Physical Therapy Aide Contingent

Location: Chelsea

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* Employment Type:

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* Part time

** Shift:*
* Day Shift

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* Description:

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* Trinity Health  Chelsea Hospital

Physical Therapy Aide
- Inpatient Rehab

Location:

Chelsea, MI

Schedule:

Contingent (Non-Benefitted), Variable shifts, weekend and holiday rotation required

** JOB SUMMARY*
* Assists in preparing patients for various treatments.  Transports patient to and from the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department.  Performs routine tasks to free Registered Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistants for attention to professional duties.

** REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE*
* Education:

Minimum of high school education or GED.

Experience:

One year experience in health care setting or service industry preferred.  Pursuance of a health care career preferred.

Certification/Licensure:  CPR

** ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES*
* Maintains good rapport and cooperative relationships. Approaches conflict in a constructive manner. Helps to identify problems, offer solutions, and participate in their resolution.

Maintains the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patient, physicians, colleagues, and visitors to Chelsea Hospital. Discusses patient and hospital information only among appropriate personnel in appropriately private places.

Behaves in accordance with the Code of Conduct, Service Excellence Standards, and the Mission, Vision, Values and policies of Chelsea Hospital.

Assumes responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner, to assure personal safety and that of coworkers, and to report all preventable hazards and unsafe practices immediately to management.

Promotes a positive work environment by demonstrating teamwork.

Demonstrates and utilizes proper body mechanics and lifting techniques with patients and materials.  Utilizes mechanical lifts when appropriate to ensure patient and employee safety.

Productively utilizes time when assignments are complete.

May perform a variety of tasks including:

+ ​Maintaining department cleanliness, including laundry.

+ Monitor, maintain and disinfecting of equipment.

+ Monitoring inventory and order items as needed (or work with dept designee to order items).

+ Creating copies and assembling forms and other materials as requested.

+ Preparing for classes and treatments as scheduled or requested.

+ Delivers patient schedules and documentation forms to patient units as needed.

+ Assist nursing staff with patient readiness for therapy.

Provides a variety of transportation duties:

+ Transports patients safely to and from therapy appointments. Assures patients' timely arrival at scheduled therapy appointments, or communicates reason patient is late/absent.

+ Obtains necessary patient materials for therapy appointments (i.e., glasses, chart, lap tray, sling, shoes, AFO, etc).

+ Communicates verbally, or in writing, changes in patients' schedule/condition to nursing/therapy staff in a timely manner.

+ Arranges for and coordinates assistance to complete transportation, if workload necessitates.

+ Occasional assistance with clerical and or scheduling duties that could include activities such as:
Filing &Revenue reconciliation

OTHER FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Performs other duties as assigned.

** Our Commitment*
* Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education,…