Activity Coordinator

About the Job:

The Activity Coordinator is responsible for planning, developing, organizing, implementing, and directing individual and group activities/recreation within the facility as a component of the patient’s treatment plan. Assists in conducting comprehensive recreational therapy services designed to facilitate the psychosocial rehabilitation of patients in an acute psychiatric health care facility.

Roles and Responsibilities:

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Completes activity assessment through patient observation and patient/family interview, obtains information on the patient’s needs, skills, interests and limitations for the development and implementation of the treatment plan.
• Develops treatment plans and implement activity interventions that meet patient needs and interests and help the patient achieve his/her treatment goals.
• Plans, organizes, directs and implements activity interventions within the treatment program to facilitate patient progress with treatment goals, promote the development of social skills and leisure independence and safe use of leisure time.
• Plans and implements an activities program including but not limited to therapeutic leisure skills and activities, leisure education and leisure awareness.
• Facilitates and leads activity sessions to improve patient mental and physical well-being.
• Instructs patients in activities and techniques, such are sports, dance, music, art or relaxation techniques designed to meet their specific needs.
• Interacts and devotes time specifically to the patients the duration of activity.
• Engages patients in individual and/or group recreation programming. Promotes interest in recreational activities.
• Documents activity interventions and patient progress in the medical record per facility documentation requirements. Documents hours of patient attendance and participation in activities daily and any unusual behavior or statements made by the patients.
• Enforces safety rules to prevent injury and modifies activities to suit the needs of specific groups.
• Helps to develop and maintain departmental resources, sharing the responsibility to monitor equipment and supplies.
• Directs and supervises activity staff in their implementation of the activity therapy program and services, if applicable.
• Oversees activities program schedule to meet the unique needs of patient population and any unique service groups, based on level of care.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Therapeutic Recreation, Recreational Therapy or related field is required. Master’s degree preferred.
• Two or more years’ experience in recreation in a healthcare setting with knowledge of patient population served by the facility required.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

• CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.

WORK LOCATION:

This position is onsite and is not a remote position.

SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS:

This position is an Individual Contributor.

Veterans and military spouses are highly encouraged to apply. Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programming at our treatment centers across the country. We recognize and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who have served.