Manager of Recreational & Expressive Therapies

The Ability Center; Bowling Green (KY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

ATRA membership

On-Line Learning platform access (CEUs

Job summary

Rivendell Behavioral Health Hospital in Bowling Green, KY seeks a Manager to oversee daily operations of the Recreational Therapy department and to develop treatment programs in collaboration with the attending physician. The role includes staff scheduling, purchase ordering, group assignments, and maintaining high-quality documentation while delivering patient-centered care.

The candidate will assess patient needs, plan Master Treatment updates, provide group therapy, and support discharge and

Responsibilities

• Supports and implements program philosophy, working closely with other personnel to ensure that each treatment modality is appropriate for the patient.
• Maintains high quality documentation of all therapy services consistent with facility policies in a timely manner, meeting all deadlines as established by facility policy and procedures.
• Maintains professional, ethical standards and all legal requirements.
• Assesses patients' needs regularly and assists in the development and updating of the Master Treatment plan.
• Plans for and/or assists other departments in the discharge, aftercare planning and aftercare follow-up of assigned patients.
• Provides group therapy to assigned patients consistent with established techniques and methods of the relevant professional literature.
• Exercises sound judgement in making therapeutic decisions concerning assigned cases.
• Demonstrates knowledge of age-specific physical, motor, cognitive, language and social/personality developments. Utilizing development levels within the application of leisure activities.
• Utilizes understanding of growth and development philosophies of the children and adolescents within the application of leisure activities.
• Understands the aging process of adulthood and geriatric population as it relates to leisure activity and shows the ability to provide activities specific for improving physical and/or psychological impairments related to the aging process.
• Demonstrates the understanding of the 12-Step program and the disease process of chemical dependency and how it affects the patient's medical, social, financial, and leisure status. Has the ability to appropriately engage/provide therapy with patients withdrawing from chemical dependency.
• Assists the Director of Recreational Therapy in daily operations of the department, including but not limited to, staff scheduling, purchase ordering, and group assignments.

Job description

Employment Offerings:

$2,500 Sign-On Bonus
ATRA Organizational Membership: Access to On-Line Learning platform (CEUs included in membership)
Access to ATRA Initiatives at member rates

Facility Overview:

Rivendell Behavioral Health Hospital is located on a 48-acre private campus in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Our mission is to provide quality healthcare services that patients recommend to families and friends, physicians prefer for their patients, purchasers select for their clients, employees are proud of and investors seek for long-term results.

Job Description:

The Manager oversees all daily operations of the department, including but not limited to, staff scheduling, purchase ordering, and group assignments. As a recreational therapist, this position is also responsible for evaluating patient needs and formulating the initial and subsequent treatment programs in accordance with the attending physician's treatment orders. This position administers the treatment program to patients to achieve the greatest benefit and resolution of symptoms through established therapeutic procedures, providing a high level of quality patient care.

1. Supports and implements program philosophy, working closely with other personnel to ensure that each treatment modality is appropriate for the patient.
2. Maintains high quality documentation of all therapy services consistent with facility policies in a timely manner, meeting all deadlines as established by facility policy and procedures.
3. Maintains professional, ethical standards and all legal requirements.
4. Assesses patients' needs regularly and assists in the development and updating of the Master Treatment plan.
5. Plans for and/or assists other departments in the discharge, aftercare planning and aftercare follow-up of assigned patients.
6. Provides group therapy to assigned patients consistent with established techniques and methods of the relevant professional literature.
7. Exercises sound judgement in making therapeutic decisions concerning assigned cases.
8. Demonstrates knowledge of age-specific physical, motor, cognitive, language and social/personality developments. Utilizing development levels within the application of leisure activities.
9. Utilizes understanding of growth and development philosophies of the children and adolescents within the application of leisure activities.
10. Understands the aging process of adulthood and geriatric population as it relates to leisure activity and shows the ability to provide activities specific for improving physical and/or psychological impairments related to the aging process.
11. Demonstrates the understanding of the 12-Step program and the disease process of chemical dependency and how it affects the patient's medical, social, financial, and leisure status. Has the ability to appropriately engage/provide therapy with patients withdrawing from chemical dependency.
12. Assists the Director of Recreational Therapy in daily operations of the department, including but not limited to, staff scheduling, purchase ordering, and group assignments.