Therapeutic Recreation Specialist - Inpatient Psychiatry - Full Time - Days - ProMedica Flower Hospital (FH)
Sylvania, OH
About the Job
Assess patient needs, skills, and interests and develops Activity Therapy treatment goals. Provide therapeutic activity services to patients seeking mental health and psychiatric treatment. Conduct, design, implement, and adjust individualized and group programs to increase functional levels and promote therapeutic milieu. Conduct groups for patients inclusive of weekdays, evenings, and weekends. Assess daily patient functioning, leisure and recreational needs and document daily patient participation in Activity Therapy treatment. Participate in interdisciplinary treatment team meetings and document according to the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and The Joint Commission.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
*All duties listed below are essential unless noted otherwise*
1. Assess patient functional and mental status, interests, and skill level through patient assessment interviews.
2. Interpret assessment information using it to develop patient goals and treatment interventions that contribute to increase patient functioning and to the treatment plan process. Assess daily patient functioning in reference to individual patient goal(s). Document goals and interventions on treatment plan. Complete discharge summaries according to unit policy and procedure.
3. Notify Activity Therapy Staff of changes or updated goals as per patient functioning.
4. Complete weekly Activity Therapy treatment notes and treatment plans according to unit policy and procedure. Document patients’ participation in Activity Therapy treatment on a daily basis and update treatment plan per unit policy.
5. Develop, implement, and review activity programs for meeting the needs of patients. Organize a realistic, effective, efficient Therapeutic Activities schedule that meets the needs of patients in Psychiatry.
6. Acquire and demonstrate knowledge of patient diagnosis, complications, precautions, and indications for treatment through communication with other team members and consultations of medical records.
7. Give regular reports to team members, separately, and in team meeting verifying status of patient’s progress, change in goals, problems, and status of participation in Therapeutic Activity treatment. Relay information regarding change in behaviors.
8. Assist in arranging program coverage and ensure covering (replacement) staff is well informed of the treatment required for patients in the event of absence, planned illness, or vacation. Adjust activity schedule in response to fluctuations in unit needs, demands. Receive approval from Manager/Director/designee for program adjustments in the event of absence due to planned or unplanned illness or scheduled vacation of self and notify peers and nursing staff of approved program adjustments.
9. Communicate and coordinate Therapeutic Activity programs with the PCS, Nursing Staff, Physicians, Managers and Director to promote patient participation and/or consistency in care.
10. Implement the established infection control procedures when working with or around patients.
11. Assist, plan, implement and/or oversee the implementation of special events, special speakers, etc.
12. Know and display the philosophy, mission, and values of ProMedica and Psychiatric Services.
13. Attend and actively participate in Activity Department quarterly meetings, as well as Psychiatric Services staff meetings.
14. Participate in Quality Improvement programs in the department, including recording information and giving suggestions for corrections and improvements.
15. Maintain assigned Activity storage areas in an organized manner that promotes easy access to the materials for all departments utilizing the supplies.
16. Keep current on the policies and procedures for safety, including fire drills, disaster evacuations, weather safety, and infection control.
17. Maintain CPR and non-violent crisis intervention training according to time frames. Required to complete educational in-services as necessary
18. Keep current on literature and new developments in the field of Activity/Recreational Therapy, as well as the psychiatric adult, geriatric, and acute populations.
19. Seek opportunities for self-improvement and professional growth.
20. Define and develop an area of interest into a working expertise which can be drawn upon and shared with others to upgrade the level of professional performance with the Activities Therapy Department.
21. Understand the capabilities and limitations of assistants(s) and utilize them appropriately and effectively to meet patient and departmental goals.
Education: Must have a bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S, B. Ed.)
Skills: Must have interpersonal and verbal/ written communication skills necessary to work productively with patients, families, physicians, and a variety of personnel. Must possess critical thinking skills in order collaborate in the provision and documentation of patient interactions and under stressful situations. Must be able to operate machinery. Must be able to input and retrieve information from computer.
Years of Experience: Three to five years’ experience in a comprehensive inpatient Psychiatric Unit (or comparable work experience).
License: N/A
Certification: Must have CPR- BLS.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Skills: Individual, family and group therapy training and experience preferred.
Certification: C.R.T.R. (Certified Recreational Therapist Registered) or "Expressive therapist" meaning an individual who provides treatment intervention through the use of such activities as art, music, dance; who is certified or registered by the national expressive therapist association, certification board for music therapists, American arts therapy association, 5122-14-01 3 American dance therapy association, or is licensed, certified or registered by another recognized state or national body to practice expressive therapy.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Personal Protective Equipment: Demonstrates knowledge and use of standard precautions and PPE. Demonstrates knowledge and use of safe patient handling equipment.
Physical Demands:
• Must be able to tolerate exposure to dust, fumes, chemicals, temperature changes, and exposure to blood borne pathogens and bodily fluids.
• Must be able to attain all health requirements as identified by the organization (i.e., PPD, respirator training, vaccines, as appropriate).
• Must be able to move about hospital and between workstations, and prolonged periods of standing.
• Must be able to frequently move, lift or carry light to heavy patients or equipment.
• Must be able to lift medium materials, non-material handling; continuous standing, walking, bending, stooping, and reaching; frequent pushing, pulling, and squatting.
• Must be able to appropriately provide care to patients with psychiatric diagnosis and behaviors in the clinical setting.
• Occasional sitting, stairs, and kneeling.
The above list of accountabilities is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by the incumbent; it should not be considered exhaustive.
ProMedica is a mission-based, not-for-profit integrated healthcare organizational headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. For more information, please visit www.promedica.org/about-promedica
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, citizenship, familial or marital status, genetics, or any other legally protected category. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a job with ProMedica, please contact employment@promedica.org
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