Rehabilitation Aide: Patient Care & Therapy Support

Pittsburgh Tomorrow; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Vor Ort; USD 34.000 - 52.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

UPMC Mercy's Rehabilitation Institute is seeking a full-time Rehabilitation Aide to join the team. This role supports licensed clinicians in OT, PT, SLP, PTA and COTA and may transport patients as needed.

Responsibilities include clerical duties, inventory of supplies, assisting with modalities, and aiding in patient care and training therapy volunteers; ensures safety and proper transfers. Requirements: high school diploma; prior therapy technician or CNA experience preferred.

Qualifikationen

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Previous experience as a therapy technician or nursing assistant is preferred.

Aufgaben

• Completes assigned clerical duties such as daily logs, registration, filing patients charges and scheduling both in and out patients as requested.
• Maintains adequate medical supplies. Performs weekly inventory of medical supplies and informs or assists the secretary of supplies that need ordered.
• Competently applies modalities and supports patient care in a manner consistent with the Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapy Practice Acts of practicing state.
• Assists in the orientation and mentoring of newly hired aides and therapy volunteers as requested.
• Notifies health care team members of patients whereabouts, including but not limited to when/where patient is available for treatment or returned to their room, while ensuring that all safety measures are reviewed and applied appropriately.
• Consistently reports to work for regularly scheduled shifts and breaks.
• All other duties as requested.
• Prepares and maintains the work area in a neat and orderly fashion and cleans equipment and patient care areas per approved standards.
• Demonstrates knowledge of safety, fire, evacuation, emergency care and disaster policies and procedures.
• Assists with transfer and set up of patients as requested by staff.
• Checks in and escorts patient to appropriate treatment areas, informs attending therapist of patient's presence in clinic, and awaits further direction.
• Transports patients and equipment between patient units and treatment centers.
• Assists licensed clinicians with non-treatment aspects of therapy services.
• Answers telephone calls and transfers as needed.
• Discusses care of patients with licensed clinicians prior to initiating patient activities.
• Documents statistics, activities, exercises and outcomes.
• Maintains linen supplies.

Ausbildung

High school diploma or equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

UPMC Mercy's Rehabilitation Institute is seeking a full-time Rehabilitation Aide to join the team. This role supports licensed clinicians in OT, PT, SLP, PTA and COTA and may transport patients as needed.

Responsibilities include clerical duties, inventory of supplies, assisting with modalities, and aiding in patient care and training therapy volunteers; ensures safety and proper transfers. Requirements: high school diploma; prior therapy technician or CNA experience preferred.