Activity Specialist

1 day ago

North Little Rock, United States Universal Health Services, Inc. Full time
Responsibilities

For over 40 years The BridgeWay has been connecting with communities throughout Arkansas and beyond. The BridgeWay offers a continuum of services designed to help children, adolescents and adults who are experiencing behavioral, emotional or addictive problems that can lead to fractured lives. Our team of professionals includes board-certified child/adolescent and adult psychiatrists, licensed clinical therapists, nurses and mental health associates who are here to help people reconnect with their families, friends and employers so that they may lead productive lives. Tucked within the wooded hills of Central Arkansas, The BridgeWay is just moments away from the major highways that unite Arkansans throughout the state. Founded in 1983 and accredited by The Joint Commission, our quiet campus has retained much of the cozy charm and character that existed then.

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

The BridgeWay is 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 $14.3 billion in 2023. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World‘s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America‘s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 96,700 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. www.uhs.com.


Qualifications

Licenses or Certifications: Current Arkansas Driver‘s License. Current Handle with Care and CPR certifications, or must obtain within 3 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:

  1. Working knowledge and experience with therapeutic recreation activity process, including conducting activity groups.
  2. Must have the visual acuity to identify, instruct, and evaluate patient‘s skills, affect, needs, safety, and progress.
  3. Excellent verbal and written skills are required to communicate and interact effectively with patients, families, physicians, hospital staff, and the public.
  4. Must be able to work with patients, families, physicians, and staff in a professional and empathetic manner.
  5. Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with frequent interruptions.
  6. Ability to recognized 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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At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

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