DEPT OF HEALTH SERVICES

The Arizona State Hospital (ASH) provides inpatient psychiatric care to persons with serious mental illness who need long-term behavioral health care. ASH promotes hope and wellness for our patients and creates opportunities to participate in planning, delivering and evaluating services that assist with recovery. Treatment is individualized with goals that focus on education about an illness, instilling hope and improving one's overall quality of life. The Arizona State Hospital has a wide range of positions available, from our direct care staff, Nurses and Behavioral Health Technicians to Social Workers, Rehabilitation Specialist and Security to name a few. The Arizona State Hospital also offers 12 hour shifts for our Direct Care staff as well as some alternative work schedules, flexible hours for non-direct care staff. We offer a robust benefit package, including the ADHS Student Loan Assistance Program where eligible employees can receive up to $300.00 per month for their outstanding student loans. Come check us out and see how you can make a difference in the lives of all Arizonans.

Recreational Therapist 3

Job Location:

Arizona State Hospital

Address:  501 N. 24th Street Phoenix, AZ 85008

Posting Details:

Salary: $25.6478 

Grade: 18

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

Job Summary:

This position is eligible for a $5,000 hiring incentive.

The Recreational Therapist 3 is involved in planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating therapy programs for assigned work unit consisting of one or more special population groups which may involve supervising professional and/or paraprofessional staff. This position also provides direct therapy and/or instructing others in techniques of treatment and activities of continued care, performs public awareness and informational activities, maintains records, and prepares reports.

 

Job Duties:

• Planning, organizing and implementing recreational rehabilitation therapy treatment services both on and off-campus (as appropriate)
• Conducting individual and group therapeutic treatment modalities, including escorting patients to and from therapy sessions in addition to being certified as a 12- passenger van driver
• Evaluates patients and completes recreational therapy assessments on a referral basis.
• Documents treatment plans, progress notes, and discharge summaries in patient records as needed.
• Attends and reports on patient progress in the interdisciplinary treatment planning and review conferences
• Consults with interdisciplinary team members, as appropriate regarding individual patient care.
• Collaborates/provides partnership with community agency caregivers (as defined) and represents the Hospital in a positive and professional manner.
• Monitors patients' educational and community agency participation progress in collaboration without community agency providers.
• Submits written and verbal reports as defined which may include formal employee evaluation, training and personnel documentation.
• Participates in special projects and hospital wide committee membership.
• Maintains office equipment, facility environment in a clean, safe and orderly manner.
• Perform oversight & team lead special projects within the rehabilitation therapy department. Will supervise subordinate level professional and para-professional rehabilitation therapy staff members.
• Other duties as assigned as related to the position

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

• Principles, practices, and techniques of specific rehabilitation therapy profession as well as scope and defined practice principles of credentialed discipline
• Mental health principles and techniques involved in the treatment of mental health patients
• Therapeutic practices and techniques of group and individual activities used in therapy
• Principles, practices, techniques, and code of ethics of the professional certification/license/registration of their individual discipline
• Policies and procedures for the Hospital and practice protocols for the Rehabilitation Therapy Department, van safety, safe food handling practices, principles of professional assault, and recovery concepts; process and communication philosophy principles and practices
• Performance Management (PM), and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and Lean methodologies
• Applying therapeutic techniques including assessment of functional skills, developing treatment goa