Rehabilitation Technician - Strength and Endurance Lab, Full-time

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab•Chicago, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is seeking a Rehabilitation Technician to join their Strength and Endurance Lab. This role involves assisting patients and the care team in preparing for and performing treatment programs, providing basic day care support, and maintaining department facilities and equipment. The technician will uphold the organization's vision, mission, and core values, demonstrating attributes such as communication, accountability, flexibility, judgment, customer service, hope, compassion, discovery, collaboration, and commitment to excellence. The position is full-time.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent education.
1 year of experience as a physical therapy aide, occupational therapy aide, or related health care experience with knowledge of patient care methods procedures and techniques preferred.
Understanding of the growth and development of adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Communicates effectively using verbal, non-verbal and written communication.
Ability to take ownership for serving the customer, team, and organization for achieving goals and for resolving problems.
Willingly adapts to changing work demands and work environment.
Demonstrates critical thinking skills and makes sound judgments to monitor and respond to patient needs or changes in condition.
Anticipates assesses and addresses the needs of patients, internal and external customers to positively influence the patient/customer experience (directly or indirectly).
Ability to transfer and position patients, consistent with lifting up to 35 lbs.

Nice To Haves

knowledge of patient care methods procedures and techniques preferred

Responsibilities

Prepares patients for treatments or evaluation, assisting them as necessary to undress and don garments or treatment aids.
Transfers, moves, and ambulates patients to and from department with wheelchair or stretcher.
Assists therapist in direct patient care activities such as sensory stimulation, training programs, gait training.
Assists therapist in patient care during treatment sessions such exercise and weight training programs, hydrotherapy, and gait training.
Conducts therapeutic regime for patients, which includes reinforcing learnings in self-care activities such as feeding, dressing, bathing and memory training.
Observes patients and reports reactions or changes in condition immediately to supervising nurse or therapist.
Fabricates equipment adaptations for patients.
Maintains adaptive equipment inventory including issuing supplies to staff and notifying appropriate personnel of deficiencies.
Maintains clinic area in a neat organized manner and performs infection control procedures including disinfecting equipment.
Maintains food inventory for patient use including shopping for needed supplies, dating, and rotating current supply.
Performs clerical support when needed including reception duties, file maintenance, document distribution, library maintenance and retrieval of medical records.
Clean and maintain SRAlab rental wheelchairs.
Delivers/stores supplies and equipment received from Central Supply.
Performs all other duties that may be assigned in the best interest of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.