Recreational Therapist Flower Hospital Inpatient Psych

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As a Therapeutic Recreation Specialist you will assess patient needs skills and interests and develop Activity Therapy treatment goals. You will conduct design implement and adjust individualized and group programs to increase functional levels.

You will assess daily patient functioning leisure and recreational needs and complete weekly treatment notes and update treatment plans. You will provide regular reports on patient progress change in goals and any adjustments in behavior.

The above summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by the positions. It should not be considered exhaustive.

REQUIREMENTS

• Education: Bachelors degree (B.A. B.S. .)

• Skills: Must have interpersonal and verbal/ written communication skills necessary to work productively with patients families physicians and a variety of personnel. Must possess critical thinking skills in order to collaborate in the provision and documentation of patient interactions and under stressful situations. Must be able to operate machinery. Must be able to input and retrieve information from computer.

• Years of Experience: Three to five years experience in a comprehensive inpatient Psychiatric Unit (or comparable work experience).

• Certification: Must have CPR-BLS

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

• Skills : Individual family and group therapy training and experience preferred.

• Certification: C. T.R.S. or Expressive therapist meaning an individual who provides treatment intervention through the use of such activities as art music dance; who is certified or registered by the national expressive therapist association certification board for music therapists American arts therapy associationAmerican dance therapy association or is licensed certified or registered by another recognized state or national body to practice expressive therapy.

ProMedica is a mission-driven not-for-profit health care organization headquartered in Toledo Ohio. It serves communities across nine states and provides a range of services including acute and ambulatory care a dental plan and academic business lines. ProMedica owns and operates 10 hospitals and has an affiliated interest in one additional hospital. The organization employs over 1300 health care providers through ProMedica Physicians and has more than 2300 physicians and advanced practice providers with privileges. Committed to its mission of improving health and well-being ProMedica has received national recognition for its clinical excellence and its initiatives to address social determinants of more information about ProMedica please visit provide flexible benefits that include compensation and programs to help you take care of your family your finances and your personal well-being. Its what makes us one of the best places to work and helps our employees live and work to their fullest potential.

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