Recreational Therapist- PRN

Mary Free Bed; Saginaw (MI); On-site; USD 23,798 - 33,895; Part time

Job summary

A leading rehabilitation healthcare provider in Saginaw, MI, is seeking a Recreational Therapist (CTRS) to create and implement therapeutic programs for patients. The role involves patient evaluation, documentation, and ensuring access to quality care regardless of patient background. Candidates should possess a valid Michigan driver's license and expertise in rehabilitative therapeutic recreation. This position requires physical ability to assist patients and maintain effective communication.

Qualifications

• Valid Michigan driver's license with no restrictions affecting ability to drive vehicles.
• Expertise in a specific diagnostic area of rehabilitative therapeutic recreation.
• Ability to lift, position, and transport patients.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients and design recreational therapy programs.
• Ensure a welcoming experience for all patients.
• Contribute to departmental quality improvement efforts.

Skills

Leadership

Effective Communication

Sensitivity to Patients

Supervision of Students

Education

Valid Michigan driver's license

Expertise in rehabilitative therapeutic recreation

Job description

**Job Title:** Recreational Therapist (CTRS)**Primary Location:** Mary Free Bed at Covenant: 700 Cooper Ave, Saginaw, MI**Department Name:** Inpatient Rehab**Employment Type:** Regular/ Per Diem, Casual**PRN Requirements:** Two weekend days every month**Shift:** 8-hour shifts**Compensation Range:** $20.94 and goes up based on experienceWe have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. It’s extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients “Ask for Mary,” they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them. This is true of every employee, from support staff and leadership, to clinicians and care providers.Mary Free Bed at Covenant HealthCare provides inpatient rehabilitation care for patients in the Saginaw and surrounding regions. The Mary Free Bed Therapeutic Recreational Specialist working in this location has the opportunity to receive support from both organizations, and is expected to follow all applicable policies and procedures that apply to our work. Responsible for patient evaluation, programming, and documentation. Keeps treatment skills upgraded through continuing education. Provides student supervision and serves as a clinical resource for an area of expertise.• **Family Culture.**We offer the stability of a large organization while nurturing the family/team atmosphere of a small organization. Must be able to demonstrateappropriate topatient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department’s policies and procedures. the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care the age of the patients served in assigned department. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the Essential Job Responsibilities: Ensuring a welcoming experience for all we serve, regardless of origin, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status.Educational Responsibilities:Customer Service Responsibilities: Responsibilities in Quality Improvement: Contributes by identifying problems and seeking solutions. Promotes patient/family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service. Essential Job Qualifications (Knowledge, Education, and Training Requirements): Valid Michigan drivers license with no restrictions affecting ability to drive vehicles.Possesses and demonstrates expertise in a specific diagnostic area of rehabilitative therapeutic recreation. Can demonstrate leadership and effective communication skills, ability to relate well with people, sensitivity to patients.Demonstrates ability to supervise students.The physical ability to lift, position, and transport patients. The ability to frequently sit, stand, walk, bend, kneel, twist, crawl, grasp, reach, and occasionally climb.The ability to hear, speak, write, and see (correctable vision). The ability to frequently lift up to 75 pounds, and occasionally lift in excess of 75 pounds.The ability to occasionally push, pull, or carry weight anywhere from 1 to 100+ pounds while assisting patients and moving equipment.The ability to exert up to 20-50 pounds of force occasionally, 10-20 pounds of force frequently, and exert up to 10 pounds of force constantly.Other Preferred Job Qualifications: Experience or knowledge of adapting equipment and leisure education. At Mary Free Bed, we work towards putting everybody in motion. Fueled by our passion for innovative, integrated rehabilitation care, our teams work together to elevate everyone’s potential. Whether you’re here to ensure a safe environment at our hospitals, provide clinical care or help our patients navigate their next appointment, we’re united by the same mission: to restore hope and freedom through rehabilitation. Everyone plays an integral role in defining a better future for ourselves, our patients, and our communities. You included.