This position is responsible for planning and leading group and individual recreational activities for patients in collaboration with the COTA. The role also involves monitoring patient behavior, assisting with personal care, and maintaining activity supplies.
Requirements summary
The position requires a high school diploma or equivalent, with some college education preferred. Candidates should be capable of performing sedentary work in an indoor environment.
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Exemption Status: Non-Exempt Hiring Range: $15.00 - $27.00 Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.
Schedule Details: Holidays - Every Other Holiday, Weekends - Every Other Weekend Scheduled Hours: 1200-2030 Shift: 2 - Evening Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America) Hours: 24 Cost Center: 24070 - 0626 Clinical MPU This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.
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This position is responsible for creating, planning, and posting in advance various group activities, recreational programs, special entertainment, and special holiday events in collaboration with the COTA.
Leads and participates in individual and group activities suited to meet the needs of the individual patients.
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Major Responsibilities: 1.
Creates, plans, and posts in advance various group activities, recreational programs, special entertainment and special holiday events in collaboration with the COTA.
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Leads and participates in individual and group activities suited to meet the needs of the individual patients.
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Reports any changes in patient conduct or physical condition to the patient’s nurse.
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Evaluates and records behavior, participation, and progress of patients in groups and/or 1:1.
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Maintains necessary supply materials and equipment.
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Attends team meetings when available.
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Assists patients in self-care activities, i.e., grooming, personal hygiene, etc..
Benefits
Signing bonus
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Utilizes a variety of modalities to achieve individualized programming such as pet therapy, music therapy, art therapy, etc..
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Assists with planning/decorating for special events and seasonal parties.
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Utilizes the environment to provide both comfort and stimulation to the patient population.
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Assists in developing individual sensory plans including triggers and sensory preferences for patients.
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Follows hospital and department policies and procedures.
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Maintains current knowledge of department activities demonstrated by attendance at staff meetings and/or reading and initialing meeting minutes, memos, and notices.
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Participates in quality improvement activities.
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Participates in the orientation of new staff when assigned.
Completes orientation paperwork for new staff as required.
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Position Qualifications: License/Certification/Education: Required: 1.
High School Diploma or equivalent.
Preferred
1. Some college education. Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements. Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents. III.
Physical
Demands and
Environmental
Conditions: Work is considered sedentary. Position requires work indoors in a normal office environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other.
Our six
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Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day. As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible. At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver. No matter their responsibilities or title, every employee or “caregiver” fills an important role for our patients and their families every day. Who is a caregiver? It’s not just the person who delivers the care. It’s all the people who make it work … and make it better. Caregivers give everything that helps patients heal, from expertise to extra attention. They give clean, comfortable rooms. Fast, accurate answers. And an easier, less stressful experience. They give warm, reassuring smiles, and helping hands. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, our community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.
