Activities Coordinator

SUMMARY

Under the direction of the Clinical Nurse Manager and Unit Charge RN, the Activities Coordinator is responsible for providing structured activities and facilitating unit programming to support the care and safety of children and adolescents as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team. The Activities Coordinator is responsible for input into the formulation of the day-to-day schedule and structure of a therapeutic milieu and the implementation, observation, and documentation of this program under the direction of a Registered Nurse. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers, and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a member of a multidisciplinary team, the Activities Coordinator:

• Assesses developmental, psychosocial, and intellectual needs of pediatric patients to plan, organize, and direct a therapeutic program that will help to alleviate some of the stress associated with illness and hospitalization as well as to promote the child's social, emotional, and intellectual growth.
• Functions independently in demonstrated areas of competence in the delivery of sophisticated childcare as able.
• Consistently utilizes safe, effective crisis management techniques.
• Consistently takes initiative to suggest innovative changes and additions that improve the quality of milieu care on the unit.
• Develops a clear understanding of trauma and displays an empathetic, compassionate nonjudgmental attitude toward children and families.
• Demonstrates outstanding initiative in organizing therapeutic unit activities and supports/trains BHS staff in learning how this is accomplished.
• Provides guidance, monitoring, and role modeling to less-senior staff during activities.
• Demonstrates consistent ability to assertively and respectfully communicate directly with the appropriate person on issues of concern/conflict.
• May be assigned to specialized responsibilities as determined by Charge RN, CNM, or Nursing Director.
• Provides daily feedback to Charge RN regarding changes in patient behaviors and milieu issues.
• Demonstrates enhanced clinical expertise. While an individual is hired to work on a particular program, they may at times be asked to perform comparable duties in other clinical settings throughout the hospital system as program needs arise.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

BASIC KNOWLEDGE:

• Baccalaureate Degree in a Human Service field required.
• Must demonstrate aptitude and willingness to learn role-related skills. Internal candidates must hold a position of Behavioral Health Specialist II or higher for role consideration.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span with consideration of aging processes, human development stages, and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.

Safety Care Certification:

Employees in this position work in a psychiatric setting under stressful conditions associated with care of psychiatrically impaired, suicidal, aggressive, and sometimes self-injurious individuals. Employees are expected to build therapeutic rapport to prevent crisis and utilize de-escalation techniques taught by Bradley Hospital to minimize the need for physical intervention. Employees in this category must have the ability to remain calm during a crisis as evidenced by the ability to make quick rational decisions and prioritize immediate patient care needs to maintain a safe therapeutic environment. Employees in this position must also be able to participate in the physical management of patients which can include, but is not limited to:

• Awareness and demonstration of safe body positioning
• Awareness and coordination to block and deflect possible aggression
• Ability to physically hold struggling patients, using approved methods only, to maintain safety for extended periods of time

Specifically, such employees must be able to:

• Lift up to fifty pounds
• Reach with their hands and arms
• Grasp and hold with their hands
• Bend/squat/kneel without limitation
• Physically escort patients when needed

Position requires occasional running for short distances, and frequent standing.

EXPERIENCE/REQUIREMENTS:

• Six months to one year of direct childcare work with similar populations.
• Current Bradley Hospital Safety Care Certification.
• Current BLS certification.

INDEPENDENT ACTION:

Performs independently within Program policies and practices. Refers specific complex problems to ANM/CNM where clarification of Program policies and procedures may be required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

None

PAY RANGE

$20.96-$34.61

LOCATION

Bradley Hospital - 1011 Veterans Memorial Pkwy East Providence, Rhode Island 02915

WORK TYPE

3 shifts per week, 11am-7:30pm, every other weekend

WORK SHIFT

Variable

DAILY HOURS

8 hours

DRIVING REQUIRED

No

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.