Rehabilitation Therapy Technician V
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to decide what goes where.
About the role: Could be the brief job description paragraph(s) before responsibilities. Let's extract: "Brief Job Description This position is a Maximum Security Unit position and may also be eligible to earn additional pay for work performed in maximum security locations. Would you thrive in an environment where you learn and grow personally and professionally all while helping make a positive impact on people’s lives? Do you appreciate being around others like yourself who are dependable, trustworthy, hard workers who believe in the value of teamwork? HSCS is dedicated to building an atmosphere where employees feel valued and supported while providing specialized care for Texans in need. HSCS is comprised of ten psychiatric hospitals, two youth residential treatment facilities, and thirteen state supported living centers. Psychiatric hospitals are a hub of excellence for forensic mental health and complex psychiatric care, with all facilities accredited by The Joint Commission. They provide state-of-the-art treatment that is recovery-oriented and science-based. If providing hope and healing through compassionate, innovative, and individualized care interests you, we welcome your application for the position below."
We can put that as About the role.
Responsibilities: The list after "Responsibilities include developing a comprehensive, structured, hospital-wide recreational activity program; developing and providing training for new Rehab Therapy Technicians, as well as continuing education for experienced Rehab Therapy Technicians; maintaining inventory of supplies and equipment; providing necessary instruction to assist patients in attaining optimum level of performance; providing services in groups or on an individual basis. The Rehabilitation Therapy Technician documents progress or changes in patient’s behavior. Participates as a member of the multidisciplinary recovery team. Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Performs other duties as assigned."
Also Essential Job Functions list many duties; could be considered responsibilities as well. But we can combine responsibilities and essential functions maybe under Responsibilities. However we need to avoid duplication. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we need to include all duties. Could put them under Responsibilities as a list.
Requirements: Could be Initial Screening Criteria: "Minimum three (3) years’ experience working with people who have mental illnesses or intellectual and developmental disabilities. Completion of an associate degree in a rehabilitation area preferred. Three (3) years’ experience in the development of treatment and support plans for people with mental illness or intellectual and developmental disabilities preferred."
Also maybe Registrations, Licensure Requirements Or Certifications: "If transporting patients, must possess valid Texas driver’s license or obtain it no later than 90 days after hire date. Applicants with an out-of-state driver’s license must provide an original certified driving record from the state of driving licensure. Eligible driving record required based on HHSC Fleet Management policy. Certified in CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). Certified Rehab Therapy Technician (PTA) or obtain within one year required."
We could split: Requirements = experience/education; Qualifications = certifications/licenses.
Skills: KSAs list.
Benefits: paragraph about benefits.
Pay: Salary range and pay frequency.
Schedule: Shift, Additional Shift, Telework, Travel.
We must not include sections with placeholder like "not specified". All have content.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... (the brief job description)
Responsibilities
- ... each duty as separate li
...
We need to split responsibilities into items. The paragraph includes many duties separated by semicolons and sentences. We'll break them into logical items.
List from responsibilities paragraph:
- Developing a comprehensive, structured, hospital-wide recreational activity program
- Developing and providing training for new Rehab Therapy Technicians, as well as continuing education for experienced Rehab Therapy Technicians
- Maintaining inventory of supplies and equipment
- Providing necessary instruction to assist patients in attaining optimum level of performance
- Providing services in groups or on an individual basis
- Documents progress or changes in patient’s behavior
- Participates as a member of the multidisciplinary recovery team
- Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment
- Performs other duties as assigned
Also from Essential Job Functions (EJFs) we have many more duties. We could include them as part of responsibilities as well, but to avoid duplication we could treat EJFs as part of responsibilities. However the instruction says preserve all substantive info; we can include them under Responsibilities as well, but we must not duplicate same duty if appears elsewhere. Many EJFs overlap with responsibilities but also add more details like scheduling, instructing patients in therapeutic/wellness activities, coordinating hospital-wide activities, etc. We'll include them as separate items.
Let's extract EJFs list:
- Attends work on a regular basis and may be asked to work a specific shift schedule or, at times, even a rotating schedule, extended shift and/or overtime in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.
- Independently leads and assists in the development of activity-based functional and recreational programs using relevant tasks for patient population.
- Schedules and instructs patients in therapeutic/wellness activities to include, but not limited to, exercise, arts and crafts, and outdoor sports.
- Coordinates hospital-wide activities independently or as a team with other departments.
- Effectively modifies, integrates, and implements programming for people with a wide variety of disabilities, cognitive levels, and behavioral issues in the therapeutic setting.
- Selects activities based on patient function, abilities, strengths, and interests.
- Establishes and maintains a relaxed atmosphere of cooperation among patients and staff while in the therapeutic setting.
- Oversees the development of curriculum and coordination of planned programming for the patients served.
- Coordinates and evaluates activities to enhance identified challenges and to maintain patients’ maximum physical ability.
- Develops and provides training and continuing education to other Rehabilitation Therapy Technicians, students, and volunteers, as assigned.
- Prepares materials for therapeutic activities and maintains an adequate supply of materials.
- Maintains inventory and orders supplies, when necessary.
