Rehabilitation Technician- Rehab Center

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare•Tallahassee, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) is a private, nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides care to a 22-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. TMH is the region's healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care with a 772-bed acute care hospital and the region's only Level II Trauma Center, Primary Stroke Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care, Pediatric Intensive Care, and the most advanced cancer, heart and vascular, orthopedic & surgery programs in the Panhandle. Our system also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, six residency programs and more than 50 affiliated physician practices. The Rehabilitation Technician works with the physicians and hospital staff in caring for patients with injured joints and bones throughout the hospital. The Rehabilitation Technician is responsible for setting up and maintaining traction and applying casts, splints and braces. This position ensures maximum therapeutic benefit of CPM (Continuous Passive Motion Machine) therapy through set up, daily treatment, evaluation of treatment effectiveness and teaching of patients and staff. The Rehabilitation Technician must maintain the orthopedic storeroom and supplies including; the cleaning and setup of CPM machines and polar packs and house-wide set up and removal of overhead frames, as well as, making sure the rooms, orthopedic equipment and supplies are present and in operating order in the Orthopedic Center. The Rehabilitation Technician is a regular staff member of the orthopedic center and assists in the care of orthopedic center patients under supervision of the nurses.

Requirements

Minimum: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum: 1-year related experience or graduate of or enrollment in an accredited Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy or related healthcare focused program.

Nice To Haves

Preferred: 2 years’ experience with patient care in a rehabilitation setting.

Responsibilities

Setting up and maintaining traction
Applying casts, splints and braces
Ensuring maximum therapeutic benefit of CPM (Continuous Passive Motion Machine) therapy through set up, daily treatment, evaluation of treatment effectiveness and teaching of patients and staff
Maintaining the orthopedic storeroom and supplies
Cleaning and setup of CPM machines and polar packs
House-wide set up and removal of overhead frames
Making sure the rooms, orthopedic equipment and supplies are present and in operating order in the Orthopedic Center
Assisting in the care of orthopedic center patients under supervision of the nurses