Rehabilitation Technician - Flex Staff, Registry
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Posted in Medical and Nursing


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Job Info


The Rehabilitation Technician assists patients and patient care team in preparing for and performing treatment programs and provision of basic day care support of significant others. Maintains department facilities and patient care areas and equipment including patient wheelchairs and positioning equipment daily in a clean and orderly condition.

The Rehabilitation Technician will consistently demonstrate support of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab statement of Vision, Mission and Core Values by striving for excellence, contributing to the team efforts and showing respect and compassion for patients and their families, fellow employees, and all others with whom there is contact at or in the interest of the institute.

The Rehabilitation Technician will demonstrate Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Core Attributes: Communication, Accountability, Flexibility/Adaptability, Judgment/Problem Solving, Customer Service and Core Values (Hope, Compassion, Discovery, Collaboration, and Commitment to Excellence) while fulfilling job duties.

Principal Responsibilities
The Rehabilitation Technician:

  1. Prepares patients for treatments or evaluation, assisting them as necessary to undress and don garments or treatment aids.
  2. Transfers, moves, and ambulates patients to and from department with wheelchair or stretcher.
  3. Assists therapist in direct patient care activities such as sensory stimulation, training programs, gait training.
  4. Assists therapist in patient care during treatment sessions such exercise and weight training programs, hydrotherapy, and gait training.
  5. Conducts therapeutic regime for patients, which includes reinforcing learnings in self-care activities such as feeding, dressing, bathing and memory training.
  6. Observes patients and reports reactions or changes in condition immediately to supervising nurse or therapist.
  7. Fabricates equipment adaptations for patients.
  8. Maintains adaptive equipment inventory including issuing supplies to staff and notifying appropriate personnel of deficiencies.
  9. Maintains clinic area in a neat organized manner and performs infection control procedures including disinfecting equipment.
  10. Maintains food inventory for patient use including shopping for needed supplies, dating, and rotating current supply.
  11. Performs clerical support when needed including reception duties, file maintenance, document distribution, library maintenance and retrieval of medical records.
  12. Clean and maintain Shirley Ryan AblityLab rental wheelchairs.
  13. Delivers/stores supplies and equipment received from Central Supply.
  14. Performs all other duties that may be assigned in the best interest of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.


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