Therapeutic Recreation Specialist - Adolescent Behavioral Health 8 West

Position Summary:


Provides restorative, rehabilitative, and recreational services to patients on the following areas: behavior health (inpatient and partial hospitalization), rehabilitation unit and skilled nursing unit; consultative and prn services provided to pediatrics.

Qualifications:


EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor's Degree in in therapeutic recreation, music therapy, or activity director

CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS
Certified Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor (CADC) For staff hired into this position after February 27, 2022, certification (CTRS, MT-BC, or ADC) must be obtained within 1 year of employment and be maintained annually. upon hire.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.
• Work may occasionally require travel to other UPH facilities/hospitals.
• requireduired to drive your own vehicle for business purposes.

Essential Functions:

• Conducts initial and ongoing assessments with patients and documentation is timely, complete, legible, concise, and related to the identified needs of the patients.* Conducts thorough initial assessments within time frame indicated in department- specific policy* Documentation is legible, concise, and clinically appropriate* Demonstrates awareness of appropriate assessment tools/techniques and their application* Conducts ongoing assessments as appropriate* Input on care path is timely, legible, concise, and clinically appropriate.* Progress notes relate to patient needs/problems identified in the care path* Progress notes reflect staff intervention as well as patient response (effectiveness of intervention) utilizing DAIR format.* Progress notes are timely and meet the frequency as stipulated in the department specific policies.
• Provides therapeutic services for patients.* Individual or group activities occur on time and as scheduled* Services are individualized to the needs/functional abilities of the current patients* Services provided are targeted to the needs identified in the patients' care paths* Services provided are evidence based reflecting current and accepted techniques and are of high quality* Seeks clinical supervision when appropriate* Makes appropriate referrals for ancillary/supportive services.* Takes all necessary precautions and risk management steps to protect patients' safety at all times.* Group facilitation skills reflect understanding of group dynamics as well as dynamics of individual diseases/disorders.* Assures that therapeutic activity therapy supplies are available to meet patient needs.* Demonstrates knowledge of developmental levels as well as age-appropriate activities.* Designs and implements community re-integration activities.* Uses CPI methods when dealing with agitated, aggressive patients
• Actively participates actively in the multidisciplinary team approach to care.* Participates in team staff meetings* participates in multidisciplinary staff meeting* Documents plan of care-on-care path* Communicates timely and appropriately with other members of the treatment team regarding the patients' progress* Advocates for needs of patients* Uses informal opportunities to collaborate with other disciplines* Uses creativity and knowledge of disease and recovery, in planning care for patients* Serves on interdisciplinary committees as requested by Nurse Manager.
• Participates in quality improvement activities* Identifies areas for improvement related to Therapeutic Activity Services (TAS) role in the care of patients* Participates in data collection for quality improvement purposes* Participates in development and implementation of action plans for quality improvement* Demonstrates initiative in the improvement of TAS services* Demonstrates initiative in his/her professional growth