Rehab Aide - Casual

Overview:

Be a part of the dynamic rehabilitation services team at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina! We are seeking a casual rehab aide to assist with all disciplines within rehabilitation services. This may include setting up and assisting with direct patient care, patient transport (and monitoring patients during these activities). 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 assist with orientation of new staff, and orientation and training of volunteers.

Casual position, opportunities to pick up shifts as available, both weekday and weekend.

Schedule: one weekend (Saturday/Sunday) per month.

Local SEIU Union.

Excellent opportunity to gain operational experience if you are pursuing a career in rehabilitation or have curiosity about the field!

M Health 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.

Responsibilities/Job Description:

Assist with patient care, under the direction of a therapist, issue equipment to patients, clean equipment and Rehab spaces, complete light clerical tasks, and assist with patient transport to/from Rehab gyms.

Provides patient transfers and transport

Follows accurate 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

Prints up schedule of transports from Epic

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

Prepares, maintains, and cleans department/treatment areas in compliance with safely and infection control standards

Complete cleaning per schedule

Complete maintenance, temperature, and safety checklist

Complete 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, including waivers for non-covered equipment and Medicare primary walker issuance.

Ability to navigate in Epic to print up face sheet

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

Demonstrates awareness of and compliance with department efficiency standards, attendance, time management and prioritization.

Participates in department, facility process/quality improvement initiatives.

Qualifications:

Required

Active Minnesota Basic Life Support Certification

Preferred

Highschool Diploma or Equivalent

Curiosity about Rehab Services or Healthcare fields

Continuing Education and passionate about career path of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, or other rehabilitation services (cardiac, pulmonary, etc.)

Permanent