Recr Therapist

Recreational Therapist

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Recreational Therapist with HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

Plans, coordinates, and assists in the management of the Recreational Therapy Service. Participates in planning and implementing new programs and services. Establishes and implements therapeutic recreational therapy programs to treat patients. Directs and organizes such activities as adapted sports, dramatics, and social activities, arts and crafts, regulating content of program in accordance with patient's capabilities, needs, and interests. Employee will be responsible for knowledge and skill necessary to provide care based on physical, psychological, educational, safety and related criteria for the pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric population.

What You Will Do In This Role:

• Ability to organize and manage time effectively for maximum productivity and for timely patient evaluation and reporting.
• Must possess the ability to work collaboratively with other disciplines.
• Must support the ability to communicate effectively to accomplish the responsibilities of the position.
• Must be clinically competent and know current "state of the art" procedures and policies in the field of Therapeutic Recreation.
• Verbal ability to understand medical terminology and how it applies to Occupational/Recreational Therapy.
• Communicate with patients, staff, and physicians and prepare meaningful reports.
• Visual perceptual and motor abilities to understand biomechanics of human body and adapted device actions.
• Clerical abilities to keep accurate departmental records of patient treatment.
• Motor coordination, manual dexterity and ability to execute accurately and safely therapeutic procedures and manipulate special equipment.

What Qualifications You Will Need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• (RecTherapy) Recreational Therapist
• Bachelors Degree

No Travel Required

No experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball has provided quality healthcare to Tomball, Magnolia and Northwest Houston communities since 1948. Fully accredited by The Joint Commission, our 350+ bed hospital is on a 150-acre campus that features designated specialty centers: The Orthopedic Center, The Women's Center, the Heart and Vascular Center and the Texas Sports Medicine Center. Our services include a Level III Trauma Center, advanced robotic surgery program with 24/7 service, Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, comprehensive Women's Services and Labor & Delivery unit with Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), orthopedic care including joint replacement, and much more. We are committed to providing quality healthcare while making a difference in our patients' lives. Through exceptional technology and specialized medical staff, area residents receive a full range of medical services, close to home. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Recr Therapist opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.