Rehabilitation Technician - Registry

Rehabilitation Technician

By joining our team, you'll be part of our life-changing mission and vision. You'll work in a truly inclusive environment where diversity and equity are championed through words and actions. You'll contribute to an innovative culture that is second to none, one that embraces curiosity, discovery, and compassion. You'll play a role in something that's never been done before as we integrate science and clinical care to help patients achieve better, faster outcomes - as we advance human ability, together.

Job Description

• Prepares patients for treatments or evaluation, assisting them as necessary to undress and don garments or treatment aids.
• Transfers, moves, and ambulates patients to and from department with wheelchair or stretcher.
• Assists therapist in direct patient care activities such as sensory stimulation, training programs, gait training.
• Assists therapist in patient care during treatment sessions such as exercise and weight training programs, hydrotherapy, and gait training.
• Conducts therapeutic regime for patients, which includes reinforcing learnings in self-care activities such as feeding, dressing, bathing, and memory training.
• Observes patients and reports reactions or changes in condition immediately to supervising nurse or therapist.
• Fabricates equipment adaptations for patients.
• Maintains adaptive equipment inventory including issuing supplies to staff and notifying appropriate personnel of deficiencies.
• Maintains clinic area in a neat organized manner and performs infection control procedures including disinfecting equipment.
• Maintains food inventory for patient use including shopping for needed supplies, dating, and rotating current supply.
• Performs clerical support when needed including reception duties, file maintenance, document distribution, library maintenance, and retrieval of medical records.
• Cleans and maintains SRAlab rental wheelchairs.
• Delivers/stores supplies and equipment received from Central Supply.
• Performs all other duties that may be assigned in the best interest of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.

Reporting Relationships

• Reports directly to assigned Clinical Manager

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent education.
• Minimum 1 year of experience as a physical therapy aide, occupational therapy aide, or related health care experience with knowledge of patient care methods procedures and techniques.
• Understanding of the growth and development of adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Communicates effectively using verbal, non-verbal, and written communication.
• Ability to take ownership for serving the customer, team, and organization for achieving goals and for resolving problems.
• Willingly adapts to changing work demands and work environment.
• Demonstrates critical thinking skills and makes sound judgments to monitor and respond to patient needs or changes in condition.
• Anticipates, assesses, and addresses the needs of patients, internal and external customers to positively influence the patient/customer experience (directly or indirectly).
• Ability to transfer and position patients, consistent with lifting up to 35 lbs.

Working Conditions

• Normal office environment with little or no exposure to dust or extreme temperature.
• Exposure to moderately adverse working conditions in performing certain patient care activities.
• Occasional exposure to infectious diseases when working with patients.

Pay and Benefits

• Pay Range: $20.00 per hour

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab offers a comprehensive benefits program that is competitive with our industry peers in our geographic locations. Benefits and benefits' eligibility can vary by position.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.