Recreation Therapist

Essential Functions

• Provides direct therapeutic recreation therapy services in accordance with accepted standards of therapeutic recreation practice in a timely fashion as outlined by Joint Commission, Federal and State Regulations, and the Hospital's Mission statement and CQI monitors.
• Plans and conducts individual and group therapy as assigned by physician's order.
• Completes all necessary paperwork/documents within 72 hours of admission.
• (Conducts, assesses and interprets completion of Comprehensive Integrated Assessment, reviews all multidisciplinary assessments and compiles a Multidisciplinary Treatment Integration under the supervision of the attending physician.)
• Performs chart audits of the recreational activities provided to patients.
• Participates as an active member of the treatment team, attending meetings and reporting on assigned patients and progress toward treatment goals.
• Documents in a timely manner in the medical record the services rendered.
• Communicates in an age/disability/culturally sensitive related manner to patients and their families and identifies safety, psychosocial, special mobility and special equipment needs.
• Conducts treatments and discharge planning in accordance with age/disability/cultural needs, and involving members of the patient's support system in decision making as appropriate.
• Develops, plans and provides in-services for inter/intra - community/staff on a minimum of a bi-annual basis.

Requirements

• Experience / Education: Bachelor's degree and CTRS license and maintain yearly certification. Prefer three (3) years experience clinical practice in inpatient acute care and one-year supervisory experience.

Qualifications / Skills

• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to any age-related, disability-related needs of the patients served on assignment.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development appropriate to the patient population served.
• Able to assess and interpret data about the patient’s status in order to identify each patient’s needs and provide the appropriate care, including age related care/disability/cultural sensitivity related care to adolescent, chronically mentally ill, adult, geriatric, chemically dependent, and dually diagnosed patient populations.
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of mental illness and chemical dependency and the family dynamics, which accompany them.
• Must have basic knowledge of chronic mental illness.
• Have in-depth knowledge of clinical therapy modalities.
• Have excellent communication and group/process skills as related to age specific patient needs.
• Be versatile, flexible and able to perform in stressful situations.
• Have good time management and organization skills.
• Be capable of coordinating multi-faceted workload.
• Must be able to work under close supervision.
• Must successfully complete CPR certification and an Oceans approved behavioral de-escalation program.