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ProMedica Health System Therapeutic Recreation Specialist - Inpatient Psychiatry - Per Diem - Days in Monroe, Michigan
ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital offers a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services in southern Michigan and Ohio. A national leader in treatment of heart attack, congestive heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care, ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital is also a pacesetter in Michigan for obstetrics, emergency care, intensive care, controlling infections and organ donation.
Position Summary:
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.
:: 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
Education: N/A
Skills: Individual, family and group therapy training and experience preferred.
Years of Experience: N/A
License: N/A
Certification: CTRS (Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist) 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.
ProMedica is a mission-based, not-for-profit integrated healthcare organization 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
Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug-Free Workplace
Requisition ID: 81573
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