Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

St. Francis LIFE College Avenue , a member of Trinity Health PACE, is seeking a full-time Recreation Therapist for its location in Newark, Delaware.

The primary purpose of this position is to plan, develop, and implement appropriate therapeutic recreational activities for all participants, including those with Alzheimer's and other related Dementia. Provide direction and support to recreation assistant and other staff members as appropriate; and is responsible for quality improvement within the recreation department.

This position will work Mon - Fri 8 am to 430 with no nights, weekends or on call shifts required. Occasional home care visits will be required to complete assessments. Monthly visits to assigned nursing homes will also be required.

This position will also work three days a week in Newark and two days a week at St Francis LIFE Healthcare in Wilmington, DE.

Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) or LIFE programs coordinate and provide all needed preventive, primary, acute and long-term care services so that older individuals can continue living in the community. PACE is an innovative model that enables individuals who are 55 years old or older and certified by their state to need nursing home care to live as independently as possible. Through PACE, todays fragmented health care financing and delivery system comes together to serve the unique needs of each individual in a way that makes sense to the frail elderly, their informal caregivers, health care providers and policy makers.

Many PACE participants get most of their care from staff employed by the PACE organization in the PACE center. PACE centers meet State and Federal safety requirements and include adult day programs, medical clinics, activities, and occupational and physical therapy facilities.

St Francis LIFE College Avenue provides a competitive compensation and benefit package that complements this opportunity for personal growth and professional advancement.

Benefits of joining a winning team!

Warm and supportive environment

Enjoy a truly patient-centered focus

Excel with supportive, motivated colleagues in an inspiring environment

Flexibility

Competitive salary

Career paths and professional development

Learn the industry's best, easy-to-use, advanced technology

Other benefits

Health, dental and vision insurance

Short and long-term disability

403b

Generous paid time off

Mileage reimbursement

Comprehensive orientation

Essential Functions include but are not limited to:

• Manages the daily operations of the recreational therapy department including but not limited to staffing and staff assignments, initial recreational therapy assessments and reassessments, and referrals to other providers.

• Participate as a member of the interdisciplinary team (IDT) and in initial, semi-annual, unscheduled, annual assessments and reassessments; ensuring that all participant recreational therapy needs are identified and addressed.

• Plan and implement group and individual treatments to improve or maintain the participants' cognitive, physical,

• social, psychosocial, and artistic needs, such as, exercise, arts and crafts, birthday and holiday celebrations, special events, recreational games, cognitive groups, and community outings, including coordinating services with the center manager/director, transportation, dietary, maintenance, nursing, and rehabilitation staff, as needed.

• Plan and prepare activities for dementia-specific population; oversee daily flow of quiet room activities area, coordinating aspects of personal care with para-professional staff assigned to work on dementia-specific programs; and provide on-going support to all staff involved in dementia-specific programming related to the dementia disease process.

• Complete timely documentation, including daily participant activity participation records; assessments; and other data on participants as directed by the interdisciplinary team.

• Assume the lead role in quality assessment and performance improvement related activities.

• Lead the activities department in development of discipline-specific standards of care.

• Provide initial and ongoing training, education, and supervision for recreation therapist and assistants, including all areas of performance with departmental policies.

• Responsible for keeping recreational therapy staff abreast of program information and making sure staff concerns regarding program and participant issues are addressed appropriately.

• Actively participates in the coordination of efforts towards survey preparedness. When necessary contribute to the plan of correction for department deficiencies.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Recreation Therapy related field or NCCAP Activity Professionals Certification.

• Minimum of two (2) years demonstrated experience in activities/therapeutic recreation related services with geriatric population.

• Minimum of one (1) year documented experience working with a frail or elderly population or if less than one (1) year of experience, must receive appropriate training from the PACE organization on working with a frail or elderly population upon hiring.

• Experience working with dementia patients preferred.

• Must be action-oriented, have business acumen, manage conflict well, be customer focused, have high decision quality, flexibility to adapt to ongoing change and have organizational agility. Ability to work with minimal supervision and exercise independent judgment.

• Possess interpersonal skills to drive collaboration, commitment and productivity when working with cross-functional teams, customers and end users. Must be comfortable functioning in a virtual, collaborative shared leadership environment.

• Demonstrates superior written, verbal

• communication and presentation skills appropriate for audience comprehension. Well-developed communication skills, written, oral that may be used either in an on-site or virtual environment is required. Able to communicate effectively with individuals and groups representing diverse perspectives.

• Comprehensive to expert proficiency with Microsoft product suite (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.); basic knowledge and experience with electronic mail and calendaring system. Knowledge of systems necessary, experience preferred. Ability to type with speed and accuracy. Ability to use other software as required to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Possesses a high degree of personal accountability, responsibility and independent decision making abilities with the skills to plan, organize, develop, implement and interpret programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures of the organization in line with mission, vision, and philosophy of TH PACE.

• Excellent organizational skills. Ability to perform multiple duties and functions related to daily operations and maintain excellent customer service skills. Ability to perform frequent detailed tasks and provide immediate

• service with frequent interruptions. Ability to change and be flexible with work priorities. Strong problem solving skills.

• Ability to research, analyze and assimilate information from various on-site or virtual sources based on technical and experience based knowledge. Must exhibit critical thinking skills and possess the ability to prioritize workload.

• Position may require 10% travel within the Centers geographic region.

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