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Recreation Therapist

Masonicare Health Center - Wallingford, CT

Day Shift / 32hrs/wk - Benefit Eligible

The recreation therapist will be required to evaluate, plan, implement and document according to the CT DPH standards as well as the expectations of the Director. This individual will create therapeutic recreation programs that benefit each resident's health, functional status and overall quality of life. The individual will be responsible for the successful provision of recreation and leisure in 1:1 sessions, small groups, large groups and house wide facility events. This individual will maintain a diverse calendar of programs to meet the social, emotional, spiritual, cognitive, and physical needs of each individual resident. This individual will need specific experience with programming for residents with dementia.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains adherence to Masonicare Customer Service expectations
• Develops and implements individualized treatment plans which are age and culturally relevant; and address each resident's social, emotional, physical, psychological and cognitive status for the residents/patients.
• Plans and implements 1:1 intervention, small group activities, large groups activities, community trips, special events and entertainment; and motivates residents to participate. Transports residents to/from programs.
• Completes and maintains documentation standards including assessments, participation records, care plans, notes, MDS, etc.
• Communicates effectively and tactfully with residents and recognizes their age, cultural diversity, needs, abilities and physical condition. Attends meetings and participates in educational programs and in-services as required.
• Understands and follows universal precautions and chemicals used in their department.
• Performs other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications: Minimum of TRD certification. CTRS certification through NCTRC is preferred. Dementia specific training and experience is required.

Education/Certification: Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Therapeutic Recreation, and/or Certification through NCTRC as a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist. Minimum Requirement of Associates Degree with TRD certification is required.

Job Opportunity At YNHHS

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These valuesintegrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassionmust guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day. A registered professional nurse who utilizes the nursing process in providing nursing care and assumes the responsibility and accountability for prescribing, delegating and coordinating that care.

Responsibilities:

1. Demonstrates basic skill in assessment of health care needs.

1.1 Demonstrates basic skill in interviewing, observing and collecting health care data, performing systems assessment, identifying patient support system on admission according to hospital policy.

2. Demonstrates basic skill in planning for patient health care needs.

2.1 Initiates clinical pathway utilizing admission assessment and guidelines for nursing care according to hospital policies.

3. Demonstrates basic skills in implementing care to meet patient care needs.

3.1 Prioritizes patient care based on assessment.

4. Demonstrates basic skill in evaluating care delivered.

4.1 Assesses patient responses to medical and nursing interventions based on expected outcomes.

5. Documents outcomes appropriately, accurately and consistently.

5.1 Completes Admission Assessment Forms.

6. Demonstrates basic leadership skills and professional growth.

6.1 Identifies areas in performance needing improvement as evidenced by completion of self assessment skills checklist and ongoing communication with supervisor.

7. Performs decentralized laboratory testing as credentialed and following established policies and procedures.

7.1 Appropriately collects specimens, performs test and interprets results.

Qualifications:

Education:

Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing. Those with a Diploma or Associate's Degree need to show evidence that they are actively enrolled in a BSN or MSN program.

Experience:

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Licensure:

Licensed and a currently registered nurse in the State of Connecticut. All newly hired Registered Nurses must have current BCLS certification or obtain within one month of hire.

Special Skills:

Good interpersonal skills. Successful completion of orientation.

Physical Demand:

Requires prolonged standing; walking; use of sight, hearing and touch; moving/lifting patients of varying weights.

