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The Therapy Technician assists rehabilitation nurses and therapists with rehabilitation treatment and patient care according to hospital state professional and federal regulations and guidelines. 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 patients 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 patientcentered treatment.
What types of patients will you see We are an acute rehabilitation hospital setting. Typically our patients spend an average of 24 weeks in our hospital and come to us with a wide variety of diagnosis 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 home.
We use evidencebased 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.
You will usestandard 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 become better is critical to our success You will be paired with mentors; attend inhouse as well as external educational programs. The treatment team is made up of full time therapists nurses social workers pharmacists and medical staff; and we offer educational benefits if you are interested in continuing your education.
Job Code: 100150