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Milieu Therapist I (fulltime) – Psychology Grads
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ST Health McKeesport is currently hiring a fulltime Milieu Therapist to join our team!
Are you a behavioral health professional who is interested in working at a world-renowned medical center with an up-beat environment? Are you looking for a meaningful career with endless opportunities? Do you enjoy working hands on with patients, their families, and a supportive team to provide excellent patient care? If so, you might be a great fit for a role at ST Health!
ST Health McKeesport is currently hiring a fulltime Milieu Therapist to join our team. This position will work various shifts (including day, evening and overnight) and have weekend/holiday responsibility.
ST Health offers a competitive benefits package and provides the opportunity to continue to grow professionally from both a technical and managerial standpoint.
Candidates will be placed in the correct job title/salary grade based on education and experience.
We invite you to explore our opportunities today!
Purpose:
The Milieu Therapist I performs assigned tasks, and participates as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, in various aspects of patient care with an emphasis on therapeutic activities conducted with assigned individuals and groups.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain competency requirements
- Learn and utilize up-to-date technology and practices in delivery of patient care.
- Attend a minimum of 1 unit based of Institute wide in-service yearly.
- Facilitate or co-facilitate psychoeducational and therapeutic activity groups effectively
- Encourage or assist patients to perform activities of daily living
- Accompany patients to out-of-building activities and appointments
- Document in the Medical Record according to established policies
- Manage crisis situations effectively using positive approaches.
- Demonstrate effective milieu management skills, which promote positive patient experiences.
- Maintain a safe and therapeutic environment.
- Provide clinical interventions assessed by client needs
- Coordinate patient groups and activities
- Participate in interdisciplinary meetings and other activities
- Maintain on-going communication with appropriate staff
- Perform assigned work in a timely and productive manner
- Completes 1:1 meetings with assigned patients to assess how they are currently doing
- Complete observations of patients as ordered, following all guidelines
- Bachelor’s Degree in a Human Services field such as Social Work, Psychology or Counseling from an accredited College or University required. Other fields of study may be considered with coursework of at least 12 credits in Human Services.
- Mental Health experience preferred.
- Ability to communicate both orally and in writing.
- Relevant group/individuals experience with therapeutic and leisure-oriented activities is strongly preferred.
- Must be physically capable of providing direct total physical care to unpredictable behavioral health patients as necessary, including lifting, supporting, running towards or away from areas where problems are occurring and pushing and pulling equipment such as wheelchairs.
- May in the course of their job duties be in rooms where medications are stored. No contact with medications is allowed. In the course of duties may be asked to distribute medications to the nurse at the bedside. Access to medications is limited to the distribution of the medication to the nurse.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCMC)
- Act 34
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