Additional Information:

ACLS and PALS required

Team Manager - Implementation Services

Join Veeva as we modernize Regulatory by building the cloud for Life Sciences and deliver Veeva RIM. Veeva Systems drives innovation for our customers. In this role, you will lead a professional services team focused on customer success from implementation and beyond. As a Team Manager, you lead a team that excels in software implementation delivery. Managing with a focus on operational excellence includes:

• Ensuring customer and employee success
• Leading through hands-on and strategic initiatives
• Cultivating a positive and productive environment
• Driving new practices to support implementation excellence
• Creating innovative collateral to support delivery
• Partnering with global and cross-function teams to provide the best outcomes

Are you ready to leverage your leadership to bring innovation to the Regulatory? This is a remote, EU/UK based, position with required travel. What You'll Do

• Lead a Professional Services team that delivers Veeva RIM
• Responsible for hiring, performance management, and mentorship
• Execute as a Services Delivery Lead for multiple customer engagements as a non-billable resource. Dedicate up to 25% of time engaging with customers
• Manage supply and demand of your team. Responsible for staffing the right people on the right projects and providing oversight to ensure delivery success
• Support and coach your team. Find and create billable work to drive productivity and hold your team accountable
• Manage escalations and support sales and other teams in the pre-sales process
• Cultivate trusted relationships with customers
• Coordinate across projects and other Veeva functions to ensure lessons learned and best practices are shared to improve service delivery
• Provide executive oversight of internal initiatives and project sponsorship
• Build an internal network across Veeva Sales, Strategy, Product, and Services - to champion customer and employee success

Requirements

• 5+ years of software implementation experience at a software vendor or consulting firm
• 3+ years in people management
• Has grown and led a professional services team
• Operational excellence in leading Services including utilization and resource management
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Nice to Have

• Experience implementing RIM Systems for Life Sciences or regulated industries

Interviewing with Veeva We value your time and believe in a transparent hiring process. Here is the process you can expect.

• Follow the application process and submit your resume.
• If moving to the interview stage, our process is as follows:
1. A conversation with the hiring manager
2. A personality assessment
3. A practical case exercise
4. A final conversation with our group's Senior Leader
• Once all interviews are complete, the manager will be in touch with a final decision.

Compensation

• Total compensation: 70,000 - 120,000 EUR
• The total compensation range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential total compensation range for this role. Please note that actual total compensation may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position's total compensation may be composed of other types of compensation, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus.

Veeva's headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world. As an equal opportunity employer, Veeva is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and growing a diverse workforce. Diversity makes us stronger. It comes in many forms. Gender, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, sexual orientation, age, disability and life experience shape us all into unique individuals. We value people for the individuals they are and the contributions they can bring to our teams. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us at talent_accommodations@veeva.com.

Housing Coordinator

AlohaCare is a local, non-profit health plan serving Hawai`i's low-income residents with free Medicaid and dual Medicare health insurance coverage. Our members include children, seniors, and adults residing on all islands. We provide comprehensive benefits and managed care services with an emphasis on healthy living habits and preventive primary health care. Our approach is to meet the whole-person health and social needs of members. Through our community partnerships we offer innovative services such as connection to social service agencies, Native Hawaiian healing services and in-home primary care for qualified members. Our mission is to serve in the true spirit of aloha by ensuring and advocating for access to quality health care for all. We are Hawaii's third-largest health plan and offer a wide network of quality primary care, specialists, hospitals, pharmacies and among many other providers across the state.

