What are the responsibilities and job description for the Rehab Aide - Flex position at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab?
The Nursing Rehab Aide Will
- Performs various activities in the treatment and care of patients, including routine hygiene care., ingestion of food and fluids, elimination of body wastes, mobilization, and dressing/undressing.
- Performs and records routine technical tasks as authorized, such as taking vital signs, collecting and recording intake and output, hanging gastric feedings, and escorting patients to and from therapy appointments.
- Assists with preparing patients for therapy treatments or evaluation, assisting them as necessary to undress and don garments or treatment aids.
- Ensures patients are in proper and comfortable position for assigned therapy procedure.
- Reinforces previous learning in self-care activities such as feeding, dressing, bathing and memory training to assist with achieving therapy goals.
- Collects and reports pertinent physiological, psychological, and functional data based on patient plan of care or patient need.
- Orients the patient and family to the environment, therapeutic activities, and potential safety hazards and prevention strategies as identified by the registered nurse.
- Incorporates factors related to safety into delivery of patient care as directed by the registered nurse or therapist.
- Observes patients and reports reactions or changes in patient condition to registered nurse or therapist.
- Assists in transferring patient care equipment to other specified areas.
- Transfers, moves, and ambulates patients to and from department with wheelchair to other specified areas.
- Documents functional care, procedures, and other quantitative values in electronic medical record database.
- Assists in monitoring supply needs to ensure adequate inventory at bedside.
- Delivers/stores supplies and equipment received from Central Supply.
- Implements infection prevention and control measures to provide patient safety.
- Maintains area in a neat organized manner and performs infection control procedures including disinfecting equipment.
- Performs clerical support when needed including reception duties, file maintenance, document distribution, library maintenance and retrieval of medical records.
- Provides supervision for safety as directed by registered nurse or therapist.
- Performs all other duties that may be assigned in the best interest of SRAlab.
- Reports directly to the Nurse Manager or designee.
- Reports indirectly to registered nurse or therapist involved with care of patients.
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Work requires successful completion of the Nursing Rehab Aide orientation.
- Relevant healthcare training such as volunteer work or prior hospital experience preferred.
- Communicates effectively using timely verbal, non-verbal and written communication.
- Computer skills necessary to document care provided in the EMR
- Proactively takes ownership for serving the customer, team, and organization for achieving goals and for resolving problems.
- Willingly adapts to changing work demands and work environment.
- Demonstrates critical thinking skills and makes sound judgments to monitor and respond to patient needs or changes in condition.
- Anticipates assesses and addresses the needs of patients, internal and external customers to positively influence the patient/customer experience (directly or indirectly).
- Ability to transfer and position patients, consistent with lifting up to 35 lbs.
- Normal patient care environment with little or no exposure to dust or extreme temperature.
- Exposure to moderately adverse working conditions in performing certain patient care activities
- Occasional exposure to infectious diseases when working with patients.