Certified Recreation Therapist
CommonSpirit Health•Glendale, CA
•Onsite
About The Position
As a Recreation Therapist, you'll improve patient well-being by designing therapeutic recreation programs, helping them develop skills and enhance quality of life. Every day you'll assess needs, plan treatments, and lead engaging activities, collaborating with teams and documenting progress. To be successful in this role, you need strong therapeutic recreation knowledge, creativity, and interpersonal skills.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field.
- One (1) year of experience in Mental Health in an acute hospital setting required.
- Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS)
- AHA BLS
Responsibilities
- Designs therapeutic recreation programs.
- Helps patients develop skills and enhance quality of life.
- Assesses patient needs.
- Plans treatments.
- Leads engaging activities.
- Collaborates with teams.
- Documents patient progress.
- Completes position responsibilities following established guidelines & protocols within the appropriate time frame.
- Completes work within an acceptable time frame, avoiding incidental overtime.
- Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and optimally use work time.
- Ensures accuracy and completeness in job tasks.
- Demonstrates the ability to perform work in an accurate and timely manner in periods of increased workload and high stress.
- Demonstrates good judgement in handling situations not covered by written or verbal instructions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
