Description

UPMC Western Maryland is looking for a friendly Rehabilitation Aide to join their team of life-changers. As a Rehabilitation Aide, you will assist in the provision of patient care under the direct supervision of the licensed clinical staff. In addition to clinical duties, the Rehabilitation Aide provides clerical support as required by the facility. This will include scheduling patients, preparing department reports, and transporting patients as necessary May assist in the training of therapy volunteers.

Responsibilities:

• Completes assigned clerical duties such as daily logs, registration, filing patients charges and scheduling both in and out patients as requested.
• Maintains adequate medical supplies. Performs weekly inventory of medical supplies.
• Assists in the orientation and mentoring of newly hired aides and therapy volunteers as requested.
• Assists with transfer and set up of patients as requested by staff within the occupational, speech and physical therapy and nursing departments.
• Checks in and escorts patient to appropriate treatment areas, informs attending therapist of patient's presence in clinic, and awaits further direction from therapist on the next steps in patient's activities for that session.
• Assists the licensed clinicians with the nontreatment aspects of therapy services, following universal precautions, in a manner that is consistent with our core values, and consistent with the Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapy Practice Acts of practicing state.
• Answers telephone calls to the department in a polite and professional manner. Takes messages, provides information and transfers calls as needed.
• Discusses care of patients with the licensed clinicians prior to initiating patient activities. Also may assist with patient activity on nursing unit. (i.e. ding room on call bells)
• Documents statistics, activities, exercises and outcomes as directed by the licensed clinician.
• Consistently informs the attending licensed clinician of patient's verbal and non-verbal response to treatment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Previous experience as a therapy technician or nursing assistant is preferred. 

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

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