- Assures all equipment is checked out and returned by staff using equipment.
- Operates a state vehicle and transports clients as assigned.
- Assures policies and procedures are followed regarding driving and transporting patients.
- Observes the patient’s behavior in response to activities, level of participation, and progress and communicates the information to enhance treatment activities and goals.
- Completes all documentation in computer-based medical record as required.
- Completes monthly reports of patients served and activities presented.
- Participates in the hospitals performance improvement program by attending meetings and serving on committees and special workgroups.
- Assists in the development of plans of correction when deficiencies and standards are identified.
- Ensures all assigned therapeutic facilities are kept clean and safe for patients served.
- Demonstrates safety and complies with all established safety rules, regulations, and procedures to include monitoring sharps, infection control, and disinfecting equipment, etc.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Other duties as assigned include but are not limited to actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency’s obligations for disaster response and/or recovery or Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation. Such participation may require an alternate shift pattern assignment and/or location.
We need to avoid duplication: some items similar to earlier responsibilities (developing programs, training, inventory, etc). We could combine but risk missing details. Perhaps better to have Responsibilities section include the list from the "Responsibilities include" paragraph, and then have a separate section "Essential Job Functions" but we only allowed headings from list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. No "Essential Job Functions". So we must incorporate EJFs into Responsibilities (or maybe Requirements?). Since Responsibilities is the appropriate place for duties, we will include all duties there, ensuring we don't repeat same duty verbatim but we can include similar but not identical. However duplication may be okay if it's same content repeated? The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading" and "remove duplicated lines". It says remove duplicated lines. So we should avoid duplicate lines within the output. So we need to deduplicate.
Thus we need to merge similar duties.
Let's list all unique duties from both sections.
From Responsibilities paragraph:
1. Developing a comprehensive, structured, hospital-wide recreational activity program
2. Developing and providing training for new Rehab Therapy Technicians, as well as continuing education for experienced Rehab Therapy Technicians
3. Maintaining inventory of supplies and equipment
4. Providing necessary instruction to assist patients in attaining optimum level of performance
5. Providing services in groups or on an individual basis
6. Documents progress or changes in patient’s behavior
7. Participates as a member of the multidisciplinary recovery team
8. Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment
9. Performs other duties as assigned
From EJFs list (unique items not already covered):
for prose. We need to decide what goes where. About the role: Could be the brief job description paragraph(s) before responsibilities. Let's extract: "Brief Job Description This position is a Maximum Security Unit position and may also be eligible to earn additional pay for work performed in maximum security locations. Would you thrive in an environment where you learn and grow personally and professionally all while helping make a positive impact on people’s lives? Do you appreciate being around others like yourself who are dependable, trustworthy, hard workers who believe in the value of teamwork? HSCS is dedicated to building an atmosphere where employees feel valued and supported while providing specialized care for Texans in need. HSCS is comprised of ten psychiatric hospitals, two youth residential treatment facilities, and thirteen state supported living centers. Psychiatric hospitals are a hub of excellence for forensic mental health and complex psychiatric care, with all facilities accredited by The Joint Commission. They provide state-of-the-art treatment that is recovery-oriented and science-based. If providing hope and healing through compassionate, innovative, and individualized care interests you, we welcome your application for the position below." We can put that as About the role. Responsibilities: The list after "Responsibilities include developing a comprehensive, structured, hospital-wide recreational activity program; developing and providing training for new Rehab Therapy Technicians, as well as continuing education for experienced Rehab Therapy Technicians; maintaining inventory of supplies and equipment; providing necessary instruction to assist patients in attaining optimum level of performance; providing services in groups or on an individual basis. The Rehabilitation Therapy Technician documents progress or changes in patient’s behavior. Participates as a member of the multidisciplinary recovery team. Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Performs other duties as assigned." Also Essential Job Functions list many duties; could be considered responsibilities as well. But we can combine responsibilities and essential functions maybe under Responsibilities. However we need to avoid duplication. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we need to include all duties. Could put them under Responsibilities as a list. Requirements: Could be Initial Screening Criteria: "Minimum three (3) years’ experience working with people who have mental illnesses or intellectual and developmental disabilities. Completion of an associate degree in a rehabilitation area preferred. Three (3) years’ experience in the development of treatment and support plans for people with mental illness or intellectual and developmental disabilities preferred." Also maybe Registrations, Licensure Requirements Or Certifications: "If transporting patients, must possess valid Texas driver’s license or obtain it no later than 90 days after hire date. Applicants with an out-of-state driver’s license must provide an original certified driving record from the state of driving licensure. Eligible driving record required based on HHSC Fleet Management policy. Certified in CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). Certified Rehab Therapy Technician (PTA) or obtain within one year required." We could split: Requirements = experience/education; Qualifications = certifications/licenses. Skills: KSAs list. Benefits: paragraph about benefits. Pay: Salary range and pay frequency. Schedule: Shift, Additional Shift, Telework, Travel. We must not include sections with placeholder like "not specified". All have content. Now produce HTML. Structure:
About the role
... (the brief job description)
Responsibilities
- ... each duty as separate li ...