Therapy Tech (Pool)

Company: Encompass Health
Location: Alexandria
Posted on: September 15, 2023

Job Description:

The Therapy Technician assists rehabilitation nurses and therapists with rehabilitation treatment and patient care according to hospital, state, professional and federal regulations and guidelines. In addition, the position:

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• Requires effective communication skills for working with patients, families, - - caregivers, and departmental and interdepartmental relationships.
  
• Requires competency in assisting therapists and nurses with daily care and patient therapy as delegated.
  
• Communicates to nurses and therapists on patient performance, condition and participation during delegated patient care activities.
  
• -Defers any information requests from physicians, patients, visitors etc regarding the patient's condition, diagnosis, prognosis, progress, plan of care or discharge plan to nurses or therapists.
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  The Therapy Technician creates an environment and culture that enables the hospital to fulfill its mission by providing patient safety and patient-centered treatment.
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  What types of patients will you see? We are an acute rehabilitation hospital setting. Typically our patients spend an average of 2-4 weeks in our hospital and come to us with a wide variety of diagnosis such as: stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, various neurological disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, amputation, joint replacement, fractures, multiple trauma, cardiac conditions, and pulmonary conditions. 80% of our patients are discharged directly home.
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  We use evidence-based practice guidelines to treat our patients. - We utilize our clinical outcomes to assess and improve our treatment interventions and programs. We participate in a national outcomes database, which provides benchmarks and sophisticated outcome reports to help us continually analyze and improve our patient outcomes.
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  You will use -standard and advanced therapy technologies- depending on hospital location, some equipment used such as Auto Ambulators, Bioness, Interactive Metronome, Hand Mentor, SmartStep, Anodyne, Wii and CAPs may be available.
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  Helping you become better is critical to our success - You will be paired with mentors; attend in-house as well as external educational programs. The treatment team is made up of full time therapists, nurses, social workers, pharmacists and medical staff; and we offer educational benefits if you are interested in continuing your education.
  
  Job Code: 100150

Keywords: Encompass Health, Alexandria , Therapy Tech (Pool), Healthcare , Alexandria, Louisiana