Recreation Therapist II - Adolescent/Children Inpatient Psychiatric Services

Posting number: 26-R1D-BHP2

Department: County-Wide Recruitment

Job classification: Recreation Therapist II

Posting type: Open

Categories: Health Services, Rehabilitation Services

Summary

Under general supervision and using clinical expertise, evaluates the recreational therapy needs of inpatients and outpatients in a hospital setting. Develops, implements, and documents treatment plans and goals designed to meet these patient needs and acts as a clinical resource specialist to other therapists. 

Distinguishing Characteristics
The Recreation Therapist II is distinguished from the next lower class of Recreation Therapist I in that the Recreation Therapist II requires no more than minimal supervision for complex patient care, possesses clinical expertise in two or more areas of clinical practice, and has supervisory responsibility for interns, Recreation Therapy Assistants and Therapy Technicians. The Recreation Therapist II is distinguished from the next higher class of Recreation Therapist III in that the Recreation Therapist III has direct supervisory responsibility for Recreation Therapist Is and IIs, coordinates Therapeutic Recreation Services, and independently performs complex patient care. 

Examples of duties

• Performs complex patient care with advanced skills in clinical reasoning, problem-solving and treatment interventions;
   
• Determines therapy prognosis, including predicted optimal level of improvement in leisure functioning and the amount of time needed to reach that level and develops appropriate plans of care to meet the patients' identified goals;
   
• Implements leisure education programs for patients and their caregivers;
   
• Performs indirect patient care liaison to physician and other allied health disciplines duties such as communication/coordination of care with the patient, family/caregiver, and other professionals, discharge planning, documentation of all elements of patient management, patient care conferences, and charging for services provided;
   
• Makes appropriate referrals to various community agencies for patients in need of additional services;
   
• Plans and implements specialized outpatient programs;
   
• Plans, implements, and facilitates community outings;
   
• Develops adaptive recreational equipment;
   
• Manages own caseload of patients as assigned;
   
• Serves as a consultant in an area of clinical specialty to staff therapists.

• Supervises Recreation Therapy Assistants, students, interns, Therapy Technicians and volunteers as assigned, and conducts clinical competencies for same;
   
• Provides clinical guidance to other Recreation Therapists in areas of expertise;
   
• Assists Recreation Therapist III with training of staff therapists, assistants (PT and OT) and students;
   
• Leads other therapists working on special projects of who are assigned to satellite facilities;
   
• Provides orientation and training of new service personnel.

• Prioritizes and schedules patient treatment as assigned;
   
• Conducts in-service and instruction to unit staff concerning patient programs;
   
• Participates in fundraising events to support recreational therapy program;
   
• Participates in hospital-wide special events;
   
• Assumes selected responsibilities of other staff during temporary absences;
   
• Participates in day to day operations of assigned service;
   
• Assists with development and implementation of service policies and procedures;
   
• Acts as a direct liaison to community agencies;
   
• Assists with the development and implementation of service goals and objectives.

• Participates in internal and external professional and educational activities