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Summary:
UNC Health Care is recruiting full time Aftercare Program Coordinator to join our UNC Children's Hospital team located on the beautiful campus of UNC Chapel Hill.
As a top-tier academic medical center, UNC Children's hospital upholds a four-tiered mission to "CARE," aligning clinical care, advocacy, research, and education to deliver world-class, family-centered care - always regardless of a family's ability to pay. UNC Children's clinical home, N.C. Children's Hospital, is a major referral center for children with complex conditions and consistently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of "America's Best Children's Hospitals" on its annual list.
We are seeking a dynamic, motivated, and team-oriented Aftercare Program Coordinator with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to provide psychosocial support to pediatric oncology patients and their families. The ideal candidate can build relationships with patients, families, and other stakeholders including physicians, medical staff, child life specialists, Children's Hospital donors, community partners, and foundations. Previous experience in program development especially psychosocial support programming is preferred.
The candidate will be expected to plan, create and conduct individualized and general supportive care programs and therapeutic interventions for pediatric patients, siblings, and families. These may include retreats, support groups, special events, volunteer management, and individualized interventions designed to support the patient and family experience.
This position is 40 hours/week with flexible scheduling to accommodate evening and weekend events and support needs.
Responsibilities:
1. Directs program attendee recruitment and communication with multidisciplinary team members, hospital personnel, and community groups relative to supportive care program activities in compliance with UNCHCS and department policies and procedures. Provides appropriate risk management and infection control to improve the health, safety and benefit of patients using the facilities.
2. Facilitates data entry and management for all supportive programming related tasks. Facilitates internal and external communications for planning. Coordinates activities with multidisciplinary team members, legal office, public affairs, volunteers, media, vendors, local facility staff, etc. Under the supervision of department leadership, provides communication regarding programs, events and materials with engaged donor groups.
3. Facilitates the supervision, management, and delivery of routines, schedules and procedures for support group operations. Assists in the supervision of all operations and program staff. Maintains and develops policy and procedure manuals for supportive care programming.
4. Facilitates volunteer recruitment, public relations and community outreach related to supportive care programming. Serves as hospital liaison to volunteers, members of Carolina PALS, and coordinates scheduling and placement of members as appropriate to meet programming needs. Educates and ensures volunteer accountability in all volunteer roles across programs. Develops descriptions of therapeutic activities/program and designs promotional materials. Actively promotes events and activities to encourage participation.
5. Plans, creates and conducts individualized and generalized supportive care programs/ therapeutic interventions for pediatric patients and families, taking into account specific patient needs and interests, resources needed and appropriate health, safety, infection control and risk management procedures to assure patient safety and therapeutic/rehabilitative benefit. These may include School Re-entry, teen programming, preschool programming and individualized interventions designed to enhance the patients abilities to function in life activities while dealing with their diagnosis/treatment.
6. Plans, implements and evaluates programming, orientation, and therapeutic experience for patients, family members, volunteers and staff. Facilitates program development, group planning meetings, delegation and organization of task completion. Requests resources needed for therapeutic activities. Ensures adequate materials and supplies are available.
7. Presents and publishes articles related to supportive program experiences and interventions. Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance activities in accordance with JCAHO standards and with hospital and department policies. Participates in the design and implementation of research projects.
Other Information
Other information:
Education Requirements:
•Bachelor's degree in Therapeutic Recreation, Child Life Nursing, Social Work, or Chaplaincy.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
•If a Bachelor's degree in Child Life: Certification by the Child Life Certifying Commission.
•If a Bachelor's degree in Therapeutic Recreation: Licensed as a Recreational Therapist by the North Carolina Board of Recreational Therapy Licensure (NCBRTL).
•If a Bachelor's degree in Therapeutic Recreation: Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) by the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC).
•If Nursing degree, requires valid NC Nursing License.
Professional Experience Requirements:
•Requires 2 years of experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
Job Details
Legal Employer: STATE
Entity: UNC Medical Center
Organization Unit: Recreational Therapy Child Life
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Salary Range: $22.45 - $32.27 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Variable
Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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