Rehabilitation Aide, Full-Time

Posted on Sep 15, 2024 by Hackensack Meridian Health
Hackensack, NJ
Health Care
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Full-Time
Overview:

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Rehabilitation Aide provides supportive and ancillary services to the professional staff of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Responsibilities:

A day in the life of a Rehabilitation Aide at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

Prepares and cleans whirlpools and attends patients while in whirlpool.

Assists patients in donning and doffing of prosthetic or orthotic devices.

Assists patients in dressing and undressing in preparation of treatment.

Assists the therapist in setting up patients on all therapeutic equipment.

Maintains linen and other supplies at all times at the disposal of the professional staff.

Prepares hot and cold packs for use by the therapists.

Adjusts non-modality equipment for patient use.

Assists therapists in gait training of patients and is able to provide support to patients while ambulating safely lower patients to the floor in case of a total loss of balance.

Performs daily whirlpool scheduling and completes daily assignment sheet.

Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).

Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.

Qualifications:

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:Ability to take directions.

Contacts:Regular contact with Medical Center personnel, patients, and visitors.

Working Conditions:Lifts a minimum of 50lbs., pushed and pulls a minimum of 100 lbs., and stands a minimum of 6 hours a day.

If you feel the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

Reference: 200078474

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Rehabilitation Aide, Full-Time

Posted on Sep 15, 2024 by Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack, NJ
Health Care
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Full-Time
Overview:

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Rehabilitation Aide provides supportive and ancillary services to the professional staff of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Responsibilities:

A day in the life of a Rehabilitation Aide at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

Prepares and cleans whirlpools and attends patients while in whirlpool.

Assists patients in donning and doffing of prosthetic or orthotic devices.

Assists patients in dressing and undressing in preparation of treatment.

Assists the therapist in setting up patients on all therapeutic equipment.

Maintains linen and other supplies at all times at the disposal of the professional staff.

Prepares hot and cold packs for use by the therapists.

Adjusts non-modality equipment for patient use.

Assists therapists in gait training of patients and is able to provide support to patients while ambulating safely lower patients to the floor in case of a total loss of balance.

Performs daily whirlpool scheduling and completes daily assignment sheet.

Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).

Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.

Qualifications:

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:Ability to take directions.

Contacts:Regular contact with Medical Center personnel, patients, and visitors.

Working Conditions:Lifts a minimum of 50lbs., pushed and pulls a minimum of 100 lbs., and stands a minimum of 6 hours a day.

If you feel the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

Reference: 200078474

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