H-1B Visa Rehabilitation Assistant Jobs
Rehabilitation Assistant jobs with H-1B visa sponsorship sit at an important crossroads: the role typically requires a relevant degree in kinesiology, occupational therapy assisting, or a related field for employers to build a qualifying specialty occupation case. Sponsors file a Labor Condition Application with DOL and an I-129 petition with USCIS, covering you for up to three years initially.
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INTRODUCTION
NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hospital is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices, and serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the entire borough. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.
Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Assistant Nurse Manager Acute Rehabilitation and Neuroscience.
In this role, the successful candidate provides clinical leadership and management for a designated time-period (shift) for a patient care unit (or clinical service in operative and ambulatory settings), consistent with the philosophy and goals of the institution, departments of nursing, unit, or program. Assists the nurse manager to develop and sustain an environment of excellence in patient/family service, growth and development of staff, and to apply evidence-based practice to improve patient care.
Job Responsibilities:
- Fosters a culture embedded in NYULHs tripartite mission: to serve, to teach, and to discover. (AONL-Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
- Collaborates with interprofessional team to ensure excellence in quality, patient experience, and efficiency.
- Develops positive and productive relationships across disciplines to establish strategic partnerships to achieve shared goals. (AONL-Communication & Relationship Management)
- Facilitates and supports positive and productive work and care environments, founded in the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Demonstrates a steadfast commitment to engaging and meaningfully recognizing staff. (AONL-Business Skills & Principles)
- Demonstrates a commitment to lifelong professional growth and development (AONL-Leader Within)
- Collaborates with nurse manager on interviews and ensures that employees are appropriately selected, on-boarded, oriented, educated, and evaluated. Supports clinical rotations of students as part of partnerships for school affiliations. (AONL-Business Skills & Principles)
- Evaluates the performance, and assesses practice, of designated personnel in a fair and transparent manner. (AONL-Communication & Relationship Management)
- Serves as role model and resource for staff. Develops and manages employees through the promotion of professional growth and development, mentoring, appreciative coaching, counseling, and progressive discipline, as appropriate, in alignment with the principles of a caring, fair, professional work environment. (AONL-Leader Within)
- Monitors attendance of staff. Ensures appropriate staffing and skill mix to optimize patient outcomes and safety, while promoting fiscal responsibility. (AONL-Business Skills & Principles)
- Coordinates care delivery and assignment of staff based upon identified patient care needs and clinical competency for optimal unit operation and patient outcomes.
- Assists in scheduling, payroll and integrating services across the care continuum. (AONL-Professionalism, Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
- Provides direct patient care as needed to support the clinical operations of the unit.
- Provides leadership support of other unit(s) in the service. (AONL-Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
- Holds self and others accountable for the delivery of exemplary care in a cost-efficient manner (AONL-Professionalism, Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
- Assists with maintaining accreditation, regulatory standards, service standards and policies at the organizational, local, state and federal level. (AONL-Professionalism, Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
- Communicates with clarity and integrity to build trust with all stakeholders.
- Communicates significant patient care issues, family concerns, safety, risk management concerns and critical events to leadership on duty at the time, seeks consultation and assistance when indicated, and reports to the Nurse Manager or Director in timely manner.
- Communicates regularly with the Nurse Manager about patient safety, clinical practice, staff performance, and participates in implementation of unit initiatives. (AONL-Professionalism) (AONL-Communication & Relationship Management)
- Participates in the drafting of nursing and organizational policy, engaging front-line staff, incorporating the precepts of shared governance (AONL-Professionalism, Knowledge of the Health Care Environment, Communication & Relationship Management)
- Supports data collection in collaboration with the nurse manager and interprofessional team. Analyzes and utilizes data to drive practice changes that integrate quality, safety, patient experience, and productivity metrics to achieve excellence in patient and nursing outcomes. (AONL-Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
- Assists leadership team in maintaining licenses, certifications, mandated learnings and content for unit staff. (AONL-Leadership Within)
- Fosters high reliability concepts within the unit/organizational structure (AONL-Business Skills & Principles)
- Fosters a culture of inquiry, innovation and transformation with a focus on the future.
- Participates in and fosters staff involvement in nursing research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice efforts.
- Leads and supports developing of new insights to complex situations, innovative designs, and programs/processes (AONL-Leadership)
- Exercises independent judgment in the course of these duties: discipline of employees including suspension and discharge, evaluation of staff, approval time off requests, assigning work to staff, part of the decision making team regarding hiring staff.
Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State,
Baccalaureate degree in Nursing,
2 Years experience required,
Clinical certification in the patient population served or nurse leader certification
Ability to apply nursing process toward achievement of specific outcomes in an organized fashion to address patient/family satisfaction and quality indicators,
Evidence of excellent communication (both oral and written), interpersonal, organization, critical thinking, problem solving, and leadership skills,
Basic Life Support Certification through the American Heart Association,
Physical stamina, manual, dexterity, visual and aural acuity to perform responsibilities. Required to handle and move reasonably heavy weight.
Required Licenses: Registered Nurse License-NYS, Basic Life Support Cert
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree in nursing or health-related area
Two or more years of clinical practice in the care of the patient population served.
Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.
At NYU Langone Health, we are committed to supporting our workforce and their loved ones with a comprehensive benefits and wellness package. Our offerings provide a robust support system for any stage of life, whether it's developing your career, starting a family, or saving for retirement. The support employees receive goes beyond a standard benefit offering, where employees have access to financial security benefits, a generous time-off program and employee resources groups for peer support. Additionally, all employees have access to our holistic employee wellness program, which focuses on seven key areas of well-being: physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care. The benefits and wellness package is designed to allow you to focus on what truly matters. Join us and experience the extensive resources and services designed to enhance your overall quality of life for you and your family.
NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.
View Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal. NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $142,687.99 - $166,950.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Rehabilitation Assistant
Match your degree to the role's duties
H-1B eligibility hinges on your degree field directly relating to the job duties. A kinesiology, exercise science, or occupational therapy assistant degree strengthens your specialty occupation argument far more than a general health sciences credential does.
Look up prevailing wages before applying
Use the OFLC Wage Search to find the DOL prevailing wage for your SOC code and target city before interviews. Employers must pay at least that level, so knowing it protects you during offer negotiations and flags underpaying positions early.
Target employers with multi-site LCA history
Rehabilitation settings like hospital networks and outpatient chains often place assistants across multiple facilities. Confirm your sponsor will file a separate certified LCA for each worksite where you'll work, not one blanket filing covering unlisted locations.
Find sponsors using Migrate Mate's verified data
Filter your job search to employers with documented H-1B LCA filing history for rehabilitation roles on Migrate Mate. This cuts out positions where sponsorship is advertised loosely but the employer has never actually filed for this occupation.
Clarify specialty occupation framing with HR early
Ask hiring managers how they document the degree requirement in the job description before you get to offer stage. Employers who explicitly tie the role to a specific degree field have an easier path through USCIS review than those listing a degree as preferred.
Understand the cap and your timing options
H-1B cap selection rules have changed recently, so check USCIS for current registration timelines. If you're already on OPT or another status, your start date and cap-gap eligibility affect when your employer needs to file the I-129.
H-1B Visa Rehabilitation Assistant: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Rehabilitation Assistant role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the employer structures the position. Rehabilitation Assistant roles do not automatically qualify because the occupation doesn't universally require a specific bachelor's degree. However, employers who document that the role requires a degree in kinesiology, exercise science, or a directly related field can make a defensible specialty occupation case with USCIS. The job description language matters significantly during adjudication.
Which degree fields give the strongest H-1B specialty occupation argument for this role?
Kinesiology, exercise science, occupational therapy assisting, physical therapy assisting, and health sciences with a rehabilitation focus are the degree fields that most directly support the specialty occupation requirement. A general business or unrelated science degree will face greater scrutiny. O*NET lists the typical education requirements for rehabilitation support roles, which employers reference when drafting the job description and LCA.
How do I find employers who actually sponsor H-1B visas for Rehabilitation Assistant positions?
Search Migrate Mate to browse employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history specifically for rehabilitation and therapy support roles. Many healthcare employers advertise sponsorship broadly but have never filed for this particular occupation code, so filtering by documented filing history saves significant time and avoids dead-end applications.
What happens to my H-1B status if I move between clinic locations with the same employer?
Each worksite requires its own certified Labor Condition Application. If your employer moves you to a new facility not covered by the original LCA, they must file an amended LCA with DOL and potentially an amended I-129 petition with USCIS before you begin working at that location. Confirm this process with HR before accepting any reassignment to avoid an unauthorized worksite situation.
How long does H-1B status last for a Rehabilitation Assistant and can it be extended?
USCIS initially grants H-1B status for up to three years. Your employer can file an extension petition to reach a six-year maximum in H-1B status. Beyond six years, continued extensions are only available if you're on an approved immigrant visa track, such as an employer-sponsored green card process that began before the five-year mark.