Principle Responsibilities:

• Provides quality care under the supervision of a therapist. Supports departmental functions including equipment maintenance, cleaning, and assisting the front desk.
• Provide hands-on assistance as directed by the therapy provider in therapy sessions.
• Provides safe patient equipment, ensures personal safety, and a safe work environment.
• Recognize emergency medical situations, symptoms, and take appropriate actions.
• Uses equipment and proper body mechanics to reduce injury to self and patients.
• Uses communication techniques that reflect attention to age, cultural, and population-specific needs of the patient and family.
• Support department functions.
• Thoroughly documents relevant cleaning, maintenance, O2 tank status, and crash cart checks.
• Activities may include patient transport to and from the department, transfers, escorting a patient to a treatment room or gym when appropriate, supervising patients on equipment, and performing modality set-up based on training.
• Complete equipment cleaning, stocking, and ordering as appropriate.
• Participates in program development, professional practice, and quality teams as requested.
• Promotes rehabilitation services.
• Assist front desk.
• May include answering phones, scheduling, copying, filing, calling patients, outcomes management, and medical records functions as training security allows.
• May assist with the orientation of new staff, students, and volunteers.
• May ensure appropriate patient education information is supplied and ordered as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

• Must be 18 years of age with education and/or experience needed to meet required functional competencies as listed on the job description, and a High school diploma or GED preferred
• Experience in a health care clinic setting preferred
• BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support – Multisource - Required 60 days after hire.

Physical Demands:

• Medium Work* - Lifting weight Up to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), Up to 25 lbs. frequently

This position will serve as a Rehabilitation Aide for both the Transitional Rehabilitation Program (Inpatient Skilled Nursing Facility) and CKRI Out-Patient Therapy Departments on the Golden Valley campus. The rehab aide supports departmental functions including assisting with physical support in therapy sessions, assisting with wheelchair management, Lokomat setup/takedown, FES bike assistance, and administrative projects for therapeutic interventions developed by therapists.

This position is M-F (days) with a 1:4 weekend rotation.