What are the responsibilities and job description for the Rehabilitation Aide - Weymouth Mon-Fri position at Boston Children's Hospital?
Position Description
This Rehabilitation Aide Weymouth shall be responsible for:
- Maintaining a clean and organized environment throughout the day. Assisting with cleaning equipment and mats/tables in a timely manner for quick turnover for patient use. Monitoring and maintaining daily stock of designated patient care supplies, and retrieving and delivering items as requested.
- Performing inventory for departmental needs, submitting ordering sheets to supervisor for approval, and placing orders through online system. Organizing orders and storing them in appropriate and designated places when they arrive.
- Ensuring all equipment is in working order and performing weekly and monthly maintenance for equipment. Communicating with staff regarding equipment or patient care supplies issues.
- Assisting Physical/Occupational Therapists and Assistants in patient care tasks determined as routine or assisting as a safeguard to patient care and under direct supervision and instruction by the therapist or therapist assistant. Performing other related duties to provide patients with comfort, diversion or safety.
- Setting up treatment area with necessary equipment, under instruction by therapist or therapist assistant.
- Scheduling patients for appointments and procedures, coordinating appointments, procedures, or referrals with other departments or institutions as necessary. Recording appointments on scheduling systems, adjusting schedules as needed. Providing patients, parents, visitors, and staff with standardized information as appropriate.
- Collecting and organizing medical records, information, materials and supplies required for appointments or procedures. Preparing standard forms as requested by clinician or supervisor. Providing general office support as required.
- Answering, screening and routing telephone calls, and greeting and directing visitors. Composing routine correspondence. Initiating calls for emergency services as required. Collecting, verifying records and processing patient demographics. Collecting records and securing co-payments made by patient/families. Checking charges in billing system to ensure information is correct.
- Maintaining safety of work area. Identifying and reporting equipment in need of maintenance or repair.
- Monitoring and informing clinical staff of unusual activity or behavior.
- High School/GED
- One year of previous experience in a clinical healthcare setting ideal
Boston Children’s Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.
Status Full-Time
Standard Hours per Week 40
Job Posting Category Rehabilitation
Regular, Temporary, Per Diem Regular
Office/Site Location Weymouth
Remote Eligibility Onsite Only
