Casual Rehab Services Aide - Acute Care

Fairview Health Services•Woodbury, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a casual rehab services aide to join our acute care rehabilitation team at M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury! The rehab aide will assist with all disciplines within rehabilitation services and may include setting up and assisting with direct patient care, patient transport (and monitoring patients during these activities), and clerical tasks. The rehab aide is responsible for cleaning, maintaining, and inventorying of equipment and durable medical equipment for patient use and communicating with vendors regarding equipment inventories. The aide will maintain and clean all department treatment areas and manage patient medical record and patient care chart flow. In addition, the aide will assist with orientation of new staff, and orientation and training of volunteers. FTE: 0.01, casual position. Schedule: One weekend (Saturday/Sunday) per month. Opportunity to pick up additional weekday and weekend shifts, as available and as desired. Excellent opportunity to gain operational experience if you are pursuing a career in rehabilitation or have curiosity about the field! Fairview Rehabilitation offers a range of services that serve patients across 10 acute-care hospitals, 3 post-acute settings and 70 outpatient adult and pediatric therapy clinics. Consisting of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy as well as Audiology and Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab, our therapists collaborate with colleagues in all medical settings and offer dozens of specialty programs. As an academic health system with residency and fellowship programs and a rehab-focused clinical quality team, we have a collaborative culture that is centered on learning with an emphasis on evidence based, patient-centered care.

Requirements

Basic Life Support (American Heart Association or Red Cross) prior to the end of orientation

Nice To Haves

High School Diploma or equivalent
Interest in Rehab Services or Healthcare fields
Previous office or healthcare facility work experience

Responsibilities

Provides patient transfers and transport
Follows proper procedure when completing/assisting with patient transfers to ensure safety of patient and self
Transports assigned patients in a safe and timely manner
Observes patient condition during transport and reports adverse symptoms to therapy or nursing staff.
With appropriate training may assist with patient care as delegated and under the supervision of a Certified/Licensed Rehab Professional
Including set-up of treatment equipment, monitoring patient activities, scoring of tests.
Immediately reports any observed change in patient status to supervising Certified/Licensed Rehab Professional.
May need to utilize Epic to check for patient weight/height and weight-bearing status.
Apply automatic vital sign devices and record measures from devices to assist therapists and patients.
Demonstrates proficient use of department communication equipment including business software applications.
Completes patient scheduling as assigned and communicates changes to staff and patients.
Utilizes fax, copier, phone, scheduling and any other applicable site systems
Communicates with appropriate staff regarding scheduling
Prepares, maintains and cleans department/treatment areas in compliance with safely and infection control standards
Completes cleaning per schedule
Completes maintenance, temperature and safety checklist
Completes required checklists
Assists with ordering, inventorying, issuing and verification of billing of supplies and/or patient treatment equipment, including rental equipment.
Knowledge of varying requirements for payor reimbursement of issued medical equipment.
Assists with clerical/front desk staff duties as necessary.
Answers incoming phone calls
Files medical paperwork as requested.
Able to fill-in for front desk/reception
Meets Customer Service Expectations for Department
Addresses patients/visitors in a professional and positive manner.
Answers phones promptly and courteously.
Protects confidentiality of protected patient information while working in a highly visible environment.
Demonstrates the ability to perform multiple, simultaneous tasks in an environment faced with interruptions.
Manages medical record flow and patient care charts.
Prepares medical records with applicable forms and responsible for collapse of discharged charts.
Maintains confidentiality of all information by sharing information only with those who need to know.
Supervises and directs volunteers and assists with orienting new staff (equipment, aide functions).
Demonstrates awareness of and compliance with department productivity standards, attendance, time management and prioritization.
Participates in department, facility process/quality improvement initiatives.