Outpatient Rehab Aide - Part Time

About the role

The Rehabilitation Aide reports directly to the Clinical Manager/Assistant Clinical Manager and performs duties under the supervision of Rehabilitation professionals. The Rehabilitation Aide assists clinicians in providing treatments designed to relieve pain and maximize function of patients across Brown University Health. The Rehabilitation Aide transports patients, maintains supply inventory, and prepares and prepares and cleans treatment areas. Provides office and systems support at all Rehabilitation Service locations for Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Language Pathology/Audiology. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers, and one another.

Location: Newport Hospital - 11 Friendship Street Newport, Rhode Island 02840

Responsibilities

• Assists therapists and assistants in patient care as requested.
• Carries out patient intervention per therapist or assistant direction, including positioning, mobilizing, and exercising patients.
• The supervising Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech-Language Pathologist, or Audiologist will be present on the premises and immediately available to the Rehabilitation Aide when providing treatment.
• A Physical Therapist Assistant or Occupational Therapy Assistant may also provide supervision but must be on the premises, in line of sight, and immediately available.
• Maintains gym and all treatment areas to Environment of Care (EOC) standards.
• Assists with EOC safety rounds.
• Enters work orders as applicable to gym and treatment areas.
• Maintains cleanliness of department equipment per infection control policies and equipment guidelines.
• Maintains equipment logs.
• Ensures that rehabilitation equipment, including but not limited to wheelchairs, walkers, and crutches, is clean and functional.
• Cleans and prepares treatment areas between patient use.
• Maintains and inventories therapeutic supplies, equipment, linen, and housekeeping supplies.
• Transports patients to and from treatment areas, exercising care in the handling of patients.
• May assist with scheduling, order entry, charge reconciliation, and scanning into the Electronic Health Record.
• Communicates in person or by fax/phone with patients, providers,