GROUP COORDINATOR

Group Coordinator Opportunity

This is a full-time position, 40 hours/week, typically Sunday-Thursday from 12pm-8pm. The Meadows Psychiatric Center is the leading behavioral health treatment facility in Central Pennsylvania. We are located a short distance outside State College, PA. The Meadows is a 119 inpatient behavioral health hospital and has been providing comprehensive services to children, adolescents, adults and older adults for over 35 years.

The Group Coordinator is responsible for providing high quality patient care, displaying good skills in assessment, treatment planning, group and individual therapy treatments. The Group Coordinator is responsible to function well as a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team and participate in the community relations program. Primary responsibilities include coordinating, planning, and conducting patient group sessions on units. The Group Coordinator is responsible for providing high quality patient care, displaying good skills in assessment, treatment planning, group and individual therapy treatments. The Group Coordinator plans and implements the program's group therapy program, including planning of daily events, special events and providing in-service for other staff participating in the group therapy program.

Job duties and responsibilities include responding to patient crisis events accordingly using de-escalation techniques, leading activity groups for patients according to the program schedule, conducting patient observation rounds throughout the shift to ensure safety, supervising patients in daily activities and assisting treatment team with patients to provide therapeutic activities, documenting patient behaviors, condition, & progress, and monitoring visitation regarding patient safety.

Benefits include new & improved wages, 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, tuition reimbursement and assistance, diverse programming to expand your experience and energize your career, and career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ subsidiaries.

About Universal Health Services: One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $15.8 billion in 2024. UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; listed in Forbes ranking of America's Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 99,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

Qualifications: Job requirements include a minimum of a high school diploma/GED, bachelor's degree in a human services field preferred, post-secondary training or education in related field with experience preferred. Position also requires excellent verbal communication skills; ability to remain calm in dynamic environment; commitment to providing a high level of care to patients of all ages, excellent customer service skills and a reliable & dependable attendance to work profile.

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