Mobility Technician-Physical Therapy-Full Time

Job Summary

To assist nursing and therapy in the delivery of patient mobility services.

Responsibilities

• Spend day on assigned nursing unit
• Communicate with nursing prior to seeing each patient, to obtain updated patient status
• Transports patients for hospital discharge and assists with vehicle transfers as needed
• Rounds (will triage rounding importance based on nursing communication)
• Boost or reposition patient in bed
• Aid with BSC transfers or walk to bathroom
• Mobilize patients based on BMAT level
• Get patients up for meals and throughout the day
• Aid patient to the chair and back to bed as appropriate
• Walk patient in hall as appropriate
• Provide feedback to nursing on unidentified fall precaution needs and skin integrity, LDA issues, patient concerns, etc
• For patients with both therapy and mobility program orders, mobility tech communicates with OT/PT to determine any specific mobility needs
• Develop as a resource for patient mobility, serving as a mentor to floor staff in environmental set up, the use of devices, mobility techniques and body mechanics to safely promote the highest level of patient mobility
• Aids nursing, as requested, for patients with in-bed positioning needs
• Builds a trusting relationship with the patient
• Provide dear and effective patient communication about the importance of mobility, vertical positioning, falls risks and out of bed activity as appropriate
• Increase patient morale and patient satisfaction through daily encouragement and increased autonomy
• Document each session in EPIC

Environmental And Physical Demands

• Occasional exposure to bio-hazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations
• Occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours
• Occasional traveling to off site locations
• Occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature
• Frequent bending
• Occasional lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds
• Occasional crawling
• Frequent crouching/stooping
• Frequent kneeling
• Frequent pushing/pulling
• Constant reaching
• Occasional sitting
• Constant standing
• Frequent twisting
• Constant walking