IRF PAI Assistant

Title: IRF-PAI Assistant 

 Job Type: Full time

Your experience matters!

At Baylor St Luke's Medical Center, we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. Here, you’re not just valued as an employee, but as a person. 

The Acute Rehabilitation Unit (ARU) at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center - McNair Campus in Houston is a newly relaunched 30-bed inpatient rehab center designed to support patients recovering from serious conditions like stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, complex neurological disorders, amputation, and orthopedic injury.

Here are the standout highlights:

• Specialized Inpatient Rehab: Focused on restoring function and independence after major illness or injury.
• Expert Management: Operated by Lifepoint Rehabilitation, the largest manager of hospital-based acute rehab units in the U.S.
• 24/7 Access: The hospital operates around the clock, ensuring continuous care and support.

As an IRF-PAI Assistant joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

How you’ll contribute:
The IRF-PAI Assistant provides support to the IRF-PAI Coordinator and/or Program Director/ Designee for oversight and coordination of the timely and accurate completion of the Patient Assessment Instrument for each rehabilitation inpatient. This individual gathers, enters and edits the information contained in the PAI for each patient with review by a clinician to assure accuracy in the scoring of functional status and reflection of the patient’s care needs. In addition, this position may assist in the ongoing monitoring of identified benchmarks for the inpatient population. The Patient Assessment Instrument Assistant has access to confidential patient information and maintains confidentiality of all information.
 

Essential Functions:
ï'· Support in coordination of the IRF-PAI completion with the interdisciplinary team.
ï'· Gathering and input of data, transmission of data to Medicare.
ï'· Assists with education of staff regarding PPS and FIMS/Quality Indicators (QIs).
ï'· Assists with monitoring and management of CMS compliance.
ï'· Routine internal contacts include all clinical members of the interdisciplinary team.
ï'· External contacts are employees of the client facility.
ï'· Other duties as assigned

Qualifications and requirements:
Education:
ï'· High School Diploma or GED Equivalent
Experience:
ï'· Previous experience working in inpatient rehabilitation is preferred

 

About us
Lifepoint Rehabilitation is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone-your experience matters.

EEOC Statement

“Lifepoint Rehabilitation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Rehabilitation is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.