The purpose of the health plan housing coordinator is to increase statewide supportive housing capacity for QI members. The coordinator will assist the health plan in identifying members who may be eligible for and in need of housing support services, including individuals who are homeless, low income and at-risk families, and those leaving institutional care. The housing coordinator will also be responsible for internal and external coordination that addresses barriers to housing and employment. The housing coordinator will work with local housing resources, non-profit and for-profit housing providers, and other agencies to develop housing resources necessary for moving individuals from the streets and shelters into permanent housing and ensuring successful transition and community tenure of people leaving nursing facilities and other institutional settings. Outcomes of this initiative include the development of a scalable and sustainable housing referral and support program, increased number of individuals placed in affordable, independent housing and the provision of supportive services that will enable these individuals to remain in stable housing.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in statewide workgroups to develop policies, procedures, evaluation and other improvements to housing programs
• Stay current on national trends and innovations in community-based housing options
• Initiate and develop relationships with housing-focused community organizations, landlords, affordable housing developers and other housing service providers to identify new and existing opportunities for accessing resources
• Collaborate with community, state, and federal partners to increase the ADA accessible housing capacity in each community
• Collaborate with state agencies, community organizations and other social service agencies to promote and grow housing opportunities within the state
• Coordinate with other social determinants of health coordinators (e.g., employment, transportation, financial services, etc.) to facilitate access to support services to sponsor successful tenancy and whole person coordination
• Ensure optimal utilization and management of existing funding such as DHS/HUD Homeless, Non-elderly disables (NED), HUD 811, or other subsidies and housing choice vouchers as necessary
• Act as a consultant to field staff and contracted providers with regards to housing and program issues
• Oversee housing assessments with members, support crisis intervention, and ensure continuity of care coordination
• Work closely with housing contractors to see how members/process is progressing, track members' housing application by property
• Troubleshoot member issues and assist contractors as necessary

Day-to-Day Administration:

• Responsible for working with health plan coordinators to identify members in need of housing support services
• Use data to identify candidates, create tracking database for referrals, pre-tenancy/tenancy status, prioritization of candidates, and tracking expenditures
• Ensure timeliness of referrals and preapproval of housing candidates
• Develop strong relationships with facilities/institutions; strengthen early identification process and report to the HPs; keep updated contracts and share across the health plans
• Identify vacancies, waitlists openings, and housing opportunities
• Participate in multi-disciplinary teams and ongoing coordination for each member
• Provide input to health plan and DHS management teams about specialized rates and incentives, contracting assistance, consultative services and other housing assistance
• Develop continuing process for analysis and reporting on community housing development goals and objectives to health plan management
• Assess health plan and contracted provider training needs regarding assisting individuals in locating and maintaining affordable and accessible supportive housing options
• Prepare, develop, and provide training/presentations for staff development/reporting, program meetings and conferences
• All other duties assigned.
• Adhere to regulatory compliance and quality guidelines as well as AlohaCare policies and procedures.
• Responsible for maintaining AlohaCare's confidential information in accordance with AlohaCare policies, state and federal laws, rules and regulations regarding confidentiality. Employees have access to AlohaCare data based on the data classification assigned to this job title

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in social work or in a related field and/or 3-5 years of case management experience in community homeless housing.
• Experience working with diverse populations.
• Experience conducting needs assessments and initiating support services.
• Achieves results, builds trust, communicate effectively, customer and quality focused.
• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of the organization.
• Strong, effective, and precise written and oral communication skills; speak clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations.
• Professional telephonic etiquette skills.
• Ability to solve problems, analyze, think critically, and make good judgments.
• Strong customer service skills and be able to work in a diverse, demanding and evolving environment with strong conflict and problem resolution skills.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Able to effectively work in a fast-paced and changing environment, manage multiple projects and priorities across multiple teams/projects and in a matrixed environment.
• Possesses excellent time management and organizational skills; dependable, enthusiastic, self-starting, and self-motivated. Uses time effectively, reacts professionally under pressure.
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Programs: Word, Excel or Access Databases, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Experience in the operation of general office equipment to include PC, fax/copy machine and phone system.
• Work evenings and weekends as needed as the need for services arises.

Mental, Physical and Environmental Demands:

• Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
• In office working environment.
• May require prolonged sitting- up to 4 hours.
• Requires prolonged operation of a computer workstation, including the ability to type for extended periods of time on a keyboard during the scheduled workday.

Salary Range: $50,000 - $65,000 annually

AlohaCare is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants in accordance with sound practices and federal and state laws. Our policy prohibits discrimination and harassment because of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity or expression), pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, marital status, arrest and court record, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, domestic or sexual violence victim status, credit history, citizenship status, military/veteran status, or other characteristics protected under applicable state and federal laws, regulations, and/or executive orders.