Verbal ability is necessary to communicate with staff, patients, and caregivers. Verbal ability is also necessary to establish policies and reporting procedures.
A preference for working with people, as in developing programs of greatest therapeutic benefit to each patient, instructing in craft techniques, watching patient's progress carefully, and adjusting programs to continue challenging the patient.
A preference for people and for communicating ideas, for encouraging creativity, initiative, ingenuity, and resourcefulness.
A preference for abstract and creative activities, such as developing specific therapeutic programs, sometimes involving novel combinations of activities, creating designs and models for guidance, and instructing patients.
Must successfully complete departmental specific orientation(s) and ongoing hospital wide CBLs (Computerized Based Learning), participate in departmental inservices, and demonstrate competency by completing departmental specific competency testing/evaluation program.
Must have the ability to work with a variety of patients of all populations (e.g. developmentally appropriate care, cultural diversity, patients with pain, victims of abuse or neglect, and diagnosis or procedure specific such as patient with congestive heart failure or cesarean delivery).
