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Req #: 242843

Department: HARBORVIEW - OUTPATIENT ORTHO OT PT CLINIC

Posting Date: 01/28/2025

Closing Info: Closes On 02/14/2025

Salary: $4,058 - $5,809 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-summary-classified-staff-greater-than-half-time-20230701_a11y.pdf)

$5,000 Sign-On Bonus for eligible full-time and part-time new employees joining UW Medicine Harborview Medical Center - Rehab Therapies has an outstanding opportunity for a Therapy Aide / Nursing Assistant Certified (NAR) .

WORK SCHEDULE

• 100% FTE (40 hours per week)

• Monday – Friday

• Day Shift POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• Assists the physical, occupational, speech, and therapeutic recreation staff in a variety of tasks designed to improve departmental work efficiency

• Manage inventory (ordering, stocking, organizing) and maintain equipment (monitoring, inspections, cleaning, setup)

• Assist clinical staff with tasks (record retrieval, filing, faxing, photocopying, arranging interpreter services, charge prep) and provide direct patient care (ADLs, exercise, ambulation, positioning, safety support during treatments) PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Cleans and maintains equipment, including but not limited to mats, wheelchairs, cpms, parallel bars, toys, and loaner bathroom equipment

• Maintains cleanliness and order in work area, gyms, and supply and storage areas

• Delivers equipment to appropriate departments; obtains supplies from other departments

• Provides routine inspection and maintenance of department equipment; removes faulty or damaged equipment from service, and reports to appropriate personnel

• Moves and sets up equipment, as necessary, for therapist use and patient care; assists in setting up special equipment

• Maintains a safe clinical environment including aspects such as use of proper principles/techniques for all procedures, body substance isolation, and responsibility to identity/report unsafe situations.

• Emails and alphapages workgroup members with information updates

• Transfers patient to and from appropriate conveyances (e.g., wheelchair, Hoyer lift, and mat or tilt table)

• Cultivates and demonstrates positive work attitudes and relationships

• Seeks feedback from others and responds in non-defensive manner. Implements suggestions from constructive feedback REQUIREMENTS

• Nursing Assistant-Registered (NAR) with the State of Washington

• High school diploma or GED equivalent

• Six months experience involving customer service in a health care setting OR six months experience involving direct patient care OR equivalent education/experience.

• Valid American Heart Association's Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers upon hir ABOUT HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region. Challenge. Collaboration. Compassion. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/about/career-opportunities/harborview-medical-center) ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest. Become part of our team. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/jobs) Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.