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Rehabilitation Assistant, Patient Safety and Equipment

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CA$30/hour
Entry Level
Full-time

Top Benefits

Four weeks of vacation to start
Comprehensive health benefits
Pension plan

About the role

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $30.96 - $30.96 / hour

Job Summary

Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

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We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust.

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Detailed Overview

Under the direction of a therapist such as a physiotherapist, assists in implementing and carrying out assigned safe patient handling program elements to meet the needs of staff and patients at the designated site. Functions as a support person to assist staff with safe patient handling challenges in an effort to provide safe patient care. Monitors therapy equipment such as mobility and assistive devices and supplies including maintaining inventories.

Responsibilities

  1. Assists in organizing, preparing and implementing safe patient handling program elements for staff and patients as part of an inter-professional team at assigned locations/units/departments; provides input into the implementation of patient mobility decision tools, documentation processes and other patient handling resource materials.
  2. Participates in safe patient handling practices by demonstrating, coaching and assisting staff with safe patient handling activities such as the appropriate use of equipment and assistive devices; provides input into the planning, implementation, modification and evaluation of current patient handling/mobility plans or program elements for assigned locations. Collaborates with inter-professional teams at assigned locations and Workplace Health regarding patient handling issues/concerns.
  3. Maintains an inventory of patient handling equipment and supplies; provides input regarding purchase of new equipment and supplies and notifies the appropriate inter-professional team when equipment requires maintenance or service and if inventory is low.
  4. Provides safe patient handling related education and functional skills training to staff with the goal of enhancing staff awareness and skill level regarding safe patient handling equipment available and facilitates appropriate usage of equipment such as ceiling lifts, floor lifts, bariatric equipment, hover jacks and slider sheets.
  5. Maintains and records up-to-date statistics of safe patient handling program activities for assigned locations.
  6. Liaises with new staff and staff returning from injuries to ensure they are familiar with new and/or revised patient assessments, mobility and transfer requirements.
  7. Observes and reports cognitive and functional changes in patient ability or behavior that may warrant a progression or regression of patient handling or mobility.
  8. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Completion of a Rehabilitation Assistant program or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Valid BC Driver's License and access to a personal vehicle for business-related purposes.

Skills and Abilities

  • Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
  • Ability to deal with others effectively
  • Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position
  • Ability to organize work
  • Ability to operate related equipment

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

About Fraser Health Authority

Hospitals and Health Care
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The ❤️ of health care from Burnaby to Boston Bar on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to 32 First Nations within the territories of the Fraser Salish region.