Rehab Services Aide

Memorial Home Services; Jacksonville (IL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Memorial Home Services is seeking compassionate healthcare support staff to assist in rehabilitation services. You will work with patients and a care team to prepare treatment areas, transport patients, and maintain equipment and supplies.

The role requires strong organizational and verbal communication skills, ability to multi-task, and adherence to infection control protocols. Early certification and patient-centered care across age groups are essential.

Qualifications

• CPR certification required or must complete within 30 days of employment.
• Ability to work professionally in a team with customers, management, co-workers and physicians.
• Strong organizational and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to multi-task effectively in a health care setting.
• Exposure to infection control practices in a health care environment.
• Must perform moderately heavy physical exertion including patient transfers.
• Frequent standing, walking, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Occasional sitting and lifting/movement over 100 pounds.
• Vision abilities include close, peripheral, depth perception and focused adjustment.
• Adherence to procedures for care of equipment and supplies.

Responsibilities

• Follow established procedures for care of equipment and supplies.
• Prepare, maintain, and clean treatment areas.
• Transport patients to and from Rehabilitation Service areas.
• Transport records, equipment, and supplies as needed.
• Assist in maintaining department policies, safety, and infection control programs.
• Assist in care and maintenance of department equipment and supplies.
• Attend and participate in required meetings.
• Assist patients before and after treatments.
• Respond to patient needs and provide respectful, dignified care.
• Demonstrate age-appropriate care for all patient populations (infants to older adults).
• Perform related work as required or requested.

Skills

CPR certification

Team collaboration

Strong organizational skills

Verbal communication

Multi-tasking

Infection control

Mobility/physical effort

Patient handling

Observation of patient needs

Age-appropriate patient care

Job description

Education:

N/A

Licensure/Certification/Registry:

Certified in CPR or complete certification within 30 days of employment.

Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to work professionally, effectively, and efficiently in a team environment with customers, management, co-workers and physicians.
• Strong organizational skills a must.
• Strong verbal communication skills
• Must be able to multi-task effectively.
• General office, health care setting – exposure to infectious disease.
• Requires moderately heavy physical exertion on a regular and reoccurring basis such as assisting patients in transfer activities (wheelchair to bed, to tub, to commodes) and providing substantial support to individuals in ambulation therapy.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally required to sit.
• Occasionally lift and/or move over 100 pounds.

Specific vision abilities include close, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

• Follow established procedures pertaining to care of equipment and supplies
• Prepare, maintain, and clean up treatment areas
• Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity
• Transports patients to and from Rehabilitation Service areas
• Transports records, equipment, and supplies as needed
• Assists in maintaining department policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control programs
• Assist in care and maintenance of department equipment and supplies
• Attend and participates in meetings as required
• Performs predetermined office procedures
• Assist patients in preparation for and after treatments
• Alert to patient needs and meets them
• The employee will need to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to ages specific to the patient population for the employee’s area. This could include the following groups: infants (0-12months), children (1 year – 12 years), adolescents (13 years -18 years), adult (18 years-65 years), older adults (65 years +).
• Performs other related work as required or requested.