Rehab Tech I

HMG; United States; On-site; USD 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Holston Medical Group, part of the Optum family, is a multispecialty clinic serving northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. We are seeking a Rehab Technician to assist OT/PT professionals, prepare treatment areas, and help guide patients through therapy plans.

Under supervision, you will support exercise programs, wound and burn care, aquatic therapy, and EMR documentation, while maintaining a safe, clean work setting and fostering strong patient and team relationships.

Qualifications

• High School or GED required.
• Must possess excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate with others.

Responsibilities

• Provide assistance where needed to the OT and PT professionals in caring for patients.
• Prepare/clean beds and perform treatment set-ups as instructed.
• Wash and fold towels/linens.
• Provide guidance to patients only under the supervision of the OT/PT Professional in treatment plans.
• Work with patients performing exercise, ensuring to adhere to the treatment plan provided.
• Assist with burn/wound care, pain management, and aquatic therapy.
• Document patient information as needed utilizing the EMR (Electronic Medical Records).
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment/and equipment.
• Build quality relationships with patients, physicians/providers, and co-workers.

Skills

Excellent communication

Team player

Education

High School or GED

Job description

Job Category: Clinical Technical NonExempt

Requisition Number: REHAB004117

• Full-Time
• On-site

Locations

Showing 1 location

Kingsport, TN 37660, USA

Description

Explore opportunities with Holston Medical Group, part of the Optum family of businesses. Holston Medical Group combines the personal feel of a community-based practice with the strength, resources and career opportunities of a leading national health care organization. As a multispecialty clinic offering care across northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia, our teams deliver high-quality, value-based care that exceeds expectations while making care easier, more affordable and more accessible. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Pay Range: $15.50 - $19.70

General Summary: The Rehab Technician is responsible for assisting the Rehabilitation professionals in providing treatment to patients. The Rehab Tech cleans and prepares the beds/treatment areas and provides set up as needed. Under the supervision of the OT/PT Therapist, the Rehab Tech will guide patients through treatment plans, pain management modalities, burn and wound care, aquatic therapy programs, and will complete patient scheduling. This position will reinforce patient instructions in exercise programs of passive, resistive exercises, general conditioning, breathing and back exercises. Main Responsibilities:

• Provide assistance where needed to the OT and PT professionals in caring for patients
• Prepare/clean beds and perform treatment set‑ups as instructed
• Wash and fold towels/linens
• Provide guidance to patients only under the supervision of the OT/PT Professional in treatment plans
• Work with patients performing exercise, ensuring to adhere to the treatment plan provided
• Assist with burn/wound care, pain management, and aquatic therapy
• Document patient information as needed utilizing the EMR (Electronic Medical Records)
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment/and equipment
• Build quality relationships with patients, physicians/providers, and co-workers

Education/Experience/Knowledge:

• High School or GED required
• Must possess excellent communication skills
• Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate with others

Physical/Mental Demands: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential : Communication with others to exchange or express information and ideas. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine distinctions in sounds. Determine the accuracy, neatness, thoroughness of the work assigned and perceive general observations. Remaining upright on the feet, particularly 75% of the time. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist and/ or by bending leg and spine. Extending the hands and arms in any direction. Exerting force upon an object so that an object moves away/toward the force. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature. Perform with frequent interruptions and/ or distractions. Make appropriate job decisions following standard office policies and past precedents. Adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate. Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with co-workers and the public. Ability to interact appropriately with colleagues and patients for different purposes and different context. Heavy work excreting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move object.

Marginal : Must be able to remain in a stationary position at least 25% of the time. Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips. Work independently and identify potentially more effective methods of work operations. Observing an area that can be seen up and down or to right or left while eyes are fixed on a given point. Ability to identify and distinguish colors. Occasionally operates computer and other machinery.

Disclaimer : The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

All job requirements are subject to possible revision to reflect changes in the position requirements or to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities

Preferred

High School or better in General Studies.

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