Rehabilitation Aide
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Rehabilitation Aide

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@ BROOKLYN S LEADING HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

MAIMONIDES: TOP TEN IN THE U.S. FOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES

We re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and provide patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children s Hospital, Brooklyn s only children s hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neurosciences Institute, Bone and Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.

We currently seek a Rehabilitation Aide to, under the supervision and guidance of a Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech Pathologist or Physical Therapy Assistant, work closely with and assist patients during their rehabilitation. Duties include transporting and instructing patients in performing simple rehabilitative tasks, preparing work areas, and other tasks as directed.

In addition, you will:

• Ensure patient care responsibilities are delivered with a knowledge of patient growth and development and are appropriate to the ages of the patients served.
• Assist patients in ambulation (including proper gait techniques), selection and measurement of appropriate assistive device, and in offering the proper amount of assistance to the patient.
• Assist patients in movement utilizing appropriate assist device and correct techniques.
• Assist therapists in all treatments deemed necessary, including: measuring for and instructing patients in the proper use of crutches; assisting patients in exercise programs; and performing passive range of motion treatment on patients.
• Schedule patients and compile daily statistics with the assistance of the Physical Therapists.
• Prepare treatment area and equipment (eg. assure area is clean, put linen on treatment plinth; make sure adequate supplies and proper equipment are on hand). Returns equipment to proper place when not in use.
• Guide patients onto the treatment table/mat, assist patients in dressing and positioning and draping of patients; Help patients to the bathroom as necessary.
• Notify primary nurse when leaving the rehabilitation area with a patient; Transport patients to and from the gymnasium and check the daily schedule for discharges.
• Clean mats daily, wheelchairs weekly, hot pack machines monthly, and walkers and other equipment periodically, including changing the linen on mats and plinths between uses; Order, stack, and maintain linen supply from laundry.
• Maintain established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

We require:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• 6 months' experience in rehabilitation or as a hospital aide or orderly preferred
• Bilingual (Spanish, Cantonese/Mandarin, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic) preferred

Salary: $45,129. We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package. This is a unique opportunity to be part of the Hospital Union.

Rehabilitation Aide, for immediate consideration, please email: ...@maimo.org

Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard for race, creed (religion), color, sex, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, marital status or domestic violence victim status, citizenship status, or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. MMC is committed to following the requirements of the New York State Human Rights Law with regard to non-discrimination on the basis of prior criminal conviction and prior arrest.