Activity Therapist PRN - Bachelor's Required

HCA Healthcare; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 36,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work

401(k) Plan with match

Tuition assistance & certification

Fertility & family building assistance

Job summary

HCA Healthcare Live Oak Mental Health and Wellness is seeking an Activity Therapist PRN with a Bachelor's degree to provide expressive therapy as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will engage patients through art, music, dance, writing, drama or poetry and support the treatment plan.

Responsibilities include completing assessments, leading group and individual sessions, documenting timely, and collaborating with clinicians.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Art Therapy, Music Therapy, or Recreation Therapy is required.
• Certification MT-BC, ATR-BC, or CTRS may be required at time of hire.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support within 30 days of start date.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention within 30 days of start date.

Responsibilities

• Complete activity therapy assessments.
• Provide group and individual expressive therapy sessions.
• Display professionalism with customers, staff and clinicians.
• Complete assignments in a timely manner.
• Complete documentation in a timely manner.
• Follow all hospital policies and procedures.
• Attend and participate in monthly activity therapy staff meetings.
• Attend and participate in weekly clinical supervision.
• Work with the interdisciplinary team in meeting treatment goals.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Art Therapy, Music Therapy, or Recreation Therapy

Certification MT-BC, ATR-BC, or CTRS

Job description

Do you have the PRN career opportunities as a(an) Activity Therapist PRN - Bachelor's Required you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Healthcare Live Oak Mental Health and Wellness which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Activity Therapist is responsible for providing expressive therapy services to patients, as a member of a multidisciplinary team and in accordance with Live Oaks’ activity therapy work policy. Expressive therapy interventions are focused on helping the patient develop a stronger sense of self by promoting the identification and expression of feelings through participation in the creation and sharing of personal work, to include visual art, dance/movement, poetry, writing, drama or music.

Specific Job Functions:

• Complete activity therapy assessments.

• Provide group and individual expressive therapy sessions appropriate to client needs.

• Display professionalism in dealing with customers, staff and clinicians.

• Complete assignments in a timely manner.

• Complete documentation in a timely manner.

• Follow all hospital policies and procedures.

• Attend and participate in monthly activity therapy staff meetings.

• Attend and participate in weekly clinical supervision.

• Work with the interdisciplinary team in meeting treatment goals

• May perform other duties as assigned.

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

• Bachelors Degree in Art Therapy, Music Therapy, or Recreation Therapy – REQUIRED

• Certification within the specialty may also be required at time of hire (MT-BC, ATR-BC, or CTRS)

Benefits

HCA Healthcare Live Oak Mental Health and Wellness, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include some or all of the following:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and position.

Live Oak Mental Health and Wellness Center , is a part of Trident Health. We give inpatient stabilization treatment to patients who seek treatment for acute psychiatric symptoms which cannot be addressed on an outpatient basis. Common disorders of patients treated in this program include but are not limited to: major depressive disorder, schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, adjustment disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, impulse control disorder and a variety of co-morbid personality disorders. Our patient population is both adult and adolescent. We offer 24 hour availability of a full range of services. We have the capability to institute rapid lifesaving interventions. Our physician availability is 24 hours a day to institute needed modification to the treatment plan. Psychiatrist involved in the direction and management of the treatment program. Round the clock skilled nursing care implementing the treatment plan and providing monitoring and assessment of the patient's condition and response to treatment.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

“Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do.”- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status