Requisition Number: 2026-5973
Type of Position: Full-Time
Location: Fresno, CA
Overview
Director of Inpatient Acute Rehabilitation
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, California
Signet Health, a national acute rehabilitation and behavioral health management company, is seeking a leader for the position of Director of Inpatient Acute Rehabilitation to oversee the 32-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, California.
With support from Signet’s national team of experts, you will drive CMS compliance, optimize interdisciplinary collaboration, and build a culture where your team thrives, and patients achieve their highest potential.
If you have a deep understanding of CMS regulations, IRF-PPS, QI, CARF, and hospital accreditation entities, join us and lead the program that sets the standards for a hospital-based IRF.
**Signet Health offers a highly competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.**
Requirements/Qualifications
Requirements & Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in a clinical healthcare discipline preferred; a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a related clinical healthcare field (RN, PT, OT, ST, SW); MHA and MBA also considered.
- Experience as a Director of Inpatient Rehabilitation is required.
- Experience working in a short-term acute care hospital is preferred.
- Demonstrates exceptional skills in all forms of communication – verbal, written, formal, informal.
- Works attentively with others in a spirit of teamwork and collaboration.
- Experience in developing and executing a strategic outreach plan to build a robust referral pipeline
- Ability to utilize metrics (CMI, Functional Gain, Length of Stay, Discharge Destination)from tools like UDSMR/PEM reports to benchmark performance, drive quality improvement, and manage productivity.
- Proven ability to collaborate with Physiatrists and referring physicians to drive appropriate admissions, medical necessity documentation, and a high-performing interdisciplinary team culture.
- Demonstrate expert knowledge of CMS IRF PPS, the 60% Rule, and IRF-PAI compliance, etc., to ensure optimal reimbursement and pass state/federal/MAC audits.
- In collaboration with Signet’s clinical, operations and financial resources, implement our quality driven model of interdisciplinary rehabilitation.