Rehabilitation Aide

Northwell Health; Town of Hempstead (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health in New York seeks a Patient Care Support role to prepare patients for treatment and assist Therapists during sessions. You will help transport patients, set up equipment, and position patients for procedures, ensuring a clean and organized department.

The role emphasizes teamwork with therapists and staff, handling basic data entry and supply organization. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential to support safe, efficient therapy services in a busy hospital

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• Prior patient care experience, required.
• Strong verbal, written communication and organizational skills, required. Basic computer data entry and retrieval skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepares patients for treatment by Therapist, transports patients to and from department.
• Assembles and places equipment and supplies for use.
• Places patients in position for treatment and assists in transfers.
• Assists therapists during therapy.
• Assists professional staff in ordering supplies; orders linens and maintains linen closet.
• Maintains equipment and working area in clean, orderly condition.
• Performs a variety of duties essential to the function of the department (taking messages, data entry, messenger duties).
• Transports equipment and supplies.
• Assists in workshops, as required.
• Performs related duties, as required.

Skills

Strong verbal communication

Strong written communication

Organizational skills

Basic computer data entry

Prior patient care experience

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

Prepares patients for treatment. Assists Therapists in their treatment of patients. Maintains Therapy Department in a neat and orderly fashion.

Job Responsibility

• * Prepares patients for treatment by Therapist.
  • Transports patients, independently, to and from department using stretcher or wheelchair.
  • Assembles and places equipment and supplies for use.
  • Places patients in position for treatment and assists in transfers.
• * Assists therapists during therapy.
• * Assists professional staff in ordering supplies.Orders linens and maintains linen closet in a neat and orderly condition.
• * Maintains equipment and working area in clean, orderly condition.
• * Performs a variety of duties essential to the function of the department such as taking messages, entering and retrieving basic information into/from computer, performing messenger duties, etc.
• * Transports equipment and supplies.
• * Assists in workshops, as required.
• Performs related duties, as required.

*ADA Essential Functions

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• Prior patient care experience, required.
• Strong verbal, written communication and organizational skills, required. Basic computer data entry and retrieval skills.

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).