Physical Therapy Aide

                    

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

                        

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

                                    

Job Title

Physical Therapy Aide

                        

Location

Weston

                    

Facility

CC Florida Hospital Weston

                     

Department

Physical Therapy-Weston Hospital

                      

Job Code

000329

                     

Shift

Day/Evening Rotation

                       

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm/10:00am-6:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital’s team of caregivers that remain on the leading edge of technology and education, all while consistently providing patient-centered healthcare. As part of Cleveland Clinic’s Florida region, Weston Hospital is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Florida regions. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.      

 

As a Physical Therapy Aide, you will assist Rehab Services caregivers in the application of a wide variety of therapeutic techniques for the rehabilitation of patients with functional limitations, impairments and disorders. Rehab Aides work in both inpatient and outpatient areas as needed.  

 

A caregiver in this position works 7:30am – 4:00pm or 10:00am – 6:30pm.  

 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Support inpatient and/or outpatient Physical Therapy and Orthopedic teams, including checking and maintaining par levels of supplies, ordering supplies and maintaining inventory levels, and storing supplies as received. 

• Contact vendors to facilitate orders for prosthetics/orthotics and ensure appropriate charging is completed. 

• Ensure billing/charging is completed in a timely and accurate manner. 

• Assist with patient flow and with moving, ambulating and transporting patients as directed. 

• Outpatient assignments: check temperatures of hydroculator, aquaciser and paraffin and log, notify engineering if an adjustment is necessary and document it, clean equipment (mats, weights, balls, hydroculator, aquaciser, paraffin, freezer, etc.), prepare treatment areas and modalities (hot/cold packs, paraffin, etc.), and assist the office coordinator with filing, phones, preparing patient charts and photocopying. 

• Inpatient assignments: perform orthopedic duties as per physician order, set up traction, trapezes, and CPM machines, apply, remove and modify casts, and set up footboards, soft orthopedic goods and other related equipment. 

• Ensure a safe environment of care through rounding, maintaining the equipment room, and ensuring equipment is placed in soiled utility room for cleaning.