Receration Therapist PRN

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 37,000 - 57,000; Part time

Job summary

Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City, Utah is seeking a part-time Recreational Therapist (PRN) to design and implement individualized leisure therapy programs for patients with major physical, emotional, or chemical dependency issues. You will work within a multidisciplinary treatment team to establish goals and provide ongoing evaluations.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s Degree in Recreational Therapy and Utah TRS licensure; preferred credentials include NBRC certification and BLS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Recreational Therapy from an accredited institution.
• TRS licensure in the State of Utah

Responsibilities

• Maintains safe, consistent, and supportive environment by providing care in accordance with the multi-disciplinary treatment team, treatment plan and programs to meet patient care needs.
• Coordinates evaluations of patients according to diagnosis, past history and physician referral.
• Assures realistic goals for rehabilitation after assessment of problems.
• Communicates treatment recommendations to the treatment team and identifies intervention strategies.
• Facilitates assessment and re-assessment of patients’ recreational therapy needs.

Skills

Recreational Therapy

Assessment

Treatment planning

Communication

Multidisciplinary team

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Recreational Therapy

TRS licensure Utah

Job description

Primary Childrens at Taylorsville

Primary Childrens at Lehi

Part time

R180989

Job Description

The Recreational Therapist establishes and implements treatment programs individually designed to facilitate the development, maintenance, and expression of an appropriate leisure lifestyle for patients who have had a major physical, emotional or chemical dependency issue.

Job Specifics

• Benefits Eligible: No
• FTE: PRN
• Shift: Days, Monday - Friday
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Essential Functions

• Maintains safe, consistent, and supportive environment by providing care in accordance with the multi-disciplinary treatment team, treatment plan and programs to meet patient care needs.
• Coordinates the performance of subjective and objective initial and ongoing evaluations of patient's according to diagnosis, past history and physician referral.
• Assures the definition of realistic goals for rehabilitation following assessment of specific problems.
• Communicates treatment recommendations based on recreation assessment to the treatment team and identifies treatment intervention strategies to facilitate treatment planning.
• Facilitates the assessment and re-assessment of the patient's physical and/or emotional problems and needs for recreational therapy as determined by history and results of evaluation procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Recreational Therapy from an accredited institution (degree will be verified).
• TRS licensure in the State of Utah

Preferred Qualifications

• Current National Certification in Therapeutic Recreation
• Basic Life Support Certification
• Annual MANDT competency training

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate equipment and materials with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, and art material use.
• Need to walk and push up to 50 pounds of supplies and equipment on rolling cart.

Location:

Primary Childrens at Lehi, Primary Childrens at Taylorsville

Work City:

Salt Lake City

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

0

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$26.74 - $41.28

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

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Headquartered in Utah with locations in six primary states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Health is a nonprofit system of 34 hospitals, 400+ clinics, a medical group of more than 4,800 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plan division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and efficient healthcare delivery.

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