Certified Recreation Therapist (Per Diem)

About the role

At Hackensack Meridian Health, our team members are the heart of what makes us better. We help our patients live better, healthier lives—and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better—advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical services to clients including assessments, treatment planning, and recreational/adjunctive therapy individual and therapeutic patient groups.
• Promotes a positive client experience and participates in a wellness and recovery model.
• Encourages client feedback.
• Completes initial assessments in an accurate and timely manner within program policies and procedures.
• Completes progress notes in an accurate and timely manner within program policies and procedures.
• Develops individualized, measurable treatment plans using recreational assessment and incorporating client involvement.
• Completes treatment plan reviews in an accurate and timely manner within program policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates clinical competence in comprehensive assessments.
• Demonstrates a clear understanding of performance improvement activities within the department and actively participates in the Performance Improvement Process.
• Maintains and shares knowledge of current issues in the field, including information from conferences, articles, and training.
• Demonstrates clinical competency in the provision of group and individual clinical treatments.
• Performs other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Requirements

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that may include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

Licenses and Certifications Required

• Professional certification as Certified Therapeutic Recreational Specialist (CTRS) or eligible for professional certification as CTRS with a passing score on the NCTRC exam.
• BLS AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification.

Contacts

• Regular contact with medical personnel and its visitors.

Pay

Minimum rate of $25.77 hourly. HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package. The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted hourly rates may be stated as an annual salary in the offer and posted annual salaries may be stated as an hourly rate in the offer, depending on the level and nature of the job duties and credentials of the candidate. The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may be different than the posted rate of pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to Labor Market Data Compensation is benchmarked against market data to ensure competitiveness.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits for full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) positions.