Location US-IL-West Peoria

ID 2024-7697

Category

Allied Health

Position Type

Part-Time

Remote

No

Shift

Day

Schedule

20hrs/wk, 11a-7p

Weekend Requirements

Department rotation

Holiday Requirements

None

On-Call Requirements

None

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.

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

License/Certifications:
Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor (CADC) - Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association (IAODAPCA)

Education:
Bachelor's Degree: Music Therapy; Bachelor's Degree: Therapeutic Recreation; Bachelor's Degree: Recreation Management

Other Knowledge/Skills:

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