Orientation and Mobility Instructor

Orientation and Mobility Instructor

Mary Free Bed Summary

We have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. Its extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them. This is true of every employee from support staff and leadership to clinicians and care providers.

ABVI is a not-for-profit 501c3 organization. Founded over a hundred years ago we work with individuals struggling with their loss of sight to help them adjust to their new reality. Through our low-vision clinic we evaluate the extent of vision loss and then provide services to help our clients reach their goals. Whether it be assistive technology to improve the ability to carry out daily activities or in-home rehabilitation to help with daily living skills or one-on-one supportive counseling to help with feelings of isolation anxiety and depression or peer support groups to provide encouragement education and friendships our specialists will help our clients build a plan that will help them become more independent and live their lives with confidence and dignity.

We serve clients of all ages. As the potential for visual impairment increases with age most of our clients are senior citizens. No one is turned away from our services due to an inability to pay.

In January of 2020 ABVI became an independent subsidiary of Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital allowing both organizations to share knowledge and resources to provide an exceptional service experience for our clients and their families.

Mission Statement

Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation.

Employment Value Proposition

At Mary Free Bed we take pride in our values-based culture :

• Focus on Patient Care. A selfless drive to serve and heal connects all MFB employees.
• Clinical Variety and Challenge. An inter-disciplinary approach and a top team of professionals create ever-changing opportunities and activities.
• Family Culture. We offer the stability of a large organization while nurturing the family / team atmosphere of a small organization.
• Trust in Each Other. Each employee knows that co-workers can be trusted to make the right decision for our family patients staff and community.
• A Proud Tradition . Years of dedicated quality service to our patients and community have yielded a reputation that fills our employees with pride.

Summary

Provides orientation and mobility instruction to clients of all ages; develop and maintain instructional and / or IEP goals; maintains relationships with other professionals in the field; travels to clients natural environment to conduct on-site instruction; conduct comprehensive assessments specific to low vision / blindness.

Essential Job Responsibilities

Customer Service Responsibilities

Demonstrate excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages coaches and monitors the same in team members. This individual should consistently promote teamwork and direct communication with co-workers and deal discretely and sensitively with confidential information.

Responsibilities in Quality Improvement

Contribute by identifying problems and seeking solutions. Promote patient / family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service.

Essential Job Qualifications

Preferred Job Qualifications

Physical Requirements for Essential Job Qualification

Levels :

Remain in a stationary position : None

Traverse or move around work location : None

Use keyboard : None

Operate or use department specific equipment : None

Ascend / Descend equipment or ladder : None

Position self to accomplish the Essential Functions of the role : None

Receive and communicate information and ideas for understanding : None

Transport position and / or exert force :

Up to 10 pounds : None

Up to 25 pounds : None

Up to 50 pounds : None

Up to 75 pounds : None

More than 100 pounds : None

Other weight : Up to pounds None

Other : None

Compensation based on experience starting from $20.94.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) it is the policy of Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed please contact the Talent Acquisition team at .

Mary Free Bed is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender national origin age genetic information veteran status disability or other legally protected characteristic.

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1