Job Description

Recreation Therapist

Recreation Therapist is responsible for planning, implementing, facilitating, and evaluating therapeutic groups for patient involvement. Documentation of patient response to therapeutic modalities is required.

Job Duties:

• Assessment of patients
• Planning and facilitating therapeutic groups
• Documentation of patient response to therapeutic modalities
• Develop, implement, and update treatment plans
• Maintains assigned areas
• Ensures safe use of recreation equipment and tracks inventory
• Maintains adherence to DHEC requirements and monitoring for the swimming pool and other pertinent patient areas
• Delivers direct patient care appropriate to the ages of the patients served
• Recommends the purchasing of supplies

Benefit Highlights:

• Tuition/Certification Reimbursement after 6 months
• Loan Forgiveness Program
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!

Qualifications:

Job Requirements:

• Education requirements: Bachelor's degree in Music, Art, Therapeutic Recreation or related field.
• Work experience requirements: 1 year minimum in psychiatric setting or 2 years with special populations.
• Required licenses/certifications/courses: Certification through NCTRC or related certification/licensure organization preferred. CPR certification required. Certification in exercise a plus.

EEO Statement:

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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