ACTIVITY AIDE/COORDINATOR in Washington

Mountain Youth Academy (a UHS company) is seeking an ACTIVITY AIDE to join our growing team! Come make a difference in the life of a child and love what you do!

Without prior experience, start earning up to $18-22 an hour. With a degree, you can earn up to an additional $4 per hour above base. Increased rates for those with prior work experience in the medical, behavioural mental healthcare field, working with children and military services. Shift differentials are up to $5 per hour. Frequent opportunity for overtime.

This role requires a successful background check, fingerprinting and employment verification.

Mountain Youth Academy is centrally located near Johnson City, TN, Boone, NC, and Abingdon, VA. We are a 120-bed residential treatment facility and assist in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of behavioural health issues for our young adolescent patients.

Position Summary: The Residential Patient Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the running of the MYA Store to include assuring adequate inventory, staying within budgetary guidelines, monitoring and reconciling patient point balances, and facilitating patients' participation in store activities, to include supervising patients while in the store and those who volunteer in the store. Assures Patient Council is meeting bi-weekly, tracks notes, patient feedback, and patient concerns. Assures that incentives are occurring on a regular basis to include planning and organizing incentives and monitoring completion of administrative incentives. Will serve as the coordinator of monthly residential purchases, tracking programmatic needs and maintaining budget. Facilitates or assists residential staff in facilitating recreation activities on second shift and weekends through direct provision of recreation activities or providing the structure and supplies needed for residential staff to facilitate.

Job Requirements:

• Keep information confidential
• Responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the MYA Store
• Completing purchase orders in a timely manner
• Keeping the MYA Store fully stocked
• Monitor stock and inventory and perform quality assurance of merchandise on a regular basis
• Create and maintain inventory system of all items within the MYA Store
• Keeping the MYA Store always clean and ready for patient activity
• Scanning & tracking of all purchases

Benefit Highlights:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
• Free Meals
• Attendance Incentives
• Shift Differential Pay
• Tuition Reimbursement

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED required; an associate or a bachelor’s degree in Recreational Therapy is preferred
• Must have a valid driver's license and meet corporate standards to drive company vehicles
• Will require TCI
• Demonstrates good skills in all forms of communication
• Works well with others in spirit of teamwork and cooperation
• Accept suggestions for improvement
• Maintain and limit access (need to know basis) regarding the confidentiality of patient and employee information in verbal, written and electronic information
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills, with an ability to stay focused on assigned tasks

EEO Statement: All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.