Physical Medicine & Rehab Aide

Description

Join NorthShore University HealthSystem, the only Illinois hospital named a 15 Top Major Teaching Hospital and one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals 13 times.


We are currently seeking a Physical Medicine & Rehab Aide for our Park Center Therapy Clinic located in Glenview,  IL 60025.
Hours: Full-time (40 h/w), 1st shift, rotating weekends.

In this role, you will: 

-Assists therapists and nurses with difficult transfers, ambulation, feeding and ADL activities.
- Transports patients as required.
- Assist secretaries with billing of treatments, patient scheduling, answering phones, typing, filing and faxing, if required.
- Sorts and stores linens, supplies, equipment and forms.
- Replenishes stock and keeps equipment inventory, orders supplies as needed.

Requirements Our ideal candidate will have: 

-High school graduate or equivalent.
-Familiar with using computers.
-Able to keyboard 20 WPM.
-Able to  lift items greater than 30lbs.
-Able to push/pull patients on wheelchairs and carts weighing between 50 and 350lbs.

We strongly believe that our reputation as a premier integrated delivery system of care depends upon those who invest their careers with us. For our mission-to preserve and improve human life-a work environment that retains happy, satisfied employees is essential.

NorthShore University HealthSystem offers employees all of the basics (i.e., medical, dental, life, disability), plus some great extras, including:

• Generous vacation and time off packages
• Two retirement plans (403B and employer paid pension plan)
• An extensive curriculum of on-site continuing educations courses (everything from improving communication skills to MS Excel)
• Free or discounted wellness programs including Weight Watchers, smoking cessatation, preventive care & yearly health assesments
• Discounts on products & services such as health club memberships, medical services and childcare
• Acessibilty to CTA/METRA & free shuttles at some sites, subsidized transporation costs and free parking

To find out more about life at NorthShore University HealthSystem or to apply for this position, please visist our Careers Web site at www.northshore.org/careers. Job code 27602.
AA/EOE

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