Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

All employees are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a FT or PT status (40+ hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans. Additional benefits available to FT and PT employees include tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law.

Why Shriners?

• 4 locations ranked on U.S. News & World Report’s list of Best Children’s Hospitals for pediatric orthopedics
  Winner of 9 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Awards and 5 Pinnacle of Excellence Awards for Patient Experience (2023)
  $20 million in annual funding for innovative research in genomics, clinical motional analysis, and other forms of translational research

About Shriners Children’s Philadelphia

Shriners Children’s Philadelphia is where hope and healing meet. Our team of highly specialized physicians provides comprehensive care for children with fractures, sports injuries, orthopedic conditions, scoliosis, spinal cord conditions, and spine injuries.

• 49-bed inpatient facility with an outpatient clinic and walk-in fracture clinic located in North Philadelphia
• Outreach clinics in Doylestown, PA and San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Joint Commission accredited
• EMR: Cerner (OR), Epic (Clinic), Fully transitioning to EPIC in 2025
• Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award winner for Inpatient Pediatric Patient Experience (2023 & 2024) 
  • The HX Guardian of Excellence Award® honors organizations who have reached the 95th percentile for patient experience, employee or physician engagement, or clinical quality performance awarded annually based on one year of data.
• Press Ganey Pinnacle of Excellence Award (2024)
  • The HX Pinnacle of Excellence Award® is given to the four top-performing organizations in each category based on extraordinary achievement. The award recognizes those who have maintained consistently high levels of excellence over three years in patient experience, employee engagement, physician engagement, or clinical quality performance.
• Partnerships with Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Drexel University, and the University of Pennsylvania

The Rehab Aide assists  the rehabilitation staff (PT, OT, SLP, Recreation Therapy) with a variety of duties to optimize our patient care activities.

• Ensures all equipment and supplies are organized, available and accessible in both treatment and storage areas.
  Maintains inventory of routinely used supplies/equipment and orders additional inventory as needed.
  Responsible for regularly cleaning treatment areas (including toys) and equipment; will appropriately document cleaning of the department equipment based on manufacturers guidelines and hospital policies and procedures.
  Assists with set-up of equipment, patient transportation, and assists in patient treatment programs under the supervision of a therapist.
• Responsible for assisting therapists with non-direct patient care needs and tasks that will improve the patients’ one-to-one treatment experience with their therapist (ie: set up and locate equipment, send faxes, make phone calls, request orders as
  indicated, etc).
• Must be willing to learn and complete basic maintenance and modification of equipment such as walkers, gait trainers, standers and wheelchairs.
• Demonstrates ability to professionally manage multiple telephone calls by answering all calls promptly, speaking clearly, recording accurate messages and communicating the messages to the appropriate staff members.
  Greets patient, families, and visitors promptly.

This is not an all-inclusive list of this job’s responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Education

High School diploma or GED preferred

BLS certification preferred

Experience

1 year experience in rehab/therapy preferred

Shriners Children’s is an EOE/Drug-Free, Smoke-Free Workplace. 

Shriners Children’s values diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.  This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

In accordance with local and system policies, all SHC employees must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to be eligible for hire.