Rehab Aide Jobs

Outstanding opportunity for a part time Rehab Aide for our East Bridgewater, MA physical therapy clinics. The rehab aide will be responsible for assisting in the preparation and execution of patient treatment and maintaining therapeutic equipment in a Physical Therapy setting. The Rehab Aide may be asked to help with some front desk duties.

Hours: Part time. May need to work some evenings

Position Summary

As a Rehab Aid at Bay State, you will be assisting in the preparation and execution of patient treatment, maintaining therapeutic equipment, and assisting the front desk in a Physical Therapy setting under the supervision of a Licensed Physical Therapist (PT) or Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA).

Essential Functions

Clinical: Assists the Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants by:

• Performs general light cleaning such as washing, drying, folding, and putting away laundry, organizing equipment and supplies, and vacuuming as needed.
• Sets up exercise equipment in treatment areas as needed by pushing, wheeling, or carrying equipment.
• Maintains a high level of customer service by greeting and introducing oneself to patients prior to beginning interaction with the patients.
• Prepares patients with heat/ice before treatments as appropriate.
• Performs treatment space maintenance after each patient treatment by cleaning and sanitizing all surfaces; changing table paper and pillowcases and ensuring treatment areas are always stocked with towels and related supplies.
• Assists the PT or PTA while performing therapeutic exercise elements of treatment including providing equipment to patient, helping patient to follow therapeutic exercise sequencing as prescribed by PT, and providing exercise cuing for form when needed.
• Maintains inventory of supplies.

Administrative: Assists the Front Desk Staff by:

• Answers questions about organization and provides callers with address, directions, and other information while keeping PHI secure.
• Welcomes on-site visitors, determines nature of business, and announces visitors to appropriate personnel.
• Takes and delivers messages or transfers calls to voice mail when appropriate personnel are unavailable.
• Schedules patients for appointments and "re-call" appointments in an efficient and productive manner; including confirming initial evaluations 24 hours prior to the scheduled appointment.
• Able to answer multiple phone lines, determines purpose of callers, and forwards calls to appropriate personnel as needed.
• Schedules patients for follow up visits as laid out per PT prescribed plan of care.

In addition:

• Complies with all company policies and procedures
• Maintains regular and punctual attendance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Strong computer skills
• Able to maintain confidentiality
• Strong customer service skills
• Professional demeanor
• Able to handle some heavy lifting, up to 25 pounds.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organization and time management skills
• Ability to work varying hours throughout the week

Preferred Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent

Environment and/or Physical Factors

This position works in an indoor clinic setting, with direct exposure to co-workers and patients in close proximity. This position may be required to wear personal protective equipment. The environment is clean and temperature controlled.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
• Mobility – The ability to move independently, stand, sit, bend, twist, reach, squat, kneel, climb, jump, or other bodily movements for prolonged periods of time.
• Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer) or at a distance.
• Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Trunk Strength — The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
• Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
• Static Strength — The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects up to 25 pounds. May be required to lift over 25 pounds with assistance of another person or a mechanical lift.

Disclaimer

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee may be required to perform; the employee may be required to perform additional functions. Additionally, the company reserves the right to revise the job description at any time. Bay State Physical therapy is an at-will employer. This means that either the employee or the corporation may terminate the employment relationship at any time, for any reason, with or without cause or notice. Nothing in this job description shall limit the right to terminate employment at-will. No officer, employee or representative of the corporation is authorized to enter into an agreement—express or implied—with any employee for employment for a specified period of time unless such an agreement is in a written contract signed by the president of the corporation. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily. If requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job, absent undue hardship.