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Chief of Rehabilitation Services
UCI Series Concepts
Class Specifications - H.80
Chief of Rehabilitation Services - 9448
Associate Chief of Rehabilitation Services - 9449
April, 1973
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SERIES CONCEPT
Chiefs and Associate Chiefs of Rehabilitation Services plans organize,
and direct the rehabilitation services program of a campus
Neuropsychiatric Institute or medical facility engaged in teaching,
research and clinical services; and perform other related duties as
required.
Incumbents typically develop, coordinate and supervise a program for the
rehabilitation of patients through organized individual and group
therapeutic activities; formulate and administer department objectives,
policies and procedures; coordinate rehabilitation programs with those
of other departments and services of the institution; consult and
collaborate with other professional staff; supervise a staff of
rehabilitation personnel engaged in occupational therapy, recreation
therapy, music therapy, physical therapy and/or vocational
rehabilitation counseling; recruit, select, and train personnel, and
evaluate their performance; coordinate the instruction in rehabilitation
therapy with the total teaching program of the Institute and of the
University; initiate, plan, and conduct rehabilitation research programs
in cooperation with research personnel; plan, direct, and supervise
intern training programs coordinating with other training programs and
with various colleges and universities whose students intern at the
Institute; organize, administer, and control departmental budget,
personnel, space, and equipment and coordinate with other departments
and services; and keep records and prepare reports as necessary and
required.
Incumbents may engage in consultation and teaching with other
departments and agencies; may participate in the training of other
personnel such as psychiatric residents, medical students, social
workers, nurses and technicians; may serve on thesis committees of
graduate students and supervise their clinical studies; may consult on
curriculum revisions and clinical training; may independently plan and
conduct research studies in rehabilitation, write and publish articles
and participate in the total research program of the Institute; may
write and present papers at conferences and workshops; may prepare and
deliver lectures related to rehabilitation programs; may establish and
maintain cooperative relationships with appropriate public and private
agencies; and may interpret the rehabilitation services program to
interested individuals.
Classes in the Chief of Rehabilitation Services series are distinguished
from other therapist classes in that incumbents typically have
management responsibility for a total rehabilitation services program
or for one or more major divisions of a rehabilitation services program.
The series consists of two levels based on varying degrees of
administrative, managerial, and/or supervisory responsibility and on the
size, nature and/or complexity of the rehabilitation services programs.
Associate Chief of Rehabilitation Services is the first management
level and Chief of Rehabilitation Services is the second management
level.
CLASS CONCEPTS
Chief of Rehabilitation Services
Under medical direction, incumbents are responsible for planning;
administering and directing all phases of a large and varied
rehabilitation services program usually employing 12 or more
professional therapists to meet institutional objectives of teaching,
research and clinical services.
Incumbents typically perform the range of duties outlined in the Series
Concept. As a guide to help determine the scope and complexity of the
second management level, incumbents typically coordinate clinical and
academic goals in collaboration with subordinate supervisors,
affiliating colleges and universities and with specialty staff; and may
in addition supervise Associate Chief of Rehabilitation Services
incumbents who are responsible for administering and developing child or
adult division rehabilitation programs, associated training and
service programs, and clinical studies.
Associate Chief of Rehabilitation Services
Under medical direction, incumbents are either (a) assigned responsibility for
planning, administering and directing a medium-sized rehabilitation
services program usually employing 5 professional therapists to meet
institutional objectives in teaching, research and clinical service or
(b) are assigned responsibility for planning and implementing an adult or
child rehabilitation program reporting to the Chief of Rehabilitation
Services in a large and varied rehabilitation services program.
Incumbents who are in charge of a total rehabilitation services program
of medium size and directly supervise professional therapists, typically
perform the range of duties outlined in the Series Concept.
As head of a child or adult division of a rehabilitation services
program, incumbents typically coordinate their programs with other
departments and multi-disciplinary treatment teams in clinical services;
participate in policy decisions affecting the total child or adult in
clinical services; plan and coordinate clinical and preclinical
experiences within child or adult programs and supervise professional
therapists engaged in music therapy, recreation therapy, physical
therapy, occupational therapy and vocational rehabilitation counseling.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Chief of Rehabilitation Services
Current registration in American Occupational Therapy Association, or
National Association of Music Therapy, or other recognized national
credentials for professional therapists; Master's degree in
rehabilitation/therapeutic or related field; four years of progressively
responsible experience including two years of supervisory and
administrative experience in a rehabilitation program for
emotionally disturbed, mentally retarded or physically handicapped; and
concurrent or supplemental experience in conducting training and
research programs in rehabilitation.
Associate Chief of Rehabilitation Services
Current registration in American Occupational Therapy Association, or
National Association of Music Therapy, or other recognized national
credentials for professional therapists; Master's degree in
rehabilitation/therapeutic or related field; two years of progressively
responsible experience including one year of supervisory and
administrative experience in a rehabilitation program for emotionally
disturbed, mentally retarded or physically handicapped; and concurrent
or supplemental experience in conducting training and/or research
programs in rehabilitation.
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