Rehabilitation Technician

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading health care provider as a Rehabilitation Technician, responsible for assisting in the delivery of care and maintaining treatment facilities. The role involves supporting licensed professionals while ensuring an organized and clean environment for patient services, essential for high-quality rehabilitation. Candidates should possess strong interpersonal skills and a high school diploma, preferably with experience in a medical setting.

Benefits

Comprehensive Health Benefits

Retirement Savings and Pension Plans

Loan Forgiveness Programs

Paid Holidays and Vacation

College tuition discounts

Qualifications

• One year of experience in a hospital or health care facility.
• Ability to establish successful relationships with patients and coworkers.
• Basic Life Support certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist licensed personnel with treatment of patients.
• Maintain treatment areas to ensure cleanliness.
• Log daily maintenance activities for equipment.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Manual dexterity

Communication skills

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

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NYC Health + Hospitals provided pay range

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Base pay range

$55,672.00/yr - $55,672.00/yr

Marketing Statement

NYC Health + Hospitals/Carter is a state-of-the-art facility with a 5-Star CMS Quality Rating, equipped with 164-bed Skilled Nursing Facility and 201-bed Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) based in Harlem. Carter excels at providing quality medical, sub-acute, rehabilitative and long-term specialty services for individuals in need of medically-complex care like ventilator weaning. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies our ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnership.

From more than 600 Nursing Homes, Carter ranks #6 in Newsweek’s Best Nursing Homes in New York 2024; and also received a high-performance rating for Short-term Rehabilitation from U.S. News & World Report’s Best Nursing Homes in America 2024.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

Position Overview: Assists in the provision of technical services, escorting, cleaning, maintaining the equipment and/or paraprofessional treatment/services to patients/residents when set-up is done by licensed professional and/or under the direct supervision, when required, of duly licensed staff member of the Rehabilitation Department.

Responsibilities

• Obtain equipment, materials and supplies from storage areas and position them as required for use by patients/residents as per the directions of the licensed professional. Rehab Technician to call for the supplies including stationary forms, laundry supplies, etc.
• Maintain treatment areas in order to ensure cleanliness and readiness for the treatment of patient/resident. This include disinfection mats and tabletops as per the Infection Control Manual and maintaining the general supplies to the appropriate storage areas. Maintain monthly log for cleaning of different departmental areas.
• Assist licensed personnel with treatment of patients/residents in clinic area as directed by licensed professional.
• Maintain temperature log daily for refrigerators in the clinical areas.
• Maintain hydrocollator tank by monitoring water level daily and adjusting temperature controls, cleaning tank as per manufacturer’s recommendations (2x a month). Rehab Technician to maintain a logbook of everyday temperature, daily water level and cleaning schedule/logbook.
• Maintain paraffin bath tank by monitoring wax level daily and adjusting temperature controls, cleaning tank as per manufacturer’s recommendations (every month). Rehab Technician to maintain a logbook of everyday temperature, daily wax level and cleaning schedule/logbook
• Maintain and log monthly inventory supplies and equipment; inform supervisor when requisitions are needed to replenish supplies, make Purchase Orders, maintain organization of storage areas; shelve new stocks
• Maintain and keep written report of monthly inventory of wheelchairs; Check the appropriate nametag of the wheelchairs.
• Assemble and adjust assistive/adaptive equipment under the direction of licensed personnel.
• Escort residents and patients to and from rehabilitation gym areas or other location assigned by treating therapist or supervisor according to scheduled appointments.
• Maintain the attendance schedule for each resident’s therapy appointment. Communicate with Therapists and Supervisors the reason for patient’s/resident’s absence or lateness to scheduled therapy appointment.
• Rehab Technician to deliver and collect mail, wheelchair cushions, etc. for Rehabilitation Department.
• Perform other duties as requested by licensed personnel to ensure the delivery of rehabilitation services.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• One year of satisfactory experience as described in "Examples of Typical Tasks" in a hospital, health care or medical facility; or
• One year of satisfactory experience in providing non-professional nursing or medical support services in a hospital, health care or medical facility and satisfactory completion of a training program responsive to the level of the prescribed duties. Also the following:
• Ability to establish successful interpersonal relationships with patients and co-workers.
• Good knowledge of methods and procedures used in applying rehabilitative, physical or occupational therapeutic treatment.
• Good manual dexterity.
• Ability to effectively carry out oral and written instructions.
  
  

Department Preferences

• Minimum of High School Diploma; Allied health Certification in Rehabilitation Tech or CNA is preferred.
• At least 1-2 years of satisfactory experience as a rehabilitation tech, PT aide or CNA
• Ability to work effectively as part of healthcare team and possess good communication skills
• Basic Life support certification
• Basic computer skills with knowledge in Microsoft office
  
  

How To Apply

If you wish to apply for this position, please apply online by clicking the "Apply for Job" button

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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