Job Specific Responsibilities:

•    Demonstrates knowledge of classroom management and ensures that residents participate appropriately in group setting.

•    Demonstrates ability to assist with lessons, activities and exams, ensuring that appropriate curriculum is facilitated to residents.

•    Ability to assist patients with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) - toileting, personal hygiene, changing briefs, showering, feeding, etc. 

•    Assist with transfer and mobility activities and use of mechanical lifts under the direction of the supervising therapist/therapists

•    Assist therapists with treatment sessions as indicated under the direction of the supervising therapists.

•    Demonstrates the ability to monitor the client’s behaviors; appropriate social and work boundaries, job skills and abilities and provide both positive and/or negative feedback.  

•    Demonstrates basic knowledge of techniques utilized to modify behavior in a positive way.  

•    Demonstrates understanding of client’s functional limitations and knowledge of compensatory strategies. 

•    May be assigned job coaching duties; Trains the client on his/her assigned job duties, providing supervision and assistance until the client can perform tasks independently.  

•    Demonstrates ability to use tact, patience and courtesy with clients and community employers at all times. 

•    Lead and organize community trips following company procedure to facilitate client / resident training and knowledge as appropriate.

•    Demonstrates ability to be able to solve problems independently as they arise during programming and in the client’s work place setting with satisfactory results.

•    Must be able to complete reports and maintains various records, schedules and files for the purpose of documenting and/or providing reliable information.   

•    Demonstrates ability to perform basic functions on Word and Excel.

•    Attend all mandatory staff meeting

•    Ability to work weekends as needed

•    Initiates assignments without hesitation and when completed seeks out additional job duties.

•    Reads all staff memos, staff communication notes, resident case management notes, and physician notes and summaries.

•    Works with supervisor to ensure a productive and cohesive team.

•    Meets deadlines to ensure compliance with administrative requests.

•    Maintain work space area by cleaning, disinfecting and reporting defective equipment.

•    Performs other duties as assigned.  

Qualifications:

EDUCATION:

    Minimum of H.S. degree or equivalent.

EXPERIENCE:

    Prefer 12 months experience working in a rehabilitation setting.

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/TRAINING:

1.    Must be certified in CPR/First Aid within 30 days of employment and renew every two (2) years.

2.    Must be certified in SAMA within 30 days of employment and renew annually.

4.    Must be a Certified Driver per Nexus Neurorecovery Center’s policies and renew annually.