Rehab Aide Outpatient Physical Therapy

**Job Description Summary**

Under the direct supervision of licensed clinical staff, assists the therapists in routine tasks for therapeutic treatment of patients. Assists the department supervisor/manager in coordinating the overall department’s function and maintenance.

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**

1. **Patient Care**
- Supports licensed staff
- Assist with patient care activities as directed by therapist including but not limited to:

- Screening for early mobility
- Patient room/treatment area set ups for treatment
- Set up patients on exercise equipment
- Activities related to video fluoroscopic swallow studies
- Providing second person assist
- Providing durable medical equipment and paperwork
- Provides treatment to assigned patients as appropriate under the direct supervision of clinical staff
- Maintains departmental flow

2. **Environment and Department Maintenance/Infection Control**
- Assists in the maintenance of the department’s overall physical environment
- Maintains practices according to infection control guidelines for the department
- Monitors pool chemistry per departmental guidelines as applicable to area
- Cleans equipment per departmental guidelines
- Performs and documents quality control of identified equipment
- Documents temperature checks of identified equipment
- Performs daily, weekly, and monthly departmental checklists
- Maintains organization and cleanliness of the DME and supply closets
- Completes audits for walkers, gait belts and chairs on patient units as applicable to area

3. **Clerical Duties**:

- Performs clerical duties to assist with daily operations of the department including:

- Scheduling appointments as applicable to area
- Answering phones
- Calling patients as directed
- Inventory management
- Photocopying and filing
- Faxing
- Data collection
- Daily departmental checklists

4. **Communication**
- Communicates effectively with staff, peers, colleagues, patients, and family members
- Alerts manager/clinician to any immediate departmental/patient issues
- Appropriately uses all forms of South Shore Health communication in accordance with standard practices
- Responds in a timely manner when feedback is requested

5.** Educational Activities**
- Serves as mentor to new rehabilitation aide staff
- Actively participates in department projects/events/activities
- Actively promotes rehabilitation services to frontline colleagues, patients, and families
- Serves as ambassador for department to visitors (tours/observation of patient care)
- Assists with continuous Quality Improvement activities, as directed
- Takes responsibility for continuing professional development education

6. **Technology and Learning**
- Possesses a willingness and ability to learn and utilize new technology and procedures that continue to develop in their role and throughout the organization
- Embraces technological advances that allow us to communicate information effectively and efficiently

7. **Professional Behaviors**
- Maintain a professional and appropriate manner of conversation
- Maintain composure during stressful situations
- Complete clinical and non-clinical tasks as well as assigned activities according to policies, practice guidelines and assigned deadlines
- Utilize critical thinking and problem solving in day to day operations as well as in emergent situations
- Communicate appropriately and effectively following chain of command
- Demonstrate dependability and flexibility in meeting scheduling needs of the department

**Non-Essential Functions**
- Demonstrates willingness to identify and/or assume activities relative to the developmental needs of the department and hospital
- Performs other duties as assigned

**JOB REQUIREMENTS**

**Minimum Education - Required**

High School diploma/GED

**Minimum Work Experience**

One (1) year healthcare-related experience preferred.
Previous rehabilitation experience desirable.
Previous coursework, participation in work or volunteer experience in the area of health, fitness or athletics required

**Required Classes/Skills -**

BLS - Basic Life Support