Rehab Therapy Tech I
Company: Encompass Health
Location: Kingston
Posted on: January 27, 2023
Job Description:
**We will have Full-Time positions available**The Therapy
Technician is vital to assisting our rehab nurses and therapists
with the rehabilitation treatment and patient care according to
hospital, state, professional and federal regulations and
guidelines. Therapy Technicians assist our therapist and nurses
with setting up equipment to assist in the rehab process, help to
ensure a fun/safe working environment, and much more! In addition,
the position:
- Requires effective communication skills for working with
patients, families, caregivers, and departmental and
interdepartmental relationships.
- Requires competency in assisting therapists and nurses with
daily care and patient therapy as delegated.
- Communicates to nurses and therapists on patient performance,
condition and participation during delegated patient care
activities.
- Defers any information requests from physicians, patients,
visitors etc regarding the patient's condition, diagnosis,
prognosis, progress, plan of care or discharge plan to nurses or
therapists. The Therapy Technician creates an environment and
culture that enables the hospital to fulfill its mission by
providing patient safety and patient-centered treatment.Benefits To
attract and retain the best professionals, we offer a comprehensive
and competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental,
vision, 401(k), college savings plan, employee assistance program,
pre-paid legal plan and much more. For more information on
available benefits, please click here .Who will you treat? We are
an acute rehabilitation hospital setting. Typically our patients
will spend 2-4 weeks at our hospital, and our technicians assist
the therapist with treating a wide clinical caseload such as:
stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, various neurological
disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, amputation, joint
replacement, fractures, multiple trauma, cardiac conditions, and
pulmonary conditions. 80% of our patients are discharged directly
to their homes.We use evidence-based practice guidelines to treat
our patients. We utilize our clinical outcomes to assess and
improve our treatment interventions and programs. We participate in
a national outcomes database, which provides benchmarks and
sophisticated outcome reports to help us continually analyze and
improve our patient outcomes.Our Company employs some of the latest
technology for our rehab hospitals. Our therapist will use standard
and advanced therapy technologies - depending on hospital location,
some equipment used such as Auto Ambulators, Bioness, Interactive
Metronome, Hand Mentor, SmartStep, Anodyne, Wii and CAPs may be
available.Helping you reach your career goals - You will be paired
with mentors; attend in-house as well as external educational
programs. The treatment team is made up of full time therapists,
nurses, social workers, pharmacists and medical staff; a great way
to learn beyond your own discipline.Job Code: 100104License or
Certification: --- CPR certification preferred unless otherwise
required by hospital policy.Education --- High School Diploma or
equivalent preferredPhysical Requirements: --- Good visual acuity
and ability to communicate. Ability to lift, lower, push, pull, and
retrieve objects weighing a minimum of 30 pounds of medical
supplies and equipment and the transferring and repositioning of
patients. Reasonable assistance may be requested when lifting,
pushing, and/or pulling are undertaken which exceeds these minimum
requirementsAddress: 101 Fort Sanders West Boulevard, Knoxville
37922Shift: Day JobSchedule: Full-timeJob ID: STKNX013
Keywords: Encompass Health, Knoxville , Rehab Therapy Tech I, Healthcare , Kingston, Tennessee
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