Recreational therapist

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Description:

Recreational Therapist

Shift: Monday - Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm

Status: Full time

Location: LIFE Broad Street - 1930 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19145

Incentives: 1st Day Benefits

We are looking for compassionate and caring Recreational Therapist to join our LIFE Broad Street team. LIFE Broad Street is a member of Trinity Health PACE. Our facility ministers exclusively to the elderly through a coordinated care model which provides preventive, primary, acute and long-term care services designed to assist older individuals to live as independently as possible while continuing to live within their community.

This position will be housed at the LIFE Broad Street facility.

What we offer:

• Warm and supportive environment with a truly patient-centered focus

• Competitive salary and benefit package, including 1st Day Benefit coverage and Daily Pay

• Career paths and professional development

• Learn the industry's best, easy-to-use, advanced technology

• Ability to earn incentives through our Employee Referral program

What you will do:

• Manages the daily operations of the recreational therapy department including but not limited to staffing and staff assignments, initial recreational therapy assessments and reassessments, and referrals to other providers.

• Participate as a member of the interdisciplinary team (IDT) and in initial, semi-annual, unscheduled, annual assessments and reassessments; ensuring that all participant recreational therapy needs are identified and addressed.

• Plan and implement group and individual treatments to improve or maintain the participants' cognitive, physical, Recreation Therapist, social, psychosocial, and artistic needs, such as, exercise, arts and crafts, birthday and holiday celebrations, special events, recreational games, cognitive groups, and community outings, including coordinating services with the center manager/director, transportation, dietary, maintenance, nursing, and rehabilitation staff, as needed.

• Plan and prepare activities for dementia-specific population; oversee daily flow of quiet room activities area, coordinating aspects of personal care with para-professional staff assigned to work on dementia-specific programs; and provide on-going support to all staff involved in dementia-specific programming related to the dementia disease process.

• Complete timely documentation, including daily participant activity participation records; assessments; and other data on participants as directed by the interdisciplinary team.

• Assume the lead role in quality assessment and performance improvement related activities.

• Lead the activities department in development of discipline-specific standards of care.

• Provide initial and ongoing training, education, and supervision for recreation therapist and assistants, including all areas of performance with departmental policies.

• Responsible for keeping recreational therapy staff abreast of program information and making sure staff concerns regarding program and participant issues are addressed appropriately.

• Actively participates in the coordination of efforts towards survey preparedness. When necessary contribute to the plan of correction for department deficiencies.

What you will need:

• Bachelor's Degree in Recreation Therapy related field or NCCAP Activity Professionals Certification. Minimum of two (2) years demonstrated experience in activities/therapeutic recreation related services with geriatric population.

• Minimum of one (1) year documented experience working with a frail or elderly population or if less than one (1) year of experience, must receive appropriate training from the PACE organization on working with a frail or elderly population upon hiring.

• Must be action-oriented, have business acumen, manage conflict well, be customer focused, have high decision quality, flexibility to adapt to ongoing change and have organizational agility. Ability to work with minimal supervision and exercise independent judgment.

We have an energizing new vision and strategy. Join us and shape the future of healthcare!

Apply now!

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran