Rehabilitation Aide - Mansfield & Rt 6 Wellsboro - Casual

Company: UPMC
Location: Wellsboro
Posted on: April 24, 2025

Job Description:

**Join Our Team as a Casual Rehabilitation Aide!**

Are you looking for a flexible and rewarding role in healthcare? UPMC is seeking a dedicated Rehabilitation Aide to provide essential support at UPMC Outpatient Therapy in Mansfield and Route 6 Physical and Aquatic Therapy in Wellsboro. This is an exciting opportunity to work on an as-needed basis, covering staff vacations and call-offs, with hours between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

**Why You'll Love This Role:**

+ **Flexible Schedule:** Enjoy the flexibility of working on an as-needed basis, perfect for balancing work with other commitments.

+ **Dynamic Work Environment:** Provide support in both clinical and clerical capacities, ensuring a varied and engaging workday.

+ **Team Collaboration:** Work under the direct supervision of licensed clinical staff, including OT, PT, SLP, PTA, and COTA, and be part of a supportive and collaborative team.

+ **Professional Growth:** Gain valuable experience and skills in a healthcare setting, with opportunities to assist in training therapy volunteers.

**Key Responsibilities:**

+ **Clerical Duties:** Complete daily logs, registration, filing patient charges, and scheduling appointments.

+ **Supply Management:** Maintain and inventory medical supplies, ensuring the facility is well-stocked.

+ **Patient Care Support:** Apply modalities and support patient care in line with Occupational, Physical, and Speech Therapy Practice Acts.

+ **Mentorship:** Assist in the orientation and mentoring of newly hired aides and therapy volunteers.

+ **Patient Safety:** Notify healthcare team members of patients' whereabouts and ensure all safety measures are applied.

+ **Work Area Maintenance:** Keep the work area neat and orderly, clean equipment, and patient care areas.

+ **Patient Assistance:** Help with patient transfers, set up, and escorting patients to treatment areas.

+ **Transportation:** Safely transport patients and equipment between units and treatment centers.

+ **Non-Treatment Support:** Assist licensed clinicians with non-treatment aspects of therapy services.

+ **Communication:** Answer department phone calls professionally, take messages, provide information, and transfer calls.

+ **Documentation:** Record statistics, activities, exercises, and outcomes as directed by licensed clinicians.

**Join Our Team of Life Changers!**

If you're ready to join an amazing team and make a real difference in patients' lives, apply today and discover where your career can take you with UPMC.

+ **Educational Requirements:** High school diploma or equivalent is required.

+ **Preferred Experience:** Previous experience as a therapy technician or nursing assistant is preferred.

+ **Instructional Skills:** Ability to follow both verbal and written instructions effectively.

**Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:**

+ **CPR Certification:** Must obtain CPR certification based on AHA standards, including both didactic and skills demonstration components within 30 days of hire.

+ **Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification**

+ **Clearances:**

+ Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal

+ Act 33 with renewal

+ Act 34 with renewal

+ Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

**UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran**

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