Full time (80 hours biweekly)
Weekend and holiday rotation
Includes cross-training in post-surgical, inpatient rehab, and outpatient settings
General Summary
Performs general, non-technical duties. Assists therapists and/or therapist assistants in preparing patients for therapy, treating patients, gathering supplies and regular cleaning of treatment spaces.
Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- May vary by location:
- Communicates consistently, professionally and in a timely manner.
- Completes daily cleaning of all therapy spaces in compliance with departmental cleaning policies.
- Maintains technician duties log and uploads archived logs to SharePoint.
- Transports patients to and from the department.
- Possesses the knowledge and skills to keep patients safe.
- Obtains patient vitals as needed and under the direction of a clinician, including blood pressure, pulse oximetry, respiration, and pulse.
- Prepares the treatment areas for patient care including set up, removal, cleaning, appropriately storing, and organization of equipment and supplies.
- Assists with monitoring of supply stock and informing leadership when supplies are low.
- Prepares, handles, and stores a variety of food items per policy as applicable. Monitors expiration dates and maintains a clean food prep environment compliant with regulations. This includes weekly cleaning of staff refrigerator.
- Assists clinicians with safe transfer/positioning of patients.
- Under the direct supervision of a therapist or therapist assistant, prepares for patient treatment, assists with providing care, monitors patient during treatment and cleans equipment according to policy.
- Prepares modalities, apply if directed by therapist.
- Set up of assistive technology, as directed by a therapist, in preparation for therapist’s treatment session.
- Observes patient’s precautions as related to the patient’s diagnosis.
- Ensures safety of patients, visitors and staff while receiving services. Ensures safety/maintenance of therapy area(s) and equipment, including monitoring of biomed expiration stickers for routine maintenance.
- Monitors temperatures of applicable equipment per policy.
- Cleans hydroculators, ice pack machines, and paraffin baths and document on cleaning logs
- Assists with administrative duties as assigned. This includes maintenance of our equipment inventory spreadsheet.
- Assists department in preparation for regulatory surveys, utilizing checklists to ensure compliance.
- Determines appropriate initial wheelchair seating and positioning for newly admitted patients from their demographic information and diagnosis.
- Completes maintenance and modifications for department’s durable medical equipment and fulfils wheelchair prescription requests.
- Assists with patient mealtimes, ensures safe eating, and when appropriate, carryover of safe eating strategies recommended by the therapy team.
- Provides support for patient/caregiver connectivity.
- Assists with group therapy sessions including patient education, group therapy, and support groups.
- Provides safe patient handling support on the nursing unit. This includes carryover of clinician’s recommendations for safe patient handling and for use of therapy team recommended durable medical equipment.
- Provides assistance with standing protocols, pressure relief protocols and strategies, initiating carryover of clinician-initiated home exercise programs, and provision of additional mobility opportunities outside of therapy when determined as safe and appropriate by the primary treating clinician.
- Assists all staff with other tasks. Asks team members if assistance is needed.
Common Expectations:
- Handles multiple priorities simultaneously with ease and proficiency.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient population.
- Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
- Participates in educational programs and in-service meetings when appropriate.
- Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.