Activity Therapist, Peace Hospital

Primary Location : Peace - Louisville

Address : 2020 Newburg Rd.

Louisville KY 40205

Shift :

First Shift (United States of America)

Job Description Summary :

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals four medical centers nearly 200 physician practice locations more than 700 providers the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center.

With more than 12000 team membersphysicians surgeons nurses pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionalsUofL Health is focused on one mission : delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.

Job Description :

The activities therapist is responsible for performing therapeutic recreational assessments making recommendations for therapeutic interventions and carrying out general and specialized activity therapy interventions and programs in assigned treatment areas. This employee provides direct patient care to various patient populations including children adolescents and adults.

Essential Functions :

• Utilizes knowledge of activity therapy to perform activity therapy assessments which accurately assess the patients abilities and needs and makes individualized specific measurable recommendations which are clinically appropriate to facilitate meeting patients treatment goals
• Participates in interdisciplinary treatment planning meetings or gives written input offering patient updates treatment suggestions and the sharing of program observations with other treatment team members; ensures treatment plan entries are individualized specific measurable and updated as the patients needs change
• Evaluates effectiveness of therapeutic modality or intervention in assisting patient to process therapeutic issues and feelings and in goal achievement; identifies revisions to approach / modality to further enhancepatientspositive therapeutic response and demonstrates flexibility in adapting therapeutic approach based on professional reassessment and feedback from peers and treatment team
• Reportspatient incidents occurring in the activity therapy process promptly and concisely to the appropriate staff members
• Develops and maintains an orderly safe and appropriately stocked supply of recreational therapeutic mediums in order to conduct safe and effective clinical activities
• Maintains accurate patient charts by recording and updating information while ensuring confidentiality of documentation ensures documentation reflects patient(s) presentation goals of individual or group therapeutic intervention modality used and patient response in behaviorally-specific terms
• Develops therapeutic activities for assigned patients and independently conducts a variety of therapy groups utilizing effective expressive mediums and group therapy principles appropriate for patient(s) age developmental level and clinical presentation

Shift Requirements :

Shift Length (in hours) :

8-10 hours depending on scheduling needs

# Shifts / Week :

4-5 days per week depending on scheduling needs

Overtime Required :

Infrequently Sometimes Often n / a (exempt position)

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Key Skills

Environmental Safety,J2se,ABAP,Flexcube,Health And Safety Management,BI

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1