RECREATION THERAPIST (BA) PRN

Job Description

Responsibilities

Position Summary

The Recreation Therapist BSW is responsible for providing continuous patient care, observation, interaction, and role modeling to patients under the direction of a CTRS

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in activity therapy, humanities, social work or related therapeutic discipline preferred

Experience: Three (3) years of related experience, with knowledge of psychiatric patient care techniques with understanding of mental illness, preferred.

Additional Requirement: May be required to work overtime and flexible hours.

STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE

THE ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS ARE CATEGORIZED UNDER THE JCAHO STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE

Qualifications

Assist patients in achieving their optimum level of independent functioning.

• Document services rendered in accordance with established criteria.
• Maintain current documentation in daily progress notes, including the patient's name, date of therapy, name of therapeutic group/intervention, and summary of the session.
• Effectively plans and implements activity therapy for assigned patient case load within the facility, as well as outside the hospital as required.
• Monitor therapeutic space, supplies and equipment and ensures they are kept in a clean, orderly and safe condition.
• Utilize advanced knowledge of counseling and therapeutic concepts and methods for determining therapeutic services for psychiatric and chemically dependent patients.
• Demonstrate knowledge of group dynamics as well as therapy and practice of group processing.
  
  

Performance Accountability

• Demonstrate excellent guest relations in communication and cooperation, assisting patients, licensed practitioners, co-workers, and visitors promptly and courteously.
• Act as a patient advocate and assures patient rights are upheld.
• Report therapeutic services charges daily, substantiating any changes in the treatment notes.
• Attend program meetings and maintain related records.
• Provide direction, education, and in-service to other unit personnel regarding activity therapy.
• Participate in performance improvement activities (i.e. in-services, conferences or seminars).
• Utilize time constructively and in an organized manner to accomplish assigned responsibilities, delegates duties to other personnel as appropriate, and demonstrates good judgment when making decisions.
• Adhere to facility, department and Corporate Personnel Policies and Procedures.
• Attend all mandatory facility in-services and staff development activities as scheduled.
• Adhere to facility standards concerning conduct, dress, attendance and punctuality.
• Support facility-wide quality/performance improvement goals and objectives.
• Maintain confidentiality of facility employees and patient information.
• Demonstrate appropriate therapeutic boundaries. Consistently follow established procedures.
  
  

Teaching

• Model and teach appropriate social skills.
• Teach coping skills and stress management techniques to patients.
• Carry out teaching activities identified in the treatment plan.
  
  

Treatment Planning

• Provide pertinent feedback to the interdisciplinary treatment team regarding patient response to therapy, treatment interventions, and therapeutic objectives, as appropriate and necessary.
• Contribute to the treatment plan with specific goals and interventions to be achieved in progressive therapy/recreational therapy.
  
  

Additional Standards

• Adhere to facility, department, corporate and standard policies and procedures.
• Attend all mandatory facility in-services and staff development activities as scheduled.
• Adhere to facility standards concerning conduct, dress, attendance and punctuality.
• Support facility-wide quality/performance improvement goals and objectives.
• Maintain confidentiality of facility employees and patient information.
  
  

Note: The essential job functions of this position are not limited to the duties listed above.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

THIS SECTION DESCRIBES WHAT KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES AN EMPLOYEE IN THIS POSITION SHOULD CURRENTLY POSSESS. THIS LIST MAY NOT BE COMPLETE FOR ALL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION.

• Knowledge in one or more program disciplines (i.e. art, recreation, and/or music therapy).
• Knowledge of psychiatric care techniques.
• Knowledge of assaultive behavior management techniques.
• Knowledge of all code procedures.
• Knowledge of adolescent and adult program rules and protocols.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Effective Human Relations skills.
• Skill in organizing and prioritizing workloads to meet deadlines.
• Skill in telephone etiquette and paging procedures.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients and co-workers.
• Ability to adhere to safety policies and procedures.
• Ability to use good judgement and to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Ability to work as a team player.
• Ability to demonstrate tact, resourcefulness, patience and dedication.
• Ability to problem solve, utilizing good judgment.
• Ability to accept direction and adhere to policies and procedures.
• Ability to recognize the importance of adapting to the various patient age groups (adolescent, adult and geriatric).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to meet corporate deadlines.
• Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
  
  

PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND SPECIAL DEMANDS

THIS SECTION DESCRIBES HOW AN EMPLOYEE IN THIS POSITION CURRENTLY PERFORMS THE FUNCTIONS OF THIS POSITION. MODIFICATIONS TO THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS JOB MAY BE PERFORMED WILL BE REVIEWED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

• Ability to stand sit or walk up to six hours, sit for up to two hours.
• Ability to move frequently is required in the delivery of patient care.
• Visual acuity is needed for accurate reading of patient charts and for demonstrating activities or assisting patients in activities.
• Ability to spend 20% of the work day outdoors in temperatures varying form 30°-100°F and 80% of the work day indoors in temperatures varying from 60°-85°F.
• Ability to occasionally push/pull wheeled carts from 200 lbs. (i.e., crash cart, EKG machine, patient on stretchers or in wheelchairs).
• Ability to frequently lift and carry up to 10 lbs. (i.e. juices, charts, patient's belongings) and occasionally lift and carry up to 100 lbs. (a patient).
• Ability to frequently reach above, at or below shoulder height (obtain supplies, reach in cabinets, use refrigerator), kneel, bend, stoop, turn, twist.
• Ability to frequently handle, through gross and fine manipulations, simple grasping, twisting and fingering of small objects (telephone buttons, thermometers with both hands).
• Ability to see well enough to read written material and discern a variety of odors.
• Ability to occasionally handle hazardous/infectious waste.
• Ability to work in an environment where the noise level is frequently high; where chemicals are frequently used for cleaning; where mechanical and electrical hazards may be occasionally present; and where dust, mist and steam are frequently generated in housekeeping tasks.
• Ability to work at a rapid pace and tolerate a variety of repetitive tasks.
  
  

Machines, Tools, Equipment, And Other Work Aides

THIS SECTION DESCRIBES THOSE MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER WORK AIDES AN EMPLOYEE IN THIS POSITION MUST BE ABLE TO USE.

• Medical and nursing equipment and supplies.
• Telephone and paging systems.
• Art equipment and supplies.
• Gym equipment and supplies.
• Policies, procedures, plans, and program manuals
  
  

Pay Transparency

To encourage pay transparency, promote pay equity, and proactively address regulations, UHS and all our subsidiaries will comply with all applicable state or local laws or regulations which require employers to provide wage or salary range information to job applicants and employees. Salary offers may be based on key factors such as education and related experience.