Recreation Therapist

1 week ago

Madera, California, United States Universal Health Services Full time
Job Title: Recreation Therapist

We are seeking a highly skilled Recreation Therapist to join our team at Universal Health Services. As a Recreation Therapist, you will be responsible for planning and implementing activity services for assigned programs, which involves defining and implementing treatment goals as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team and providing continuous patient care, observation, interaction, and role modeling to patients.

Responsibilities:
  • Plan and implement activity services for assigned programs
  • Define and implement treatment goals as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team
  • Provide continuous patient care, observation, interaction, and role modeling to patients
  • Assess patients for behaviors consistent with developmental stages and make note of any deviations in behavior
  • Recognize acting out behavior of child-specific age group and set appropriate limits in clear, concise, behavioral, and non-judgmental terms based on the age of the patient
  • Utilize seclusion and restraint procedures with an understanding of the need for modification in regard to smaller body sizes of children, abandonment issues, and the history of physical and/or sexual abuse issues
  • Act as a resource to other staff in regard to the Child Patient Programs
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Art, Music, or Recreation therapy, humanities, social work, or related therapeutic discipline
  • One (1) year of related experience, with knowledge of psychiatric patient care techniques with understanding of mental illness, preferred
  • Certification or licensure as CTRS is required
  • Successful completion of CPR Certification and successful completion of Handle with Care training
Working Conditions:

The Recreation Therapist will work in a fast-paced environment and will be required to stand, sit, or walk up to six hours, sit for up to two hours, and move frequently in the delivery of patient care. The ability to spend 20% of the workday outdoors in temperatures varying from 30-100F and 80% of the workday indoors in temperatures varying from 60-85F is also required.

The Recreation Therapist will be required to occasionally push/pull wheeled carts from 200 Ibs, frequently lift and carry up to 10 Ibs, and occasionally lift and carry up to 100 Ibs. The ability to see well enough to read written material and discern a variety of odors is also required.

The Recreation Therapist will work in an environment where the noise level is frequently high, where chemicals are frequently used for cleaning, where mechanical and electrical hazards may be occasionally present, and where dust, mist, and steam are frequently generated in housekeeping tasks.

The Recreation Therapist will be required to maintain confidentiality of facility employees and patient information and adhere to facility, department, and Corporate Personnel Policies and procedures.

The Recreation Therapist will be required to attend all mandatory facility in-services and staff development activities as scheduled and support facility-wide quality/performance improvement goals and objectives.

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