and hospital needs are met.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS                                                                                                     

Maintains physical and occupational guidelines by assisting in updating practices, policies, and procedures.

Maintains clinical PT & OT operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel practices, policies, and procedures. Conducts daily, weekly, and monthly analysis of productivity that affects the financial success of the business unit.

Assures quality of care by contributing to hospital and PT Department’s philosophies and standards of care, enforcing adherence to state board of PT & OT, and state PT & OT practice act requirements, and to other governing agency regulations, and measuring health outcomes against standards.

Maintains PT & OT staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training PT / OT staff, and auxiliary support staff.

Completes patient care requirements by assigning and coordinating appropriate therapist team.

Maintains PT /OT staff service and productivity results by coaching, counseling, and providing corrective feedback and/or disciplinary interventions to  employees.

Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to staff, patients and their friends and families. Promotes patients’ independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching and counseling patients, and reinforcing patients’ understanding of disease, medications, and self-care.

Resolves patient needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.

Maintains a safe and clean working environment by designing and implementing related procedures, rules, and regulations.

Accounts for the collection of data to ensure performance improvement and optimal customer service standards.  

Assures all staff meet mandatory continuing education requirements and yearly hospital-based competencies.

Facilitates team communication for alignment on departmental initiatives and advances in education and evidence-based practice                    

Provides insight on the unit(s) operations to PT Department leadership to assist in the development of strategic planning and departmental expansion. Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures. 

Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.

Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures. 

Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS                                                                                                    

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Minimum 5 years of relevant experience

Any relevant education, certifications and/or work experience may be considered.

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

Knowledge of business and management principles.

Ability to direct, manage, implement, and evaluate department operations.

Ability to establish department goals and objectives that support the strategic plan.

Ability to effectively plan, delegate and/or supervise the work of others.

Ability to lead, motivate, develop and train others.

Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

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