Activities Therapist

4 weeks ago


Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States UNC Health Full time

Job Summary:

The Activities Therapist is a vital member of the multidisciplinary treatment team at UNC Health, responsible for planning, organizing, and directing quality activities for patients to ensure their recreational, physical, intellectual, spiritual, and social needs are met.

This role requires proficiency in various competency areas, including general activities duties, care plan and documentation, patient rights, and understanding safety and sanitation principles and techniques in an acute hospital.

The therapist must demonstrate basic knowledge of medical and psychiatric terminology, effective communication, both oral and written, and maintain records of activity programs and patient participation, identifying progress toward care plan goals.

Responsibilities:

  • Perform proficiently in all competency areas, including general activities duties, supervisory responsibilities, care plan and documentation responsibilities, patient rights, and safety and sanitation principles and techniques of therapy.
  • Demonstrate understanding of basic medical and psychiatric terminology and basic regulations governing the treatment of people in psychiatric health facilities.
  • Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, while appropriately and descriptively charting patient progress and behavior.
  • Adapt treatment programs by graduating tasks to meet patient's level of function.
  • Develop, organize, and implement a program of adjunctive therapy activities to meet the social, emotional, physical, and other therapeutic needs of patients.
  • Make regular in-room visits to patients uninterested or unable to participate in group activities.
  • Exhibit excellent customer service and a positive attitude towards patients.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree in a human services field.
  • No licensure or certification required.
  • No experience required.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of one or more therapeutic activity areas, such as recreation, occupational, music, or art therapy.
  • Experience facilitating therapeutic groups.
  • Familiarity working with forensic and/or psychiatric consumers.

Work Environment:

This is a full-time position with standard hours per week of 40.00. The salary range is $27.16 per hour (hiring range). Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits.


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