Rehab Aide

Job Description

Assists Physical Therapists/Physical Therapy Assistants with patient care and clerical support.

Job Responsibility

*Primarily Sundays, per diem, as needed

• * Assists Physical Therapists/Physical Therapy Assistants with patient bed mobility/transfers/ambulation and exercises to provide assistance to patients as required by the Physical Therapists.
  • Brings Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) machine to Recovery area and initiates CPM for patients use as per MD orders.
  • Assists PT's/PTA's with patient instruction of activities of daily living.
  • Prepares hot packs, cold packs, and other treatment protocols under the direct supervision of the Physical Therapists/Physical Therapy Assistants.
  • Measures/adjusts walkers/canes/ crutches for patients.
  • Transports patients to and from Physical Therapy via wheelchair or stretcher as necessary.
• * Maintains physical therapy inpatient gym/outpatient area/8 Wollman gym: cleans equipment daily with alcohol, maintains linen supplies, changes linens on treatment tables following each patient use
  • Maintains equipment including, but not limited to, unpacking and stocking closets with equipment, i.e canes and crutches.
• * Ordering and distribution of equipment: canes/crutches for amb/surg patients, walkers/CPM's from CDPD for orthopedic patients.
  • Distributes canes to 1st floor amb/surg, walkers/CPM's to patients requiring them
  • Assists outpatient department with equipment/supply needs
  • Obtains and distributes daily OR list and orders equipment based on OR census.
• * Clerical duties include, but are not limited to: answer and direct calls, take messages, retrieve voice mail.
  • Performs other clerical duties as directed by the Clinical Manager of Physical Therapy i.e photocopying, mail rounds etc.
  • Prepares the pre-op total joint class folders and sets-up for the class.
• Performs related duties, as required.

*ADA Essential Functions

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• Experience in physical therapy, preferred.
• Knowledge of assistive devices for ambulation, patient transfer equipment (wheelchair and stretcher functions and safety), hydrocollator and CPM, required.

*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).