Agency Recreation Therapist

Job Description

Evaluates and screens patients, establishes treatment goals, and implements treatment plans. Provides patient and family education, completes discharge planning, and documents results and progress in the medical record.

• Administers treatment intervention to meet each patient’s specific needs and achieve their goals.
• Observes progress or changes in patient’s condition and modifies treatment plan accordingly.
• Documents evaluation results, objective status, progress towards goals, treatment plan, and recommendations in compliance with documentation requirements of the hospital and accrediting associations.
• Utilizes appropriate computerized or standardized documentation methods, as applicable to caseload.
• Educates on treatment goals and therapy plan, instructs on therapeutic activities to follow while in hospital or at home, and documents instruction.
• Evaluates ongoing compliance and understanding.
• Evaluates and screens patients to determine therapeutic recreational needs, identifies strengths and deficits, establishes long and short-term goals, and develops an individualized treatment plan incorporating patient and family needs.
• Facilitates the patient’s adjustment into the hospital and improvements in the patient’s self-perception of body image and function.
• Recommends and secures patient referrals to community agencies to ensure continuity of care.

Education Requirement

Bachelor’s Degree in Therapeutic Recreation from an accredited school, required.

Licensure Requirement

(not specified)

Certification

Certification as a Therapeutic Specialist through the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation certification, required. CPR certificationno later than 60 days post hire or post expiration, required.

Skills

(not specified)

Experience

(not specified)

Physical Requirements

• OCCASIONALLY: Biohazard waste, Climb stairs/ladder, Cold Temperatures, Driving motor vehicles (work required) *additional testing may be required, Fume /Gases /Vapors, Hot Temperatures, Lifting / Carrying: 41-60 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 61-100 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 41-60 lbs, Working Outdoors
• FREQUENTLY: Bend/twist, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Chemicals/Medications, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Computer skills, Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs, Patient Equipment, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs, Squat/kneel
• CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Decision Making, Depth perception, Flexing/extending of neck, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing – Far/near, Sitting, Standing, Walking
• Performed But Not Listed Above (not specified)

Additional Physical Requirements

(not specified)

Equal Opportunity Employer

M/F/Disability/Vet