Fetal Loss Specialist
About The Position
Designs and implements activity therapies tailored to each patient's needs to encourage positive interactions, coping skills, enrichment, and community integration. Ensures activities address patients' recreational, physical, intellectual, spiritual, and social needs while complying with applicable laws, regulations, and standards of care. Services are typically provided to geriatric patients in a variety of settings, and may also serve other populations with special needs. Documents individual evaluations and treatment plans according to multidisciplinary treatment team procedures and applicable regulations. Educates patients and their families or caregivers about treatment plans, progress, and options for restoring independence and functional capacity. This is a per diem/casual, non-exempt position with varied shifts of 8 hours. Days of the week are variable, and weekend work may be needed. The listed pay range is $35.60 to $49.83 per hour. Benefits are listed as unavailable for this position.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience in lieu of the required degree or diploma.
- Four units of ACPE Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE).
- Two years of recent relevant experience in Fetal Loss.
- Familiarity with basic activity therapies, devices, and equipment, and ability to adapt activities to varying patient function and skill levels.
- Working knowledge of The Joint Commission, Title 22, and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA) as they relate to activities therapy.
- General understanding of medical terminology, with working proficiency in activity interest surveys, Minimum Data Set (MDS), and Resident Assessment Protocol (RAP) evaluations.
- Written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and teaching skills to explain treatments, diagnoses, or sensitive information clearly and professionally to diverse audiences.
- Program development and administration skills, including effective group leadership.
- Attention to detail, time management, observation, and organizational skills.
- Basic experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and EPIC.
- Ability to work with aged, chronically ill, disoriented, and sometimes contentious patients.
- Ability to prioritize assignments under varied and urgent conditions, follow procedures and practices, achieve objectives, and meet deadlines.
- Ability to perform detailed tasks thoroughly using established procedures to identify and solve routine or standard problems.
- Ability to protect the privacy of patients' Protected Health Information (PHI).
- Ability to build collaborative relationships with patients, families or caregivers, peers, and other healthcare providers.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement activity therapies tailored to individual patient needs.
- Ensure activities address patients' recreational, physical, intellectual, spiritual, and social needs and comply with applicable laws, regulations, and standards of care.
- Provide services typically to geriatric patients and, as appropriate, other populations with special needs.
- Document individual evaluations and treatment plans in accordance with multidisciplinary treatment team procedures and applicable regulations.
- Educate patients and families or caregivers about treatment plans, progress, and options to restore independence and functional capacity.
