Activity Aide Coordinator - FT - Days - BH Flex (New Behavioral Hospital) - 20203

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

DHR Health - US:TX:Edinburg - Days

Summary:

FLSA STATUS: Exempt Non-Exempt

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.

VISION:

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.

POSITION SUMMARY:

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.

POSITION EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Graduate/GED
• Successful completion of an appropriate training course leading to certification as a patient activity coordinator or company approved orientation
• CPR certification required
• 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
• Prefer hospital experience

JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:

• 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.

Responsibilities:

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 needed.
• Regularly reinforces patient education carried out by CTRS.
• Provides resources and support for patients before during and after treatment of patient.
• Checks all equipment regularly to remove dust and dirt to restore to bright finish.
• Completes general cleaning of therapy areas as assigned and or according to cleaning schedule using prescribed cleaning techniques for infection control.

Other information:

LINES OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

(Chain-of-command)

1. Director

CUSTOMER SERVICE:

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

AGE SPECIFIC:

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirement relative to his or her age.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: (ADA):

A. Essential Duties: Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.

The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position:

• Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height. - Yes - Kneeling - Yes
• Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs. - Yes - Walking - Yes
• Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs. - Yes - Standing/Squatting - Yes
• Straight pulling - Yes - Sitting - Yes
• Pulling hand over hand - Yes - Pushing - Yes
• Repeated bending - Yes - Stooping/Bending - Yes
• Reaching above shoulder - Yes - Climbing Stairs - Yes
• Simple grasping - Yes - Climbing Ladders - No
• Dual simultaneous grasping - Yes - Depth Perceptions needed - Yes
• Ability to see - Yes - Identify Colors - Yes
• Operating office equipment - Yes - Twisting - Yes
• Operating mechanical equipment - Yes - Crawling - No
• Ability to read and write - Yes - Ability to Count - Yes
• Ability to hear verbal communication without aid - Yes - Operating Personal Vehicle - Yes
• Ability to comprehend written/verbal communication - Yes - Other: Ability to deal with stress - Yes
• OSHA Category - III

B. Working Conditions: The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

C. Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.

D. Aptitudes: HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW

Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to "catch on" or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. 3

Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. 3

Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2

Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to "visualize" objects or two or three