Recreation Therapist

MedStar Health; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 30,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

MedStar Health is seeking a Recreation Therapist at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore. You will assess patients, plan and evaluate therapeutic recreation services, and document progress within interdisciplinary care teams.

Responsibilities include developing activities for adolescent and adult behavioral health patients, collaborating with the team, and adjusting treatment plans based on patient response.

Qualifications

• Certification as a Recreation Therapist through the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation.
• CPR certification.
• Experience as a recreational therapist preferred.

Responsibilities

• Documents in compliance with professional, agency, and payor requirements.
• Evaluates patients to establish baselines and a treatment plan that improves outcomes.
• Sets measurable goals and adapts treatment as needed.
• Involves patients in treatment, goals, and discharge planning.
• Develops and facilitates activities/groups for behavioral health patients.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team.

Skills

Recreation Therapist certification

CPR certified

Experience as recreational therapist

Job description

About The Job

MedStar Health is looking for a Recreation Therapist to join our team at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center! The Recreation Therapist assesses patients to determine appropriate therapeutic recreation treatment goals. Plans, coordinates, implements, and evaluates therapeutic recreation treatment service for patients. Evaluates and documents patient's progress and participates in interdisciplinary case conferences to monitor existing treatment plan and makes changes necessary. Join one of the largest healthcare systems in the Baltimore-Washington metro region, also recognized as one of the "Healthiest Maryland Businesses".

Primary Duties

• Documents in compliance with professional, agency, and payor requirements.
• Evaluates patients within a wide variety of settings, targets critical issues, and establishes a baseline and a plan of treatment that facilitates improvements in patient outcomes.
• Identifies limitations of patient, incorporates appropriate assessment tools and procedures, establishes measurable long and short-term goals, and determines how specific problems interfere with function.
• Incorporates patient participation in treatment, goals, and discharge planning. Revises treatment as necessary for optimal patient improvement.
• Develops, organizes and facilitates/co-facilitates therapeutic activities/groups for adolescent and adult behavioral health patients.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Certification as a Recreation Therapist through the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation.
• CPR certified
• Experience as a recreational therapist preferred.

Hiring Range

USD $22.48 - USD $39.75 /Hr.