Activity Therapist/Recreational Therapist- Full Time

Universal Health Services; Grand Rapids (MI); Sur place; USD 30 000 - 47 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Forest View Hospital, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, seeks a per diem Activity Therapist to provide inpatient activity and group programming for adults or adolescents. The role focuses on assessing, educating and developing recreational, social, leisure and daily living skills.

Responsibilities include teaching patients to interact with families, developing productive skills for daily living, offering opportunities to explore leisure interests, transferring learned skills to community

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Therapeutic Recreation is required.
• CTRS certification is required or equivalent licensure.

Responsabilités

• Teach patients interactions with families and significant others in a socially constructive way;
• Develop productive skills for vocational, avocational, and daily living activities;
• Provide opportunities to become aware of leisure strengths and interests;
• Transfer learned activity skills to ongoing functioning in the community;
• Perform individual assessments of functional living skills;
• Assist Nursing Team with safety duties.

Formation

Bachelor of Science in Therapeutic Recreation

CTRS Certification

Description du poste

Responsibilities

Forest View Hospital, a 108-bed facility, brings over 45 years of experience to the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of behavioral health issues. As a part of our continued success and growth, we are seeking qualified applicants for a per diem/as needed Activity Therapist.

The Activity Therapist is responsible for providing activity and group programming for adult or adolescent patients in an inpatient setting. The goal of Activity Therapy is to assess, educate and develop recreational social, leisure and daily living skills.

1. Teach patients interactions with families and significant others in a socially constructive way;
2. Develop productive skills for vocational, avocational, and daily living activities;
3. Provide opportunities to become aware of leisure strengths and interests;
4. Transfer learned activity skills to ongoing functioning in the community
5. Perform individual assessments of functional living skills.
6. Assists Nursing Team with safety duties.

Qualifications

Activity Therapist Part Time(CTRS or Appropriate Licensure) Requirements:

1. A Bachelor of Science in Therapeutic Recreation from an accredited academic institution. (CTRS Required)
2. Applicable Bachelors or Masters preparation with appropriate mental health support licensure.

EEO Statement

Forest View Hospital is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. Forest View Hospital is an 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.

Notice

At Forest View Hospital, our Human Resources department ishere to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience.