To provide assistance and treatment to program participants on CBRF. To help ensure active participation in the rehabilitation program. To participate as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team. To provide education, assistance, supervision, safety, and behavior management for the program participant population.
Key Responsibilities:
- Knowledge of the sequela of brain injury and other neurological disorders. Knowledge of physical, cognitive, psychological, emotional, and/or communication disabilities. Ability to obtain and maintain Mandt certification. First Aid course required.
- Education: Preferred: High school diploma or equivalent may include completion of certified nursing assistant course with certificate. Certified as CNA if CNA.
- Experience: Preferred one year experience working within residential based or behavioral program.
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Qualifications:*
1. Functions at all times as a therapeutic agent by demonstrating teaching, reinforcing, anticipating, interacting, and noticing program participant behavior.
- Teaching- Looking for and using opportunities throughout/beyond activity to instruct, coach, support, and develop skills.
- Reinforcing- acknowledging/encouraging target behaviors; providing regular/sincere praise and appropriate reinforcement.
- Anticipating- expecting and managing antecedents: setting up to succeed; intervening early to avoid problem behaviors.
- Interacting- focusing and engaging with participants; moving, communicating, and demonstrating active involvement.
- Noticing- prompting/encouraging adaptive behavior, providing choices, attending, and observing participant/situation.
2. Tends to the program participant immediate needs for safety and performs all aspects of participant care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
- Demonstrates competency in implementing all aspects of the facility crisis intervention program, including safely managing resident at least restrictive level of intervention. Maintains proper level of supervision.
- Implements special treatment procedures according to facility policy. Demonstrates understanding of suicide/high risk precautions, 1:1 expectations.
3. Provides treatment in accordance with unit and facility policies through active participation with residents during activities, community outings, ADL’s, meals, groups, etc. in ways that foster independent functioning on the part of the participants.
- Achieves 85%-95% “Meets Compliance Criteria” on Competency Assessment.
- Reviewed all person centered plans, dietary, behavior, and medical protocols as evidence by signature on the review page.
- Effectively implements interventions from protocols.
c. Engages participants in outings (monthly) and group activities (weekly). Completes shift duties in a timely manner. Seeks supervisor for additional tasks, when assigned jobs are complete.
4. Actively and professionally participates in exchange of information. Interacts with family members, others in professional manner.
- Demonstrates understanding of cultural/religious issues.
- Demonstrates knowledge of resident grievance procedure and can assist with completion when requested.
- Maintains close communication with supervisors and coworkers, has two way radio when available. Signs off on communication log at start of shift. Provides input for shift change report.
5. Demonstrates consistent and reliable documentation on IBC sheets and Education forms in accordance with ISP and prescribed treatment interventions. Documents changes and/or unusual behaviors/situations. Completes other unit paperwork (behavior plans, checklists etc.).
- Completes all paperwork in a timely, legible, and accurate manner. Authenticates entries. Only writes in black or blue pen. Information is consistently and reliably presented in observable terms.
- Documents behavior/incidents on appropriate forms (1:1, protocols, checklists). Communicates issues pertinent to program participant through appropriate channels, communication logs, one to one contact.
6. Demonstrates flexibility and responsibility in scheduling, coverage, and provision of clinical services to meet the needs of the program participants and families.
- Works assigned shifts, arrives on time, leaves as scheduled. Meets facility policies for call ins and absenteeism. Complies with dress code.
- Provides coverage as required and assists with emergency coverage situations.
7. Adheres to policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates knowledge of seven emergency codes and role in each.
- Able to locate and demonstrate use of departmental resources. Demonstrates thorough understanding and competency of infection control issues and standard/ universal precautions. Utilizes PPE appropriately Washes hands/gels between program participant cares.
- Completes all mandatory in-service training within required time frames, without multiple prompts from supervisor.
8. To adhere to Lakeview Infection Control Policies and procedures, including, but not limited to, hand hygiene, isolation, and personal protective equipment (PPE).
- To complete Infection Control Orientation upon hire.
- To demonstrate hand hygiene and PPE competency upon hire and annually.
- To maintain Lakeview requirements regarding vaccination, including but not limited to Influenza and COVID-19.