Activity Aide Coordinator BH Flex; Behavioral Hospital

Activity Aide Coordinator - FT
- Days - BH Flex (New Behavioral Hospital) - 20211

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TX:

Edinburg | Behavioral Health | Full Time

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DHR Health - US:

TX:

Edinburg
- Days

MISSION STATEMENT:

Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time.

Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.

The Activity Aide Coordinator shall be responsible for providing a full range of activities including assessment, treatment planning and therapeutic interventions in a manner consistent with the position’s qualifications, professional practices, and ethical standards. The Activity Aide Coordinator shall provide activity coordination both independently and in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team. The Activity Aide Coordinator shall also demonstrate accountability for and contribution to program development, quality improvement, problem solving, and productivity enhancement in a flexible interdisciplinary fashion.

• · High School Graduate/GED
• · Successful completion of an appropriate training course leading to certification as a patient activity coordinator or company approved orientation
• · CPI training within 30 days of hire date
• · Must be able to be sensitive to cultural and bilingual issues.
• · Organizational skills is necessary
• · Good written and verbal communication skills required.
• · Ability to read, write and speak English
• · Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of nursing, administration, and physicians

• · Three - five (3-5) years’ experience in a health care setting is strongly preferred.
• · Requires strong communication and organizational skills.
• · Requires reasoning ability and good independent judgment.
• · Experience in working in a health care setting is necessary; experience with adult/geriatric population and/or experience serving people with physical disabilities is desirable.
• · Must have excellent customer service skills.
• · High degree of competency/experience in general.
• · Requires good communication and organizational skills.
• · Requires reasoning ability and good independent judgment.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

All duties are applicable in all units throughout the hospital including adult, adolescent, child, geriatric, state, civil, and state forensic units.

• · Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practices
• · Facilitate the use of leisure, recreation and wellness opportunities as a way of enriching health and well-being.
• · Evaluate patients for participation in appropriate activities
• · Maintain patient safety during all activities
• · Provide one-to-one activity for those patients not physically or emotionally able to tolerate group activities
• · Participate in interdisciplinary treatment planning
• · Provide at least two therapeutic group activities daily on each Behavioral Unit
• · Document patient involvement in each activity provided
• · Provide information to patient and family at discharge regarding recreational and social opportunities in the community.
• · Treats assigned patients under direction of the CTRS and as outlined in the treatment plan.
• · Reports progress, changes or problems to the CTRS immediately.
• · Assists CTRS with assessment; obtains and sets up necessary equipment, transports patients and helps with the assessment process of patients under the direct supervision of the CTRS as needed.
• · Identifies when adaptive equipment supplies are low, makes new devices under direction of the CTRS and ensures proper labeling of equipment for patient.
• · Participates in interdisciplinary team process.
• · Reports to team manager or appropriate nurse or therapist all progress or problems the patient is experiencing regardless of the focus.
• · Provides ongoing education to patient and family as…