Location: Erie,PA, USA
Company Overview
Shriners Children's is a family that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.
Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center. We have an opportunity for a Rehab Aide to join our team.
Job Overview
The Rehab Aide assists with age appropriate activities for pediatric patients. In this position, you'll assist the Occupational and Physical Therapists by providing therapeutic activities such as: strengthening, range of motion, massage, patient positioning, gait, transfers, splint/device application donning and doffing, and hot/cold pack application. This position also assists with inventory and ordering of department supplies as well as cleaning duties for infection control purposes. The position is a Part-Time, 12 hours per week.
Responsibilities
* Assists with set-up of equipment, patient transportation, and assists in patient treatment programs under the supervision of a therapist.
* Responsible for assisting therapists with non-direct patient care needs and tasks that will improve the patients' one-to-one treatment experience with their therapist (ie: set up and locate equipment, send faxes, make phone calls, request orders as indicated, etc).
* Ensures all equipment and supplies are organized, available and accessible in both treatment and storage areas. Maintains inventory of routinely used supplies/equipment and orders additional inventory as needed. Responsible for regularly cleaning treatment areas (including toys) and equipment; will appropriately document cleaning of the department equipment based on manufacturers guidelines and hospital policies and procedures.
* Greets patient, families, and visitors promptly, notifies therapist of patient's arrival.
* Must be willing to learn and complete basic maintenance and modification of equipment such as walkers, gait trainers, standers and wheelchairs.
This is not an all-inclusive list of this job's responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.
Qualifications
Education
High School diploma or GED
Experience
1 year experience in rehab/therapy preferred