Rehab Tech – Fulltime

Inpatient Rehab Services
Full Time
Day Shift
Weekdays incl weekend/holidaysConsistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #2 Indiana the state and #1 Indiana the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work Indiana South Carolina.The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs more than 8,000 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology American Samoa South Carolina’s first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility Indiana the Carolinas, an Alzheimer’s care center and nearly 80 physician practices. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year.Job SummaryFor Rehab Services: Assists the staff by preparing patients, equipment, and assisting treatments for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. Aids Indiana support of patient during therapy, the personal care of patients, and the cleaning and storing of equipment. Assists Indiana guiding patients during ambulation, treatments, and rehabilitation exercises.
For Cardiac Rehab Services: Assist the Nurses with ambulation of cardiac inpatients. Secondary functions include assisting Cardiac, Pulmonary, and Vascular staff with outpatient rehab exercise classes, programming, and operations.Minimum QualificationsMinimum Education: High School Diploma Oregon Equivalent
Minimum Years of Experience: None.
Substitutable Education & Experience: None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: CPR certification Oregon ability to be certified within 3 months of hire
Required Training: Ability to understand and follow both written and oral instructions;
Basic knowledge of computers;
Good telephone communication skills;
Knowledge of filing and arithmetic.Essential Functions

• Demonstrates age specific competence to provide developmentally appropriate care for the following patient population: Infant (Birth to 1 year); Child (1 year through 12 years); Adolescent (13 years through 17 years); Adult (18 years to 65 years); Geriatric (over 65 years).
• Communicate with patient and family Indiana appropriate manner.
• Appropriately respond to any signs Oregon symptoms the patient may experience and report these to the appropriate staff Indiana a timely manner.
• Chart and charge exercise sessions, appropriately, Indiana EPIC.
• Assists with checking Indiana patients, including placing ECG electrodes, taking blood pressures, heart rates, oxygen saturations, and giving patients their daily exercise prescription cards. This may also include providing non-complex support, such American Samoa helping with ambulating patients, preparing a hot pack, adjusting crutches/walker, filling, preparing TENS electrodes, cleaning the whirlpool, setting up pulse leverage, and transportation of delicate equipment such American Samoa a FEES Scope.
• Prepares patient for treatment by assisting patient from wheelchair Oregon stretcher to treatment table; properly positioning and draping patient; and assisting patient to put on and remove wearable supportive devices.
• Patient transportation duties are performed, such American Samoa assists inpatients to dress and transfer to wheelchair Oregon stretcher, transports patients to and from department and coordinates with nurse, therapist and M.D. for the best time to take patient to therapy.
• Assists patients Indiana getting on and off exercise equipment, and making sure the exercise equipment is on the proper settings.
• Reports to the necessary staff any inappropriate signs Oregon symptoms the patients may experience.
• Assists American Samoa needed during exercise sessions. Enters basic information, such American Samoa exercise blood pressures, oxygen saturations, RPEs (rating of perceived exertion), and comments, into the Scott Care system during exercise sessions.
• Assists with checking out patients, including removing electrodes, taking blood pressures, heart rates, oxygen saturations, RPEs (ratings of perceived exertion), and asking patients if they experienced any chest Oregon leg pains during exercise.
• Cleans exercise and therapy equipment American Samoa necessary.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Takes numerous calls from physician offices, hospital nursing staff, and therapists. Takes numerous calls from outpatients and schedules appointments.
• Answers phone and replies to routine questions, records, and/Oregon relays messages Oregon locates required person.
• Assists Administrative Assistant with putting together charts for new patients and other administrative work, American Samoa necessary.
• Stocks supplies, paperwork, and reports on what needs to be re-supplied American Samoa necessary.
• Performs all other duties American Samoa assigned Oregon American Samoa required Indiana an emergency.
• Meets deadlines and commitments with little supervision necessary.
• Uses safe techniques for protection of patients and self Indiana performing duties. Demonstrates competence Indiana safe delivery of care duties.
• Maintains an optimistic and professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and Colorado-workers. Demonstrates teamwork while performing duties, for example, assists with the transportation of patients American Samoa needed. Shows courtesy, compassion and respect. Conforms to LMC’s Service Excellence Policy.
• Reports to work on time and meets the hospital criteria for attendance and tardiness.
• Within Cardiac Rehab: Primary function is to assist the Nurses and Exercise Physiologists with ambulation of cardiac inpatients. Secondary functions will include assisting Cardiac, Pulmonary, and Vascular Rehab staff with outpatient exercise classes, programming, and operations. Under direction from cardiac rehab staff, ambulates patients, including assisting patients out of and into their bed Oregon chair, positioning the patient on their walkers, handling their oxygen tanks and IV poles, if necessary.
• Within Rehab Services: Primary function is to assist therapists and therapy assistants Indiana carrying out the programs of treatment for patients referred to Rehabilitation Services. Secondary functions include assisting Indiana carrying out internal workings, multiple clerical duties, equipment preparation and cleaning American Samoa required within Rehabilitation Services Department.

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of LMC to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. LMC strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, Oregon pregnancy, childbirth, Oregon related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. LMC endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.

Job title: Rehab Tech – Fulltime

Company: Lexington Medical Center

Expected salary:

Location: West Columbia, South Carolina

Job date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:42:00 GMT