What are the responsibilities and job description for the Milieu Therapist (fulltime) - UPMC McKeesport position at UPMC?
UPMC McKeesport is currently hiring a fulltime Milieu Therapist to join our team!
Are you a behavioral health professional who is interested in working at a world-renowned medical center with an up-beat environment? Are you looking for a meaningful career with endless opportunities? Do you enjoy working hands on with patients, their families, and a supportive team to provide excellent patient care? If so, you might be a great fit for a role at UPMC!
UPMC McKeesport is currently hiring a fulltime Milieu Therapist to join our team. This position will work various shifts (including day, evening and overnight) and have weekend/holiday responsibility.
UPMC offers a competitive benefits package and provides the opportunity to continue to grow professionally from both a technical and managerial standpoint.
Candidates will be placed in the correct job title/salary grade based on education and experience.
We invite you to explore our opportunities today!
Purpose:
The Milieu Therapist I performs assigned tasks, and participates as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, in various aspects of patient care with an emphasis on therapeutic activities conducted with assigned individuals and groups.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain competency requirements
- Learn and utilize up-to-date technology and practices in delivery of patient care.
- Attend a minimum of 1 unit based of Institute wide in-service yearly.
- Facilitate or co-facilitate psychoeducational and therapeutic activity groups effectively
- Encourage or assist patients to perform activities of daily living
- Accompany patients to out-of-building activities and appointments
- Document in the Medical Record according to established policies
- Manage crisis situations effectively using positive approaches.
- Demonstrate effective milieu management skills, which promote positive patient experiences.
- Maintain a safe and therapeutic environment.
- Provide clinical interventions assessed by client needs
- Coordinate patient groups and activities
- Participate in interdisciplinary meetings and other activities
- Maintain on-going communication with appropriate staff
- Perform assigned work in a timely and productive manner
- Completes 1:1 meetings with assigned patients to assess how they are currently doing
- Complete observations of patients as ordered, following all guidelines