Responsibilities PRN -Recreational, Art or Music Therapist Poplar Springs Hospital, a bed acute care and residential facility, is located in Petersburg, Virginia, 20 minutes south of Richmond and 50 miles north of North Carolina.
Situated on 25 acres, our serene, nature-like setting offers our patients a sense of calmness and peace. For more than 30 years Poplar Springs Hospital has been guided by its mission of helping those who need the full continuum of behavioral services.
Our facility offers behavioral and psychological treatment for adults and adolescents through our acute programs, adolescent residential programs, as well as programs for active duty military.
Therapist will provide ancillary therapy assessments / consults, group activity therapy sessions. Will carry a case load, develop and implement therapeutic activity sessions, and complete all related documentation.
Will assist with development of a related program strategy and monitoring and evaluating patient outcomes. Interacts with medical, nursing and other program staff members.
Provides timely and accurate documentation. Participates in referral development activities as directed. Cosigns therapy notes as needed to assure timely charting of AT documentation.
Assists in providing training and orientation to new activity therapists. Directly supports staff development training and clinical education.
Participates in performance improvement committees and other hospital committees as assigned. Assists in recruitment and supervision of student interns.
Performs continuous quality improvement activities. Orders supplies and utilizes resources in a fiscally responsible manner to provide quality activity programming.
Maintains the environment of care. Actively communicates with AT Director and AT team members as necessary all issues related to AT services.
Performs other duties as assigned.