Administrative Skills, Basic Life Support (BLS), Clinical Medicine, Data Collection, Data Entry, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, High School Diploma, Medical Treatment, Medicine, Nursing, Order Supplies, Patient Care, Personal Care, Physical Therapy, Purchasing/Procurement, Registered Nurse (RN), Telephone Skills, Telephone Triage
New London, New Hampshire
At the direction of the Director, supervisor, and/or under the guidance of a Rehab therapist or registered nurse: assist in or provide mobilization of patients; assist with personal care of patients; prepares equipment used to mobilize or treat patients; answers call bells of patients; provides administrative assistance and duties specific to the clinical care department.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare and position patients for treatment. Assists the Rehab therapists during and after treatment.
- Answers patient call bells
- Assists nursing staff with personal care of patients.
- Assists with ambulation and exercise plan at the direction of the treating therapists or registered nurse.
- Obtains supplies, sets-up and adjusts adaptive equipment, and prepares treatment modalities.
- Assists with transfers and mechanical lifting of debilitated patients.
- Assists in transporting patients to and from the gym or ancillary departments.
- Maintains cleanliness of equipment and orderliness of department.
- Performs daily equipment sweep on inpatient units.
- Assists with scheduling patients for therapy.
- Provides clerk duties including answering Rehab phones, triaging messages for the therapists, data collection and entry, assist therapists in gym, ensures needed supplies are ordered.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned.
Qualifications:
- High school graduate or equivalent required.
- Previous experience working in a medical setting preferred.
REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:
• (BLS) Basic Life Support within 30 days
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health