Recreational Therapist

Lifepoint Health • Louisburg, NC

11h • Onsite

About The Position

The Recreational Therapist is responsible for completing comprehensive evaluations and developing individualized treatment plans in collaboration with the primary counselor and interdisciplinary team. This role uses therapeutic, recreational, and leisure-based activities to support patients’ emotional, social, and behavioral health needs. The therapist monitors patient progress, adjusts interventions as needed, and facilitates both group and individual sessions to promote engagement, coping skills, and socialization. Additionally, this position plays a key role in discharge planning by educating patients and families on community resources and healthy leisure lifestyles to support ongoing recovery.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Recreational Therapy or related field required
• Current Recreational Therapist license
• Therapeutic Recreation Specialist certification
• Handle With Care within 30 days of hire
• Basic Life Support certification
• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Nice To Haves

• Master of Social Work degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Completing comprehensive evaluations
• Developing individualized treatment plans in collaboration with the primary counselor and interdisciplinary team
• Using therapeutic, recreational, and leisure-based activities to support patients’ emotional, social, and behavioral health needs
• Monitoring patient progress
• Adjusting interventions as needed
• Facilitating both group and individual sessions to promote engagement, coping skills, and socialization
• Educating patients and families on community resources and healthy leisure lifestyles to support ongoing recovery

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level