Activities Therapist

at  Steward Health Care

At Sharon Regional Medical Center, we are committed to improving the health of our communities by delivering exceptional, personalized health care with dignity, compassion and respect. Our continued focus on the patient experience informs our caregivers about how to provide care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient and family preferences, needs and values.
We dedicate ourselves in the communities we serve to delivering affordable health care to all and being responsible partners. No matter what your role, as a member of the Steward family, you are a specialist in making every patient and family feel right at home, every co-worker a key to our success, and every referring practice, a team of prized colleagues.
In support of this, we commit ourselves to the following values:
Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Excellence
Stewardship
If you are seeking a fast-paced, challenging position in an organization committed to achieving and maintaining a standard of excellence in all we do, our organization may be a good fit for you.
The Activity Therapist is responsible for the development and provision of comprehensive group treatment curriculum used in the behavioral health inpatient units. The Activity Therapist develops and adheres to unit schedules to provide daily group and individual activities based on sensory, art therapy, music therapy or other generally accepted modalities. Schedules, trains and oversees the implementation of group curriculum by other disciplines working on the units. Provides feedback to other disciplines as needed to meet the goals of the group topics and activities utilized. Establishes a therapeutic relationship with assigned patients and is responsible for the overall provision and maintenance of a therapeutic environment in the behavioral health unit. Meets individually with assigned patients and facilitates group intervention. Documents on patient activities as well as interactions with patients. Backs up Mental Health Workers when needed.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a health related field
• Crisis Management training
• Clearances as required by law

Please refer the Job description for details