Pros
-Great for students looking to go into PT, OT, or nursing -A lot of patient interaction. -A great place to enhance communication skills, gain work experience, become familiar with your future field -Coworkers are all people wonderful to work with -All staff genuinely care about patients and their well-being
Cons
-The pay is poor. You get one raise a year, assuming your clinic manager has started the review process on time. -During the busier times you'll find yourself going through the motions and opportunities to ask the "why?" questions are not as frequent. Meaning, you may know that a patient needs to do a certain exercise and you know their form is correct but it may be unclear as to how this exercise will help the patient, what muscles are being challenged, etc. -You cannot advance from the rehab aide position -The workload is not proportionate to the amount being paid. Rehab aides are expected to juggle 1-4 patients at a time, take phone calls, help with insurance verifications, clean the bathrooms and equipment, do the laundry, and fill out paper work. $9.00/hr for all the work expected from you can make you feel unappreciated and not a valuable asset to the clinic. -Hours can get cut with little notice due to lack of patients.
