Recreation Therapist (Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Treatment Center)
About The Position
Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Treatment Center (BMNTC) is hiring a full-time Recreation Therapist. The role assesses residents’ leisure preferences, develops plans of care, evaluates progress, and determines needed services in accordance with professional standards of recreational therapy. BMNTC serves adults with chronic and complex medical conditions that coexist with neurodevelopmental or neurocognitive disorders, including individuals with physical disabilities and those who are medically fragile. The position evaluates, designs, and implements therapeutic recreation programs and provides individual and group interventions to support resident care-plan goals. The Recreation Therapist serves on the interdisciplinary team, recommends care-plan approaches, and educates staff on supporting residents’ leisure preferences and quality of life. The position is designated mandatory and must report or stay over during adverse weather events. The usual schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; flexibility is required for education and training and to meet facility needs. The physical requirement is light work. Applicants must be licensed to practice recreational therapy by the North Carolina Board of Recreational Therapy Licensure.
Requirements
- Licensed to practice recreational therapy by the North Carolina Board of Recreational Therapy Licensure.
- Ability to meet the position’s light-work physical requirements, which include exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or frequently, and negligible force constantly to move objects.
- Flexibility to support education and training and meet facility needs.
- Must be in good standing with the Health Care Personnel Registry and other licensing boards or agencies.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with individuals with neurocognitive disorders.
- Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, and evaluating plans of care related to residents’ leisure preferences.
- Ability to instruct or guide direct care staff, student interns, and other staff in recreation therapy methods and techniques.
Responsibilities
- Assess residents’ leisure preferences, develop plans of care, evaluate progress, and determine needed services according to recreational therapy professional standards.
- Evaluate, design, and implement therapeutic recreation programs for BMNTC residents.
- Provide services to adults with neurocognitive disorders, including individuals with physical disabilities and those who are medically fragile.
- Provide interventions, approaches, and individual and group activities to meet residents’ care-plan goals.
- Serve on the interdisciplinary team and recommend approaches regarding residents’ plans of care.
- Educate staff to support residents’ leisure preferences and quality of life.
- Report or stay over during adverse weather events as required for this mandatory position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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