Therapy Aide

Position: Therapy Aide

Location: Select Specialty Hospital - San Diego

Schedule: Full Time
Compensation: $23/hr - $28.05

Our hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. Each employee plays a vital role in doing that by living our cultural behaviors - celebrating success, owning the future, being patient-centered, creating change, thinking first and building trust.

At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.

• Start Strong: Extensive orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
• Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care

Under the direction of a therapist, the therapy aide assists patients in the rehabilitation process through provision of assigned activities. The therapy aide also prepares and maintains equipment and physical environment for daily activities.

• Performs patient related tasks assigned by therapist, including but not limited to:
  a. Assist therapist with transferring patients to/from mats, treatment and tilt tables, wheelchairs and other equipment appropriate to the facility/department.
  b. Transports patients to/from therapy as needed.
  c. Assists with patient related activities including equipment set-up and patient positioning in preparation for therapy session, consistent with state practice acts for Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech Language Pathology.
  d. Participates in therapeutic dysphagia and feeding program as requested and supervised by the therapists.
• Prepares and maintains the department and department equipment in a clean and orderly condition, including disinfecting all equipment and surfaces according to infection control policies and procedures.
• Ensures maintenance of cleaning logs and temperature logs for therapy department.
• Supports wheelchair/durable medical equipment management:
  a. Assists with cleaning/disinfecting of wheelchairs and cushions after each patient use.
  b. Distributes wheelchairs to new admissions, as requested by therapy department.
  c. Assists with preventative maintenance and repairs on wheelchair fleet to extend life of equipment and ensure patient safety.
• Communicates with Therapy Manager and/or Director of Rehab on a timely basis regarding departmental needs, informs department manager of needed supplies, and assists with inventory control and ordering.
• Establishes and maintains current knowledge of all performance improvement and patient care improvement issues and maintains an active role in monitoring these issues.
• Participates in departmental meetings and demonstrates understanding of patient satisfaction and safety outcome data.
• Follows all facility guidelines outlining standards of personal appearance, attendance and punctuality
• Assists with basic clerical duties as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Certified BLS or completion in first 90 days of employment required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• One or more years of hospital experience as a therapy aide preferred.

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans