Milieu Manager

Overview

Hello! AltaPointe Health is hosting Open Interviews on Thursday, September 24th from 10:00AM-2:00PM. This event will take place at Eastpointe Hospital (7400 Roper Ln, Daphne AL 36526).Please make sure your application is updated prior to this event. When you arrive you will be able to interview with a Recruiter who can talk about all our open positions.

-AltaPointe Recruitment Team

Primary

Job Functions:

General responsibilities

• Participates in program planning- helps identify consumers’ problems, needs and strengths. Suggests modifications to plan based on observations of consumers’ behavior and provides input into discharge planning.
• Participates in implementing consumers’ plans by monitoring consumers’ progress; communicating information regarding consumers behavior to other team members; maintains communication with consumer, family members and referral sources in the consumers’ interest; co-facilitates didactic, educational and community groups within the context of the program; encouraging and facilitating consumer participation in activities ; supervises consumers’ to ensure their safety and involvement in working the program and provides input during shift report.
• Supervises therapeutic program specialists in collaboration with clinical coordinators. Assists in the orientation and training of new employees. This includes being available to answer questions and to serve as a mentor to new hires.
• Attends 100% of mandatory training; attends meetings and/or seeks out information delivered in the event of an inability to attend.
• Participates in maintaining the therapeutic milieu within assigned program.
• Assists in providing an appropriate milieu by providing consumers with positive reinforcement and natural and logical consequences as appropriate.
• Maintains consumer program, department and related documentation according to policy, including observations, point sheets, corrective action, BLS documentation, and incident reports.
• Provides assistance to nursing staff necessary for the treatment of consumers as assigned and supervised by the LPN/RN. Maintains a safe, orderly, and physical environment for consumers’.
• Collaborates with the Administrator, Clinical Coordinator and Nurse Coordinator on milieu related challenges, training needs for program specialists, guidance of program specialists with supporting clinical goal attainment, and overall daily management of the milieu.
• Assists consumers’ in carrying out activities of daily living, when congruent with the consumer’s individual plan and needs, age, and developmental level.
• Carries out clerical and administrative duties as assigned to support consumer, department and facility operations.
• Accompanies and transports consumers’ as needed.
• Participates in activities which enhance professional growth and development.
• Demonstrates conduct in keeping with facility ethical standards.
• Maintains professional demeanor when interacting with consumers and coworkers.
• Complies with facility safety, infection control, and security program.
• Supports facility internal and external customer service standards.
• Maintains appropriate supervision at all times, never leaving consumers unattended. This includes providing coverage for program specialists in case a fellow employee is unable to be present until proper relief/coverage is secured.
• Demonstrates conduct in keeping with the facility code of ethics, AHS compliance program and service excellence standards by serving as a role model for other employees by virtue of exemplary behavior on and off the job and assisting other employees in understanding the intent of each.
• Ensures unit schedules are followed by program guidelines.
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize the elements of a crisis state…