Rehabilitation Aide

Description

The Rehabilitation aide is responsible for supporting the rehabilitation program by carrying out administrative and therapeutic tasks as directed by the Rehabilitation Program Manager and/or appropriate clinical staff. This individual will carry out tasks geared towards improving rehabilitation efficiencies, providing hands on care to support licensed therapists when needed, assisting with restorative nursing programs, and instructing exercise groups.

This position is a full-time, 30-hour per week, (M-F, daytime hours) role with time split between Tockwotton on the Waterfront in East Providence and Steere House in Providence.

Essential Functions:

• Transport, transfer and move patients as directed by supervisors and licensed therapists as needed;
• Prepare patients, equipment and supplies for treatments;
• Assist with patient care as needed;
• Assist in patient scheduling as needed;
• Maintain awareness of change in patient population, programs and patient conditions and inform licensed personnel;
• Other tasks as needed/as directed.
• Maintain confidentiality of facility, patient and client information;

Administrative Responsibility:

• Ensure that adequate supplies for treatments are maintained;
• Completes forms and records, makes copies, obtains necessary signatures;
• Ensures that written and oral communications are directed to appropriate personnel.

Requirements

Performance Skills:

• Commitment to providing high quality, evidence-based health care services
• Attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Ability to problem solve
• Customer service focus
• Willingness to learn
• Situation-appropriate sense of urgency, prioritization skills, follow through and sense of task ownership
• Frequent contact with the other rehabilitation staff, facility staff, patients, families and physicians involved in practice.

Education/Experience Required:

• Minimum high school education or equivalent;
• At least one year experience working with older adults.
• Interest in working with all abilities including the intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) population
• Willingness to obtain or current BLS and/or CPR certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

Preferred:

• Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Assistant, Exercise Physiologist, or related.