RECREATION THERAPIST (BA) Job at Universal Health Services, Portland, OR

  • Universal Health Services
  • Portland, OR

Job Description

Responsibilities

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of others through creativity, movement, and engagement? We are seeking a compassionate and enthusiastic Recreational Therapist to join our team at Cedar Hills Hospital. The Recreational Therapist is responsible for planning and implementing activity services for assigned program, which involves defining and implementing treatment goals as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team and providing continuous patient care, observation, interaction, and role modeling to patients.

Cedar Hills Hospital is a 98-bed, freestanding psychiatric hospital and outpatient center specializing in mental health and substance use disorder treatment. Cedar Hills Hospital provides a wide range of services and programs that offer evidence-based treatment proven to have positive outcomes for our patients. Our inpatient and outpatient services offer supportive and compassionate care through specialty programs tailored to meet the needs of our patients.

Cedar Hills Hospital currently has an opening for a full time Recreation Therapist who is responsible for planning and implementing activity services for assigned programs, which involves defining and implementing treatment goals as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team and providing continuous patient care, observation, interaction, and role modeling to patients.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in occupational, art, music, or recreational therapy, social work or related therapeutic discipline required. Master's degree in art therapy preferred.
  • Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) required.
  • One year of related experience with knowledge of psychiatric patient care techniques preferred.
  • AHA BLS CPR required within 30 days of hire.

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are 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.

Job Tags

Full time, Local area

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