ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL

Description

Position Overview:

This position will be responsible for providing exceptional patient care for adult patients requiring rehabilitation services.

Essential Job Functions

• Evaluates customer rehabilitation equipment needs and assures that functional goals are established at the evaluation and met.
• Assist or repair any POV or Custom Manual wheelchairs.
• Order appropriate products and equipment for our clients.
• Provides products and equipment to customers and assures proper instruction on the use and care of the product and equipment.
• Provide general repairs to rehab equipment and products, appropriately set up, assemble and program rehab equipment as trained by manufacturers’ recommendations.
• Collaborate and follow-up with physical therapists, occupational therapists, and other clinical professionals.
• Assists customer service in obtaining necessary information to qualify orders.
• Follow-up with patients as needed.
• Maintain Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) and National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers (NRRTS) certifications/licenses.
• Perform other duties or special projects assigned.
• Willing to travel to multiple locations as needed.
  
  

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Possesses high school diploma or equivalent
• Possess current ATP and NRRTS certifications/licenses in good standing
• Previous experience or required technical/mechanical/repair skills
• Ability to work with patients and resolve issues in a timely manner
• Adhere to all safety regulations and compliance regulations
• Must possess a valid driver’s license in good standing
• Must be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.
  
  

Physical Demands and Working Environment

The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Language Ability and Interpersonal Communication: Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and the public. Ability to speak and hear sufficiently to understand and give directions.

Judgment and Situational Reasoning Ability: Ability to use good judgment and discretion in performing all job functions.

Environment: Office, nursing facility or hospital setting.

Physical: Incumbents require sufficient mobility to walk, stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; operate office equipment, including the use of a computer keyboard; exert required physical effort to perform moderate to heavy physical work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling; push, pull, lift, and/or carry moderate to heavy amounts of weights; operate assigned equipment and vehicles; ability to verbally communicate to exchange information.

Strength Aspects

• Ability to lift patients using biomedical techniques frequently throughout the course of a workday/shift; must be capable of easily lifting fifty (50) pounds of weight alone.
• Frequently required to stand and lift objects from 1” to 36” high Body
  
  

Position And Flexibility Elements

• Ability to walk, bend, stand and reach constantly during a workday.
• Ability to push wheeled equipment throughout the facility.
• Fine motor skills adequate for scheduling and preparing patients, equipment, and supplies for treatment.
• Frequently required to bend down at the waist to a torso level of 24” above the floor.
• Ability to participate in sustained activities for many hours in duration in accordance with state labor laws.
  
  

Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction; vision sufficient to read computer screens and print documents; and to operate assigned equipment.

Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.