Rehab Therapy Aide - Missouri Orthopaedic Institute - PRN

Shift: Tuesdays and Thursdays (appx 10 hours per week)

Department: Mizzou Therapy Services – Missouri Orthopaedic Institute

• Base Pay Range: $15.00/hour

MU Health Care is looking for a compassionate and dedicated individual to join our dynamic rehabilitation team. The ideal candidate is someone who thrives in a fast-paced, 24/7 healthcare environment and is committed to ensuring patient satisfaction and safety. We seek a flexible team player who can adapt to various roles and shifts as needed, demonstrating a strong sense of responsibility and attention to detail.

If you are passionate about making a difference in patients' lives and enjoy working collaboratively with healthcare professionals, this opportunity is for you. Join us at MU Health Care and be a part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and patient-centered care.

MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes’ Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that’s largely a result of the incredible culture and team we’ve built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions.

We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger — to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.

Our academic health system — the only in mid-Missouri — is home to seven hospitals, including the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and region’s only Children’s Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions — with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.

• Prepare patient, or treatment area, for participation in therapy treatment as instructed by a therapist.
• Assist during therapy treatment under the direct supervision of a therapist. Perform cleaning duties for equipment and treatment areas utilized during therapy.
• Inventory equipment and supplies, re-stock equipment and supplies, and participate in ordering process in order to maintain inventory at designated par levels.
• Assist with application of Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) machine in accordance with department procedural guidelines.
• Assist with issuing equipment from the consignment closet per department procedural guidelines.
• May complete unit/department specific duties and expectations as outlined in department documents.

High school diploma or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities can be acquired.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs. This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses.

This position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating shifts as well as holiday and work during inclement weather will be required.

University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.