UPMC
Location: Wellsboro,PA, USA
Date: 2024-11-23T11:27:47Z
Job Description:
**Join Our Team as a Casual Rehabilitation Aide!**Are you looking for a flexible and rewarding role in healthcare? UPMC is seeking a dedicated Rehabilitation Aide to provide essential support at UPMC Outpatient Therapy in Mansfield and Route 6 Physical and Aquatic Therapy in Wellsboro. This is an exciting opportunity to work on an as-needed basis, covering staff vacations and call-offs, with hours between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.**Why You'll Love This Role:**+ **Flexible Schedule:** Enjoy the flexibility of working on an as-needed basis, perfect for balancing work with other commitments.+ **Dynamic Work Environment:** Provide support in both clinical and clerical capacities, ensuring a varied and engaging workday.+ **Team Collaboration:** Work under the direct supervision of licensed clinical staff, including OT, PT, SLP, PTA, and COTA, and be part of a supportive and collaborative team.+ **Professional Growth:** Gain valuable experience and skills in a healthcare setting, with opportunities to assist in training therapy volunteers.**Key Responsibilities:**+ **Clerical Duties:** Complete daily logs, registration, filing patient charges, and scheduling appointments.+ **Supply Management:** Maintain and inventory medical supplies, ensuring the facility is well-stocked.+ **Patient Care Support:** Apply modalities and support patient care in line with Occupational, Physical, and Speech Therapy Practice Acts.+ **Mentorship:** Assist in the orientation and mentoring of newly hired aides and therapy volunteers.+ **Patient Safety:** Notify healthcare team members of patients' whereabouts and ensure all safety measures are applied.+ **Work Area Maintenance:** Keep the work area neat and orderly, clean equipment, and patient care areas.+ **Patient Assistance:** Help with patient transfers, set up, and escorting patients to treatment areas.+ **Transportation:** Safely transport patients and equipment between units and treatment centers.+ **Non-Treatment Support:** Assist licensed clinicians with non-treatment aspects of therapy services.+ **Communication:** Answer department phone calls professionally, take messages, provide information, and transfer calls.+ **Documentation:** Record statistics, activities, exercises, and outcomes as directed by licensed clinicians.**Join Our Team of Life Changers!**If you're ready to join an amazing team and make a real difference in patients' lives, apply today and discover where your career can take you with UPMC.+ **Educational Requirements:** High school diploma or equivalent is required.+ **Preferred Experience:** Previous experience as a therapy technician or nursing assistant is preferred.+ **Instructional Skills:** Ability to follow both verbal and written instructions effectively.**Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:**+ **CPR Certification:** Must obtain CPR certification based on AHA standards, including both didactic and skills demonstration components within 30 days of hire.+ **Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification**+ **Clearances:**+ Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal+ Act 33 with renewal+ Act 34 with renewal+ Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal**UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran**
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