Recreation Therapist - Whole Health

Recreation Therapist

The Recreation Therapist is responsible for providing coordinated, compassionate, and comprehensive quality care including mental health and extended care services. The care to veterans is provided in a timely, accessible, and cost-effective manner. The Recreation Therapist is responsible for ensuring compliance with internal and external regulatory authorities. Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Functions as a professional and technical advisor to the therapists, assistants, other allied health care professionals, program directors and managers throughout the medical center/facility.
• Ensures treatment plans developed promote the goals of the program in which each Veteran is participating.
• Develops and implements recreation therapy programs.
• Keeps abreast of current scientific, technological, theoretical and treatment modality changes, as well as management theory relating to the provision of recreation therapy/whole health.
• Responsible for managing and triaging consults.
• Participates in Medical team meetings.
• Serves on committees or teams as assigned.
• Maintains RT Fund-control point and general post accounts as an approving official, as specified in policy.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 000000

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

US Department of Veterans Affairs