Employee Type: PRN Work Shift: Day - 8 hour shift (United States of America) **Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health!** **Position Summary:** Rehab Technicians work under the direct supervision of a Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist Assistant. Techs often maintain the treatment area and assist in exercises with patients. They often do tasks that are indirectly related to patient care such as cleaning and setting up the treatment area, transferring patients, and performing clerical duties. Aides are also responsible for observing patients before, during, and after therapy, noting their status and reporting to a Physical Therapist. They may help patients do specific exercises as part of the plan of care, use a variety of techniques to treat patients, and use devices and equipment to help patients. The employee will complete other duties as assigned. **Essential Functions:** + Provide support in patient care and in carrying out therapeutic activities as directed by the therapist in a team environment consistent with professional practices and ethical standards. + Perform basic patient monitoring (i.e. blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate), equipment set-up, and knowledge of precautions / contraindications of therapeutic techniques and modalities + Provide cleaning and preparation of treatment areas and equipment as established by the department. + Perform and completes end of month cleaning, daily temperature logs, and maintains clinic inventory + Handle and deliver medications based on the requirements of their job in the assigned work facility. **QUALIFICATIONS** **Education** **:** + **High School Degree** required **Experience** **:** + Experience working in healthcare setting with direct patient contact preferred. **Special** **Skills** **:** + Ability to utilize therapy equipment an outpatient rehabilitation setting to provide treatment and procedures preferred. **Licensure** **/** **Certification** **:** + **Basic Life Support (BLS) certification** required to be initially completed with the GHS Staff Development Office within 30 calendar days of hire date (exceptions to obtain certification from a provider other than the GHS Staff Development Office are approved by Staff development on a case-by-case basis). BLS Recertification is required every two years. ACLS preferred. **Physical Requirements** **: Medium Physical Agility Test (PAT) Rating** While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently (activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) required to stand, sit, and walk; occasionally (activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) to use hands, fingers; and frequently to talk or hear. The employee must exert 20 to 35 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 15 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Tidelands Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). Tidelands Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender, genetic information, familial status, or any other legally protected status.