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Universal Health Services

Manages hospitals and behavioral health facilities

Activity Therapist

Mental & Behavioral HealthConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNew Orleans, LA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Psychology or a Human Services field is required, with specialized skills development in an area such as recreation, art, music, or dance.
  • At least 2 years of Activity Therapy experience with a psychiatric mental health population is required; inpatient experience is preferred.
  • Certification or registration in the relevant area of expertise from an applicable certification board is required.
  • Knowledge of hospital activity therapy functions, leadership skills, crisis intervention and risk assessment, psychiatric diagnosis symptomology, basic chemical dependency, age-specific growth and development, and crisis and behavior management is required.
  • Knowledge and skill in providing services to varied populations, including adult and dually diagnosed patients in an inpatient hospital setting, is required.

Responsibilities

  • Assess patients’ leisure, social, and recreational abilities, deficiencies, interests, barriers, life experiences, needs, and potential.
  • Conduct group psychotherapy and psychoeducational sessions as needed, applying clinical skills and therapeutic concepts, methods, and interventions relevant to trauma, compulsive behaviors, addiction, and behavioral modification.
  • Plan and assess patients’ progress, treatment, and discharge needs through attendance at staffing updates.
  • Contribute to the interdisciplinary treatment plan.
  • Plan, organize, and administer an integrated Activities Therapy function for hospital patients under the direction of the Director of Activity Therapy.
  • Provide activities and services to patient populations within assigned groups and areas of specific expertise.
  • Support the Director of Activity Therapy in facilitating all aspects of Activity Therapy and perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • Inpatient Activity Therapy experience is preferred.

About the Company

Universal Health Services

Manages hospitals and behavioral health facilities

Universal Health Services operates a network of acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and ambulatory centers across the United States. It generates its services by acquiring and managing healthcare facilities, then integrating them under centralized operating practices to deliver patient care. The company’s offering is the management and provision of hospital and behavioral health services, with a focus on standardized clinical operations, economies of scale, and nationwide coverage. What sets UHS apart is its long history of growth through acquisitions, its size and scale in both acute and behavioral health markets, and its ability to integrate new facilities while maintaining consistent care quality. Its goal is to provide high-quality healthcare across a broad network, improve patient outcomes, and sustain long-term value for shareholders by expanding access and efficiency in hospital and behavioral health services.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania
Founded
1978

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