Rehab Aide

Job Description

Job Description

This position supports general day to day administrative and office duties including patient appointment scheduling, client check in / out, collecting insurance co-pays, receiving and making phone calls, obtaining insurance authorizations, filing and scanning.

• Support PT and OT clinical staff in the delivery of patient care as indicated..
• Prepare patients, equipment and supplies for treatments.
• Clean, organize and maintain equipment for patient care.
• Maintain the physical environment of the facility.

Essential Functions :

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Greet patients in a prompt, courteous and professional manner
• Performs functions required for prior authorization, eligibility, and verification of insurances
• Maintain an understanding and cross trained proficiency to assist the general operations of the medical office including rooming, scheduling, check out procedures and collections
• Other duties as assigned

Competencies

• Patient Experience Focused
• Skilled Multi-tasker
• Attention to Detail

Required Education and Experience

• High School Graduate or equivalent
• Any combination of education, training, and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• At least one-year of orthopedic related work.
• Experience in applying, modifying, and remove upper and lower extremity casts.

Physical Demands :

• Requires mobility, frequent walking, standing, and sitting, some bending, stooping and stretching and periodic lifting of up to 50 lbs.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to converse and hear.
• Requires normal (corrected) vision.
• Requires coordination and manual dexterity sufficient to operate office equipment

Work Environment :

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work :

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are typically Monday through Friday, 8 : 30 a.m. to 5 p.m., but may vary depend on Company Schedule.

Effective December 1, 2021, all Orthopedics Rhode Island employees are required to have an initial dose of vaccine to prevent Covid-19.

Effective October 1, 2021, all employees of RI licensed health care facilities must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

Employees may be deemed exempt from this requirement based on documentation from their health care provider. Our policy is to remain compliant with the department of health guidelines.