Therapy Assistant

Job Title

Therapy Assistant

Duties

Assist the recreation therapists in the design, planning, and implementing of specific therapeutic interventions and routines to maintain or improve the patient's general state of physical or mental health.

Patient populations include those with mental health, substance abuse and rehabilitative conditions who generally have multiple medical concerns.

Strives to restore mental and physical deterioration, maintaining the highest degree of self-help and independence within limitations or the patient's disability.

Evaluate the patient's level of functioning, physical, emotional, mental and social limitations, needs, skills, aptitude and interest.

Utilizes the therapeutic objectives that are complex because of the severe and multiple disabilities of the patients assigned.

Works with difficult cases involving patients who have multiple diagnosis and/or severe medical complications that require unconventional creative and flexible approaches to treatment that may require modification of substantial adapting of procedures and modalities to more fully engage the patient in treatment.

Implements the recreation therapy treatment plan and integrates interventions with other treatment in order to achieve the goals established for the patient.

Observes, assesses, and reports to the treatment team reactions of the patient to treatment.

Administers therapeutic recreation interventions that strengthen debilitated muscles resulting from the aging process, prolonged bed rest, amputation, stroke, wound care, and joint replacement.

Performs administrative duties.

Work Schedule: Wednesday-Sunday 8:00am-4:30pm. Subject to work evenings and Holidays.

Telework: Not authorized.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Therapy Assistant/ PD619093

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): No approved.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.