Sports Therapy Technician Job at Texas Children's Hospital in Katy

Sports Therapy Technician at Texas Children's Hospital

Job Description

We are searching for our next Sports Therapy Technician — someone who works well in a fast-paced hospital setting. In this position, you’ll provide assistance to the occupational/physical therapists and physical therapy assistants in providing occupational and physical therapy treatment programs in a developmentally and age-appropriate manner for patients ages 0 through adulthood.

Schedule: Mon–Thu 7:00 AM–3:30 PM and Sat 7:30 AM–4:00 PM

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides age-appropriate care for the following age groups: Neonate, Infant, Toddler, Preschool Age, School Age, Adolescent, and Adult
• Attends health, safety and training in-services and other mandatory hospital activities
• Provides set-up/clean-up of patient care area as requested by the treating therapist/therapy assistant
• Performs patient care and related activities within the scope of training and responsibilities as requested by the physical/occupational therapist or therapy assistant
• Coordinates patient transportation schedule with the primary therapist, patient care unit and coworkers daily as assigned
• Ensures adequate inventory of linen and patient-related supplies
• Cleans and disinfects hydrotherapy whirlpools following each patient according to departmental protocol
• Cleans therapy mats daily according to departmental procedures
• Informs Manager or designee of all patient/personal injury or unsafe situations, anticipated problems and unusual situations
• Completes appropriate related documentation according to departmental and hospital guidelines

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Skills & Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent education with a basic familiarity with a medical environment preferred
• Experience with working with children in some capacity is preferred
• A current basic life support certification or plan to attend a CPR certification course is preferred
• Demonstration of the basic clinical and non-clinical competencies
• Ability to be articulate, courteous and supportive in dealing with hospital, administrative and departmental personnel, patients and parents
• Independently support and assist in patient care by following the direction of a therapist or therapy assistant

About Us

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city’s most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy.

To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children’s without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

Job Functions and Industry

• Job function: Health Care Provider
• Industry: Hospitals and Health Care

Note: This description reflects the role responsibilities and qualifications and may be updated as needed.