Therapeutic Activity Specialist

WellSpan Health; Ephrata (Lancaster County); Sur place; USD 38 000 - 48 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Comprehensive health benefits

Retirement savings plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Education assistance

DailyPay

Expanded Paid Parental Leave

Résumé du poste

WellSpan Health is seeking a dedicated behavioral health professional for a full-time day shift in Ephrata, PA. The role involves facilitating therapeutic interventions, coordinating group activities, and ensuring safety and program fidelity across units.

You will document topics, support outcomes, and maintain strong communication with the treatment team to promote continuity of care and patient engagement in daily living activities.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: High School Diploma or GED; Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Work Experience: 1 year in group development/facilitation with bachelor’s degree or 3 years without bachelor’s degree; mental health experience is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Oversee day-to-day activities and schedule psychoeducational groups.
• Document weekly group topics and support program performance improvement.
• Promote client attendance and document participation in groups and activities.
• Collaborate with the team to align with treatment goals and share progress.

Connaissances

Communication

Analytical skills

Organization

Time management

Observation skills

Teaching ability

Customer service

Group counseling

Formation

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's Degree Preferred

Description du poste

General Summary

Includes every other weekend & rotating holidays

Works collaboratively to facilitate a stable and smooth operation of the program and provides therapeutic interventions in accordance with best practice guidelines, treatment plans, and policies and procedures.

Job Description

Full-time, Days

72 hrs/2 weeks

7am-7pm

General Summary

Includes every other weekend & rotating holidays

Works collaboratively to facilitate a stable and smooth operation of the program and provides therapeutic interventions in accordance with best practice guidelines, treatment plans, and policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Provides day-to-day oversight of activities. Identifies times of needed patient engagement and facilitates activities on all units. May maintain schedule of psychoeducational groups.
• Documents weekly group topics and assists with program performance improvement measures and outcomes.
• Promotes client attendance and participation in groups and activities and documents participation.
• Assumes responsibility for awareness of individual treatment goals in collaboration with the patient and team to provide support as appropriate. Communicates relevant patient progress to team members to promote continuity of treatment information.
• Assumes responsibility for awareness of behavioral management plans for acute patients in cooperation with treatment team.
• Provides direct support to teach behavioral symptom management techniques and assists patients in adapting to and/or coping with internal and external stresses.
• Provides support to patients and families by maintaining communication between support person(s), patient and team.
• Provides practical help and side-by-side coaching and problems solving to help patients obtain necessities of daily living.
• Provides care to patients in a manner that considers safety, comfort, and the therapeutic environment.
• Manages behavioral crises including 1:1 observation, redirection, physical restraint, and team crisis interventions.
• May be required by entity as needed: Must have the ability to safely initiate and use physical-hold techniques to restrain a resisting individual in either standing, seated/kneeling, or floor restraint positions for up to 20 minutes in duration.

Common Expectations

• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient population. Assesses and interprets patient age specific data and provides appropriate, age specific treatment. Provides direct patient care to assigned patient age group(s).
• Demonstrates commitment to patients, visitors, and staff by complying with all applicable safety regulations; learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors; reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and "error proof" systems that will lead to increased safety, and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.
• Establishes and maintains positive therapeutic relationships with patients and maintains proficiency in principals of de-escalation.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Education

• High School Diploma or GED Required and
• Bachelors Degree Preferred

Work Experience

• 1 year Experience in group development/facilitation programming with a bachelor’s degree. Required or
• 3 years Experience in group development/facilitation programming without a bachelor’s degree. Required or
• Less than 1 year Experience in behavioral/mental health, social science. Required

Licenses

• Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Excellent human relations and oral/written communication skills.
• Analytical skills.
• Organization and time management.
• Mental and visual ability to observe client behavior and document findings.
• Teaching ability.
• Customer service awareness and capability.
• Knowledge of current activities, therapy principals and group counseling skills/techniques.

Benefits Offered

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Education assistance
• Financial education and support, including DailyPay
• Expanded Paid Parental Leave

For additional details: Benefits & Incentives | WellSpan Careers (joinwellspan.org)

About Us

WellSpan Health’s vision is to reimagine healthcare through the delivery of comprehensive, equitable health and wellness solutions throughout our continuum of care. As an integrated delivery system focused on leading in value-based care, we encompass more than 2,300 employed providers, 250 locations, nine award-winning hospitals, home care and a behavioral health organization serving central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Our high-performing Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is the region’s largest and one of the best in the nation. With a team 23,000 strong, WellSpan experts provide a range of services, from wellness and employer services solutions to advanced care for complex medical and behavioral conditions. Our clinically integrated network of 3,000 aligned physicians and advanced practice providers is dedicated to providing the highest quality and safety, inspiring our patients and communities to be their healthiest.

About The Team

WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital

One of eight premier hospitals in the WellSpan system, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital offers a full range of leading-edge inpatient, outpatient and emergent care services. The hospital is noted for its distinct ability to combine state-of-the-art medical technology with quality, compassionate care to meet the needs of the more than 550,000 residents of northern Lancaster County and the surrounding area. As a full-service, non-profit acute-care hospital, with a 141 licensed bed capacity, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital admits approximately 5,500 patients annually. Nearby WellSpan Ephrata Cancer Center supports the hospital as part of WellSpan’s regional network of five cancer centers. WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital was one of several WellSpan Health hospitals honored by U.S. News & World Report with the High Performing recognition for 2022-23.