Activity Therapist - Full Time

Activity Therapist Opportunity

Pembroke Hospital is hiring for an Activity Therapist to join the team! This is a full time, 40 hour per week position. This position requires working one weekend day per week. The schedule for this position is typically Tuesday - Saturday or Sunday - Thursday. Pembroke Hospital is a 120-bed acute care, inpatient behavioral health facility located south of Boston, in Pembroke, MA. Situated on 26 acres, we offer inpatient and partial hospitalization treatment to teens, adults and older adults, and our services are designed to assess, stabilize, and treat patients by addressing their primary symptoms and problems. At Pembroke Hospital, all positions begin and end with caring for the Patient. By listening deeply and understanding the story of our patients, we will make a difference in the lives we touch.

The Activity Therapist is an important member of the Pembroke Hospital's inpatient multidisciplinary treatment team. The Activity Therapist provides expressive arts therapy, psychoeducational groups, and recreational activities on Pembroke Hospital's inpatient psychiatric units.

Benefit highlights include student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, a challenging and rewarding work environment, competitive compensation, generous paid time off, excellent medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plans, 401(k) with company match and discounted stock plan, SoFi student loan refinancing program, and career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ subsidiaries. Further your education at a low cost through our tuition discount partnership with Chamberlin University.

Responsibilities include performing initial activity therapy assessment to develop appropriate treatment goals, facilitating groups on the inpatient psychiatric units, completing group documentation and communicating with other members of the treatment team via treatment planning and team meetings, providing education to mental health associates through both formal and informal means to ensure effective and appropriate therapeutic group facilitation, and maintaining accurate and timely documentation.

Qualifications include a master's degree in a related field and working toward or has already obtained a certification in the fields of expressive, music, art, recreation, occupational, or physical therapy. OR a bachelor's degree in recreational or expressive therapy and one of the following certifications: certified therapeutic recreational specialist (CTRS), board certified music therapist (MT-BC), board certified art therapist (ATR-BC), or other certified expressive therapist modality.

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