Activity Therapist II
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Job Summary
Overview
Under the direction of the Activity Coordinator and program Chief conducts activities for patients.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain positive relationships with patients visitors and other employees. Interacts professionally courteously and appropriately with patients visitors and other employees. Behaves in a manner consistent with maintaining and furthering a positive public perception of Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center and its employees.
- Contributes to and participates in the Performance/Quality Improvement activities of the assigned department. Contribution and participation includes data collection analysis implementation of and compliance with risk management and claims activities support of and participation in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) teams consistent adherence to the specific rules and regulations of Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center (a) Safety and Security Policies (b) Risk Management: Incident and Occurrence Reporting (c) Infection Control Policies and Procedures and (d) Patient and Customer Service.
- Runs effective Activity Therapy groups.
- Is therapeutic one-to-one contacts with patient.
- Transmits information in a clear and timely manner to the charts.
- Maintains a current and varied knowledge base on therapeutic techniques.
- Assists in organizing and maintaining equipment and supplies.
- Regularly communicates effectively with the multi-disciplinary team.
- Utilizes supervisory and peer feedback to improve work performance.
- Supervises students when assigned.
Qualifications
- MA degree in a mental field related to Occupational Recreational Creative Arts and/or Vocational Rehabilitation with/or eligible for certification registration and/or license.
- Certified Therapeutic Recreation Therapist (C.T.R.S.)
- Masters in Recreational Therapy
- Computer literacy
Required Experience:
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About Company
BronxCare Health System is the largest voluntary, not-for-profit health care system serving the South and Central Bronx. BronxCare Health System provides more than one million outpatient visits, and ER volume has increased to 140,000 visits annually, among the busiest for a hospital i ... View more
