OT Student Therapy Aide- Jefferson Moss-Magee Elkins Park
About The Position
The Occupational Therapy Student Aide helps prepare patients and the treatment environment and assists therapists in providing treatment under their supervision. The role serves pediatric, adolescent, adult, older adult, and frail elderly patients in a manner that reflects an understanding of each individual’s functional and developmental age. The position involves substantial standing and walking, lifting and transferring patients, and other physical activities. It also requires ongoing visual and hearing abilities. The work environment may include exposure to body fluids, potentially hazardous substances, confused or incontinent patients, and occasionally combative or verbally abusive patients. Treatment areas may be noisy and crowded, with limited climate control.
Requirements
- Must be currently enrolled in an OT program.
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- CPR certification through the American Heart Association required.
- Physical ability to stand and/or walk most of an eight-hour day; lift weights up to 50 pounds occasionally and up to 25 pounds frequently; perform frequent bending, crouching, kneeling, pushing, pulling, reaching, stair climbing, and unassisted standing; and transfer patients exceeding 100 pounds frequently and exceeding 200 pounds occasionally.
- Continuous near vision, depth perception, accommodation, full field of vision or compensatory ability, eye-hand coordination, far acuity, and ability to read.
- Ability to hear normal conversation continuously and telephone conversations and low-volume conversations occasionally.
Nice To Haves
- Patient care-related experience strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Prepare patients and the environment for treatments.
- Assist therapists in performing treatment under their supervision.
- Provide service to pediatric, adolescent, adult, older adult, and frail elderly patients in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of their functional and developmental age.
Benefits
- Medical insurance, including prescription coverage
- Supplemental insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- Flexible spending accounts
- Retirement plans
- Tuition assistance
- Voluntary benefits, including access to group insurance rates and discounts
- Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full-time service or two years of part-time service
- Medical insurance, including prescription coverage, is available to all colleagues, including those working less than part-time, per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
High school or GED
