Mobility Tech Program Supervisor-Physical Therapy

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Job Requisition ID: R00047600 Job Category: Allied Health Organization: Mobility Techs Location/s: Main Campus Jackson

Job Title: Mobility Tech Program Supervisor-Physical Therapy

Job Summary:

To supervise mobility techs, hire, fire and onboard techs. Program and staff growth and development.

Education & Experience:

Must be licensed OT or PT. 5 years of acute OT/PT experience OR 3 years of acute care experience and 2 years of rehab services supervisory experience.

Certifications, Licenses or Registration required:

OT or PT licensed in Mississippi.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

This is a dual role and percentages allocated to each role will be determined by leadership. Performs Occupational or Physical Therapy clinical duties as allowed by license. Provides supervision to mobility techs and grows program.

Responsibilities:

• Interviews and hires new mobility techs.
• Onboards and mentors new hires, ensuring that onboarding competencies are completed on time and further educational opportunities are identified.
• Partners with nursing leadership to implement and advance mobility tech program on units, and ensure existing units are running efficiently.
• Serves as mentor to mobility techs for growth and development, including ongoing job role competencies.
• Manages program statistics, with ongoing evaluation for growth and development.
• Provides oversight for the day-to-day operations, including but not limited to problem resolution; hiring and onboarding of staff; coordination of program performance improvement projects; and assisting with fiscal planning and staff performance appraisals.
• Coordinates staff work schedules and patient care assignments to ensure timely service delivery.
• Performs chart audits to ensure appropriate EMR documentation.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to modify or add to the job duties and responsibilities as necessary.

Environmental and Physical Demands:

Requires occasional exposure to bio-hazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborneparticles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional traveling to off-site locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, occasional crawling, frequent crouching/stooping, frequent kneeling, frequent pushing/pulling, constant reaching, occasional sitting, constant standing, frequent twisting, and constant walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more).

Time Type: Full time FLSA Designation/Job Exempt: No Pay Class: Hourly FTE %: 100 Work Shift: Day Benefits Eligibility: Grant Funded: No Job Posting Date: 01/05/2026 Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):