Mobility Technician - Rehab Administration - Full Time Days

Responsibilities

• Works collaboratively with physical therapy, nursing teams, and other healthcare professionals to meet the needs of the patient within the scope of this role.
• Provide patient care based on physical, psychosocial, education, safety and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patients served in the assigned service.
• Provide for effective and safe patient outcomes through practice, judgment, and critical actions.
• Develops rapport and mutual respect with patients and fosters an optimal environment for goal achievement.
• Works to promote a culture of mobility with the care team.
• Independently provide direct hands-on patient care to safely mobilize patients, and educate families/caregiver on mobility techniques to facilitate discharge to the home setting.
• Responsible for assisting in ongoing patient mobility including transfers, ambulation of patients and facilitation of exercise groups.
• Models and maintains a safe environment in which to deliver service and employs correct body mechanics during activities.
• Monitor/measure vital signs (pulse, respirations, blood pressure and O2 saturation) at the discretion of the leader and document findings in patient record; notify RN immediately of abnormal results.
• Uses CPR (basic life support) skills when required.
• Ongoing communication with nursing, rehabilitation and other members of the health care team regarding patient mobility status and patient outcomes; tracks clinical outcomes as directed.
• Completes associated documentation.
• Notifies nursing of unsafe conditions and handles emergency situations in an appropriate manner.
• P practices OSHA safety standards.

Qualifications

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
• Basic math, medical terminology, and literacy skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills including but not limited to Microsoft Office, Google Suite platforms and EPIC.
• Enrolled in a Certified Nursing Assistant Program, Patient Care Technician Program or health sciences program preferred.
• Minimum of 1 year or more of experience in health care is preferred.
• Minimum of 1 or more years of experience in customer service or patient care preferred.
• Possess knowledge of common hospital equipment used in patient care.
• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification.