ACTIVITY AIDE/COORDINATOR

UHS•Mountain City, TN

13d•Onsite

About The Position

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, behavioral mental healthcare field, working with children and miliary 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 behavioral health issues for our young adolescent patients. Position Summary: The Residential Patient Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the running of the MYA Store to 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.

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED required
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 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 ad or employee information in verbal, written and electronic information.
Attention to detail
Organization skills, with an ability to stay focused on assigned

Nice To Haves

an associate or a bachelor’s degree in Recreational Therapy is preferred

Responsibilities

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 of
Monitor stock and inventory and perform quality assurance of merchandise on a regular
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