Rehab Tech Admin Specialist Inpatient Full Time Days Shift

1.0FTE

The Rehabilitation Technician reflects the mission vision and values of NM adheres to the organizations Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program and complies with all relevant policies procedures guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

Responsibilities:

• Performs clerical general and/or patient care support functions within a Rehab department under the direction of the Ortho and Rehab Services Department Leader.
• Assists licensed clinicians with the implementation of treatment plans under their direction and supervision.
• Responsible for general cleaning and organization of the environment of care. These tasks support services provided by the Occupational Therapist Physical Therapist Psychologist Speech Pathologist Therapy Recreation and/or Auditory Therapist.
• Assists with patient care under the direction of licensed therapists.
• Provides assistance during community re-entry activities under a plan of care established by the Rehab Team.
• Transports/escorts patients between nursing pod and Rehab Department.
• Performs daily weekly monthly cleanup of department restocks linen wipes down treatment tables between patients or daily if sheet is used and removes clutter from the storage room weekly. Maintains cleaning schedule and cleans hydrocollators cold pack units and other equipment as needed.
• Monitors equipment temperatures per policy.
• Performs general clerical duties including mail processing typing faxing photocopying filing and processing medical records for the department.
• Answers phones schedules outpatients and/or coordinates and maintains the Rehabilitation Unit patient therapy schedule. Backs up telephone reception as needed.
• Tracks enters and verifies daily record of charges in computer.
• Responsible for ordering supplies and maintaining inventories as directed by Department Leader
• Maintains competency as appropriate and pursues ongoing learning through attendance at departmental and system in-services workshops and conferences/seminars. Actively participates in organizational learning opportunities as appropriate.
• Provides care needed as described in the units/departments policies and procedures as well as in the clinical competency checklist for the position and patient age groups served.
• Maintains appropriate documentation as appropriate.
• Is knowledgeable about the patients cultural psychosocial ethnic and religious needs and adjusts interventions when appropriate based on this knowledge.
• Maintains a professional and courteous manner and provides care/ communication in a manner consistent with customer satisfaction and service excellence strategies.
• Attends team/unit meetings and conferences as appropriate to facilitate coordinated care and communication.
• Participates on various interdisciplinary system teams as appropriate
• Identification of population served by this position:
  • Young/middle adult and older adult.
  • Secondary populations are pediatrics and adolescents.

Qualifications :

Required:

• High School Diploma or equivalent or in pursuit of same
• CPR-required within 90 days of starting
• Physical ability to perform functional requirements as detailed

Preferred:

• Healthcare or Rehab related experience
• Familiarity with a healthcare environment

Additional Information :

Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age sex race color religion national origin gender identity veteran status disability sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Background Check

Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and at times internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check.  Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and we follow all local state and federal laws including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical emotional and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more.

Sign-on Bonus Eligibility: Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time