Recreation Therapist

Job Title

Recreation Therapist

Duties

This is a direct patient care position in which the incumbent is responsible for performing the work of a recreation therapist in the medical center. The work encompasses a variety of different duties and responsibilities:

• Provide direct patient care and receive guidance from higher-level supervisory staff members for only the most complex patients and require only general supervision.
• Review recreation therapy consults and conduct comprehensive evaluations.
• Demonstrates an advanced competency, which qualifies them to perform patient evaluations and treatment procedures independently on patients with various complex diagnoses and disabilities.
• Evaluates the assigned patients' mental, emotional, social, and physical capabilities to determine the patients' needs in Recreation Therapy.
• Incumbent conducts, analyzes, interprets, and reports assessment data based on functional domains (cognitive, sensory, social, affective, physical and leisure).
• Perform documentation of patient care, including comprehensive assessments/evaluations or assessment screens, individualized progress notes indicating progress, or lack of, toward treatment goals, encounters, consultations, care plans, and other reports as needed. Incumbent.
• Evaluate patient needs for additional, alternative, or termination of services, monitor the effectiveness of intervention plans, and make modifications as needed.
• Adheres to Medical Center and service policies. Utilizes a computerized patient record system by the established procedures. Adheres to Medical Center Privacy and Information Security policy.
• Promotes effective communication with all patients, caregivers, treatment team members, Medical Center staff, and community partners.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Telework: Not Authorized

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 000000

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized