Therapy Tech (Pool)

Company: Encompass Health
Location: Columbia
Posted on: February 10, 2019

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:

• 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 patients condition, diagnosis, prognosis, progress, plan of care or discharge plan to nurses or therapists. The Therapy Technician creates an environment and culture that enables the hospital to fulfill its mission by providing patient safety and patient-centered treatment.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.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.You will usestandard 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.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
  
  Address: 315 Business Loop 70 West, Columbia 65203
  Shift: Day Job
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  Keywords: Encompass Health, Columbia , Therapy Tech (Pool), Healthcare , Columbia, Missouri

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