Physical Medicine Aide PRN

at  Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System

Prepares patients and equipment for physical therapy and treatments and performs tasks to maintain the department in an orderly condition. The Physical Therapy Aide removes and replaces braces, splints, and slings from patient bodies before and after treatment, assists therapist in supporting patient during treatment, changes linens, and cleans and stores equipment after use.

• Patient Care/Therapist Support: This will have been satisfactorily performed when…
• Safe and correct transfers as confirmed by supervising therapist are performed. Assistance with the transport of patients to and from therapy sessions is provided daily.
• Assistance is provided to therapists and assistants with patient treatment as instructed at all times. Assists with monitoring patients on equipment, positioning, ambulation; exercise; adl training.
• CPM is set up as well as placing joint patients on CPM at end of treatment for a day as evidenced by daily CPM log (M-F days).
• Any observed change of behavior/performance in a patient to the supervising therapist is reported immediately followed as noticed.
• The designated chain of command used to communicate work related questions/concerns and present solutions/options for department concerns is used at all times.
• Equipment/Environment: This will have been satisfactorily performed when…
• Temperature checks on hydrocollaters and ice pack equipment is completed daily (M-F) as evidenced by recording on temperature log. Posts treatment schedules daily in patient rooms (M-F).
• Mat preparation and set up of treatment tables with clean linen and exercise equipment is completed each morning before treatment begins and cleans/returns equipment to storage after use (w/c, transfer boards, weights, walkers, and other equipment at the end of each day.
• O2 canisters are maintained at minimum of 3 full canisters available each morning prior to treatment.
• Work area is kept in a neat and orderly manner (cleans equipment, treatment tables, hydrocollator, and paraffin bath; empties linen) according to policy and infection control guidelines as evidenced by daily/monthly cleaning logs.
• Other Duties: This will have been satisfactorily performed when…
• Other duties as assigned by manager are completed.

Experience - 6 months experience in healthcare field OR coursework in healthcare field
Education - High School or equivalent
Special Skills - Good interpersonal/human relations skills; Good oral/written communication skills; Good teamwork skills; Good critical thinking/decision making skills
The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is a leading health care innovator in Louisiana and Mississippi. We bring together outstanding clinicians, the most advanced technology and leading research to ensure that our patients receive the highest quality and safest care possible.
This commitment is grounded in a history that is more than 100 years old, but reflected today by our strategic vision of transforming healthcare through superior performance and excellent patient care.

In the last fiscal year, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System had:

• 1,747 Licensed Beds
• 65,322 Discharges
• 44,592 OR Procedures
• 10,827 Full Time Employees
• 331,360 Inpatient Days

• 1,915 Active Medical Staff229,296 Emergency Visits

• As a nonprofit, mission-focused Catholic healthcare ministry, we give special attention to our citizens who are most in need. During the most recent fiscal year, we provided more than $39 million in unreimbursed care and community support to the underprivileged.
  Our health system is one of the largest in Louisiana, with hospitals, clinics and physicians located throughout Louisiana and in Mississippi. In fact, we provide care to almost half of Louisiana’s citizens, and serve in Mississippi’s largest metropolitan area. Because of our size and the partnerships we have with other local organizations, we are able to pool our resources and share cost and service efficiencies and learn from each other, thereby accelerating our ability to improve care and solve challenges.
  Since our founding in Monroe, Louisiana in 1911, we have been blessed by the guidance of the Franciscan Sisters. Through their guidance and steadfast example, we have committed to assure that we perpetuate their healing ministry for another hundred years. It is a noble purpose we strive to fulfill every day.
  Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, we serve patients across Louisiana and Mississippi through a network of hospitals, clinics, physicians, elderly housing and integrated information system. Our health system has partnered with the State of Louisiana as it transforms its healthcare delivery system. The partnership includes inpatient acute care and primary care delivery in Baton Rouge and Bogalusa.
  Following in the footsteps of our founders, the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, our team members and physicians are called to provide high quality care and compassion to all people, especially those most in need.
  As we look to the future of our healthcare ministry, we chart our course by “going where we are called.”

• Patient Care/Therapist Support: This will have been satisfactorily performed when…
• Safe and correct transfers as confirmed by supervising therapist are performed. Assistance with the transport of patients to and from therapy sessions is provided daily.
• Assistance is provided to therapists and assistants with patient treatment as instructed at all times. Assists with monitoring patients on equipment, positioning, ambulation; exercise; adl training.
• CPM is set up as well as placing joint patients on CPM at end of treatment for a day as evidenced by daily CPM log (M-F days).
• Any observed change of behavior/performance in a patient to the supervising therapist is reported immediately followed as noticed.
• The designated chain of command used to communicate work related questions/concerns and present solutions/options for department concerns is used at all times.
• Equipment/Environment: This will have been satisfactorily performed when…
• Temperature checks on hydrocollaters and ice pack equipment is completed daily (M-F) as evidenced by recording on temperature log. Posts treatment schedules daily in patient rooms (M-F).
• Mat preparation and set up of treatment tables with clean linen and exercise equipment is completed each morning before treatment begins and cleans/returns equipment to storage after use (w/c, transfer boards, weights, walkers, and other equipment at the end of each day.
• O2 canisters are maintained at minimum of 3 full canisters available each morning prior to treatment.
• Work area is kept in a neat and orderly manner (cleans equipment, treatment tables, hydrocollator, and paraffin bath; empties linen) according to policy and infection control guidelines as evidenced by daily/monthly cleaning logs.
• Other Duties: This will have been satisfactorily performed when…
• Other duties as assigned by manager are completed