461000 Rehab Aide

Job Summary

The primary purpose of the Rehab Aide/Rehab Tech is to support the Director of Rehab in managing the rehab department at the assigned Avamere facilities. The Rehab Tech is also responsible for supporting the therapy staff with quality patient care.

The Rehab Tech will perform tasks associated with rehab caseload management, therapy staffing, and assisting with day-to-day activities in the rehabilitation department at the assigned facility or facilities. Rehab Tech will operate with appropriate supervision and exercise independent judgment in completing tasks. The Rehab Tech may be asked to support multiple buildings within a geographic area.

Key Responsibilities

• Schedules evaluations for patients with physician orders. Assists with obtaining physician orders as directed by DOR.
• Collaborates with nursing and admissions departments to determine status of newly admitted and to-be-admitted patients in planning for therapy evaluations and care.

• Coordinates treatment schedules to achieve associated time/day requirements to provide patient-centered quality care.
• Demonstrates knowledge of insurance contracts as it relates to plan of care.

• Monitors new and existing patient schedules for daily/weekly time variance. Implements variance control strategies so that time and day requirements are met and maintained within rehabilitation allocation. This includes modifications to staffing.
• Coordinates schedule to achieve maximum productivity and efficiency of self and staff.
• Develops economical indirect time management strategies such that requirements for patient care planning and other facility-based meetings are efficiently covered.
• Attends in-service meetings and facility meetings as required.
• Provides overall general department management to include but not limited to: equipment and supplies management, clinical and billing documentation compliance, rehabilitation care compliance (screening, long term care caseload), quality assurance, and daily staffing management.
• Communicates/interacts with facility personnel to ensure continued satisfaction with delivery of care. Confers formally and informally with other team members in coordinating the total rehabilitation program of the resident.
• Provides other clerical support tasks to include: filing, managing records and reports, answering phones, taking messages, faxing and photocopying.
• Answers department telephone, responds to all incoming telephone calls, transfer calls to appropriate personnel and responds timely and appropriately to phone requests and inquiries takes and delivers messages to staff.
• Maintains positive relationships and rapport with coworkers. Collaboration and interaction with other departments: Nursing, Admissions, Business Office, Medical Records, Social Services, HR, front desk.
• Reports to work on time and maintains regular attendance.

• Ability to effectively adjust workflow to meet rehab program needs.

• Adheres to established confidentiality standards per HIPPA.
• Tracks EOM closeouts to clear off all the pending documents that might result hindrance in the closeout for the month.
• Monitors the discharge plan for the patient and set the last DC date once the DC date is confirmed. End the patient case once the discharges are completed by the therapists.

• Maintains safe and clean work area and adheres to facility/company safety standards including compliance with all Infection Control, Universal Precautions, and OSHA standards for the healthcare professional.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Associate Responsibilities

• Attends and participates in facility and company meetings as agreed upon by the facility and approved by the supervisor.
• Provides recommendations to supervisor on opportunities to improve rehab operations and services provided.
• Identifies personal areas of need for development, training, and continuing education in conjunction with supervisor.
• Promotes a positive attitude to staff, within staff, and to community regarding the company, its mission statement, values, and goals.

Requirements and Qualifications

Education

• High school diploma or graduate equivalency degree.
• In good standing with all regulatory agencies and licensing boards as applicable.

Experience

• Experience in healthcare setting preferred.
• General office experience is preferred.
• Full knowledge of resident’s rights.
• Exudes professionalism in presentation.
• CPR certification per building and regulatory requirements.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.

Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds with assistance according to the resident’s abilities