OT Tech, Acute Care Rehab Services

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Vision/Dental

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

PTO

Bereavement Leave

PTO Buyback

Retirement Match

Job summary

Baptist Health Rehab Services in Lexington, KY is seeking a Physical/Occupational Therapy Technician to support therapists and aides on-site. This full-time role involves preparing patients and treatment areas, transporting patients, and handling clerical tasks while upholding a safe, organized department.

Under direct supervision of a licensed therapist/PTA, you will contribute to onboarding volunteers and new staff, helping maintain workflow and patient care quality across the rehab services

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.

Responsibilities

• Aid Physical/Occupational Therapists and Assistants with patient care.
• Prepare patient and treatment area for therapy sessions.
• Assist in transporting patients as needed.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Summary Job Description: Physical Therapy Tech Rehab Services Full-time, First Shift Baptist Health Rehab Services provides a full range of physical, occupational, and speech therapy services for all ages. Our therapists and assistants are trained in treating neurological, orthopedic, vestibular, lymphedema, pediatrics, industrial medicine, swallowing, and speech and language disorders.

Job Description

The Physical / Occupational Therapy Technician works only under on-site supervision of a therapist / PTA. Technician is responsible for aiding the Physical / Occupational Therapists and Assistants with safe patient care. Technician will prepare the patient and/or the area for treatment. He/she is responsible for maintaining the physical order of the department. Technician will assist in transporting patients as needed. Technician will assist with clerical duties and the orientation of new employees and volunteers as needed.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED

Benefits

• Health, Vision, Dental, and Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long-term Disability and Life Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• PTO Sell Back Program
• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial assistance
• Retirement with Company Match

Full-Time 32 weekly hours (0.8 FTE) – 40 weekly hours (1.0 FTE)

About Baptist Health

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Notice of nondiscrimination and accessibility to services

Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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