Initiates and conducts group activities, conducts psycho-educational classes, provides direct care to patients under direction and guidance of professional nursing personnel.  Assists nursing and clinical staff to maintain the therapeutic milieu.  Interacts with patients to promote therapeutic environments to enhance wellness.  Develops relationships focusing on helping patients identify and learn effective ways of dealing with social pressures and personal limitations.  Will be required to work around all patient populations, i.e. Child and Adolescent, Adult Intermediate and Acute, and Geriatric.  Demonstrate awareness, developmental stages and learning processes of Child and Adolescent, Adult Intermediate and Acute, and geriatric patients. 

Grandview Medical Center, a 434-bed regional referral center and tertiary-care facility, is located in Birmingham, Ala., and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Grandview Medical Center offers programs and services in all medical and surgical areas, including Cardiology, Oncology, Neurology, Women's Health, Mental Health, Digestive Diseases, Orthopedics, Physical Medicine and Rehab, Sports Medicine and Emergency Care. There are more than 600 physicians on the Grandview medical staff representing 30 specialties and subspecialties. The hospital has been named an accredited program for Metabolic and Bariatric surgery by ASMBS & ACS as well as an accredited chest pain center.

Grandview Medical Center provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of any individual’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, citizenship, military status, disability, genetic information or any other protected class status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.