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Lead therapists monitor work flow, make work assignments, provide input on performance, resolve daily workplace issues, and maintain efficient flow of patient care. The lead may provide primary reports to the chief for the daily delivery of department programs, reporting, staffing, and scheduling. Also, provide training for the department's auxiliary staff, volunteers, and trainees.
Learn more about this agency10/29/2020 to 11/13/2020
$76,721 - $99,741 per year
GS 12
No
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Excepted
None
No
Yes
CBSX-10936644-21-ETD
582965200
Current Federal Employees of the Facility Only
This is a direct patient care position in which the incumbent is responsible for performing the work of a lead recreation/creative arts therapist, which encompasses a variety of different duties and responsibilities. In addition to the experience required at a GS-11 Recreation Therapist, the incumbent demonstrates knowledge of recreation therapy across multiple types of clinical practice and an ability to provide professional oversight and consultation for staff therapists and guidance to auxiliary staff, volunteers, and trainees. The Lead demonstrates the ability to monitor and report on the status and progress of work and make adjustments to accomplish the workload. Also, the incumbent has the ability in accordance with established procedures to facilitate program development, outcome management, and strategic planning.
The incumbent has skills and ability to act as a liaison between staff, volunteers, or trainees, and serve as an immediate supervisor to resolve informal complaints and concerns as well as the knowledge of procedures and policies to provide oversight and training for auxiliary staff, volunteers and trainees.
Responsible for leading and directing staff in implementing, developing, organizing and administering recreation/creative arts therapy programs to provide therapeutic interventions to patients on the various programs as assigned: community living centers, hospice, sub-acute, dementia special care unit, inpatient rehabilitation, Homeless Veterans Aligned Care Teams (H-PACT), residential substance use programs (Domiciliary), Mental Health Clinic, Intensive Outpatient Program, Various Outpatient Programs, Whole Health/Move Program, Medical Foster Home (MFH), Outpatient Mental Health and other programs as assigned.
Demonstrates advanced practice skills and sound clinical judgment across many areas of recreation and creative arts therapies. Leads are responsible for completing complex evaluations and treatments. Required to apply advanced evaluation methodologies and treatment theories in the provision of care to a vast array of patients with differing functional impairments. Provide clinical practice guidance for other recreation and/or creative arts therapy staff. Monitors work flow, makes work assignments, provides input on performance, resolve daily workplace issues, and maintain efficient flow of patient care. May provide primary reports to the PM&R Coordinator for the daily delivery of department programs, reporting, staffing, and scheduling. Provides training for the department's auxiliary staff, volunteers, and trainees. Provides instruction in maintenance of all service equipment and coordinate patient care plans to reduce redundancies and delays in patient treatment.
Lead therapists are found in complexity level 1 facilities, or in facilities of lesser complexity levels where there are large affiliate network recreation and/or creative art therapy departments. Therapists at this level have experience that demonstrates advanced practice skills and sound clinical judgment across many areas of recreation and creative arts therapies. Leads are responsible for completing complex evaluations and treatments. They are required to apply advanced evaluation methodologies and treatment theories in the provision of care to a vast array of patients with differing functional impairments. They provide clinical practice guidance for other recreation and/or creative arts therapy staff.
The following Knowledge, Skills and Abilities will be used by the Lead Recreation Therapist:
i. Knowledge of recreation therapy across multiple types of clinical practice.
ii. Ability to provide professional oversight and consultation for staff therapists and guidance to auxiliary staff, volunteers, and trainees.
iii. Ability to monitor and report on the status and progress of work and make adjustments to accomplish the workload, in accordance with established procedures.
iv. Ability to facilitate program development, outcome management, and strategic planning.
v. Ability to act as a liaison between staff, volunteers, or trainees, and serve as an immediate supervisor to resolve informal complaints and concerns.
vi. Knowledge of procedures and policies to provide oversight and training for auxiliary staff, volunteers, and trainees.
vii. Skill in coordinating clinical activities within the workgroup.
viii. Skill in leading and directing staff to implement evidence-based recreation and/or creative arts therapy approaches to patients with varied treatment needs and skill level.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
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