ACTIVITY AIDE- Per Diem/As Needed

Responsibilities

The Activity Specialist will follow the coordinated and developed comprehensive recreation program, including assisting patients with developing, maintaining, and expressing an appropriate leisure lifestyle.

Qualifications

• Licenses or Certifications: Current Arkansas Driver’s License. Current CPI and CPR certifications, or must obtain within 2 weeks of hire, offered onsite.
• Total Education, Vocational Training And Experience: Graduate of an accredited program with a bachelor’s degree in Recreational Therapy or related field or equivalent experience.
• Competency in Activity Specialist duties and skills completed onsite.

Skills And Abilities

• Working knowledge and experience with therapeutic recreation activity process, including conducting activity groups.
• Must have the visual acuity to identify, instruct, and evaluate patient’s skills, affect, needs, safety, and progress.
• Excellent verbal and written skills are required to communicate and interact effectively with patients, families, physicians, hospital staff, and the public.
• Must be able to work with patients, families, physicians, and staff in a professional and empathetic manner.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with frequent interruptions.
• Able to recognize the effect activities are having on patients and communicate concerns and/or positive progress towards goals to RT/Treatment staff personnel.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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