Rehabilitation Therapist, State Facilities (Music-Safety)

Department of State Hospitals

Job Description and Duties
These positions are for the Department of State Hospitals - Coalinga.
Rehabilitation Therapist, State Facilities (Music-Safety) (Department of State Hospitals, Coalinga; Coalinga, CA) (Multiple Positions): Use music media and activities to provide a non-threatening, self-motivating experience to assist patients in relating to the immediate environment, the self, and the community. Provide an atmosphere compatible with behavioral change, self-expression, and nonverbal and verbal communications. Responsible for the direct provision of treatment services to the patient on the home unit and/or in the Treatment Mall. Provide rehabilitation services to patients within the overall scope of services, techniques, and programs authorized by the Rehabilitation Therapy Service at the Department of State Hospitals, Coalinga. Organize, plan, and provide recovery-oriented courses/groups/activities with the focus dictated by patient's objectives. Provide orientation for all patients regarding rehabilitation groups and leisure activities. Inform patients of other special events and activities available to them in the hospital. Meet with, and provide rehabilitation therapy services for, patients who have identified needs. Organize, promote, implement, or coordinate events, including holiday recognition or special events, that may enhance the patient's quality of life while hospitalized. Coordinate unit party fund expenditures. Meet regularly with unit activity coordinator to help plan unit parties and leisure activities. Assist in the maintenance of a safe and secure environment through accountability and supervision of controlled items used in Rehabilitation Therapy activities, responding to therapeutic strategies interventions (TSI), security breaches, and intervention or management of a patient’s behavior. Assess each assigned patient’s interest in rehabilitation therapy interventions and provide written documentation of assessment in the patient's medical record. Create treatment objectives based on information gathered during assessment. Gather information on patient progress on their objectives through attendance in shift changes, interdisciplinary teams, group observation, patient interview, and chart review. Participate in the Treatment Plan Conference (TxPC) of each assigned patient providing documentation of the patient's progress in the TxP prior to the TxPC. Participate in professional development activities by completing all hospital core training as scheduled, attending colloquia, special workshops, seminars, conferences, service off-sites, continuing education, individual study, or other avenues of professional development. Attend and participate in monthly Rehabilitation Therapy Department service meetings. Complete and file the appropriate note identifying the patient's progress weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly.

Working Conditions
Special Requirements continued -
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
All Therapists: Completion of an approved clinical internship in the appropriate rehabilitation specialty in an approved hospital or rehabilitation center affiliated with the college. (Individuals who are registered or certified with the appropriate therapy association but who have not completed a clinical internship because it was not a component of the academic program at the time are required to have completed a minimum of two years' full-time paid experience in a clinical, residential, or community-based setting after receipt of the required degree to be admitted into the exam.)
Music: Equivalent to graduation from a recognized college with major work in music therapy, or registration with the American Music Therapy Association, or eligibility for such registration.

Position Details
Job Code #:
JC-518677
Position #(s):
437-000-8321-XXX
Working Title:
MUSIC THERAPIST
Classification:
REHABILITATION THERAPIST, STATE FACILITIES (MUSIC-SAFETY)

Department Information
DSH-Coalinga opened in 2005 and began treating forensically committed patients, mostly of which are sexually violent predators. It is a self-contained psychiatric hospital constructed with a security perimeter. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) provides perimeter security as well as transportation of patients to outside medical services and court proceedings.

Benefits
The State of California offers a comprehensive benefits package. Details can be found on the California Department of Human Resources website.

Equal Opportunity Employer
The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.