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 issues.

Posting Specifics

• Pay Range: $22.80-$35.19 Non-Exempt

• Benefits Eligible: Yes

• Benefits Eligible: Yes; Medical, Dental, Vision, Education Assistance. Click here for more details (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/working-for-intermountain/employee-benefits/)

• FTE: Full time

• Shift: 40 hours, Days.

Why Join Our Team at Intermountain Healthcare?

• Growth and promotional opportunities within the Hospitals/clinics and throughout the organization

• Job Satisfaction - Feel part of the community as you help serve the community by helping people live the healthiest lives possible!

Job Essentials

• 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.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Recreational Therapy from an accredited institution (degree will be verified).

• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.

• Current TRS licensure in the State of Utah.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Current National Certification in Therapeutic Recreation.

• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.

• Annual MANDT competency training.

Physical Requirements:

• Climbing, hearing/listening, lifting, manual dexterity, pulling/pushing, seeing, sitting, speaking, squatting/kneeling, walking, standing.

Anticipated job posting close date:

06/29/2024

Location:

Primary Childrens at Wasatch Canyons

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.

$22.80 - $35.19

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.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our Idaho, Nevada, and Utah based caregivers (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/working-for-intermountain/employee-benefits/) , and for our Colorado, Montana, and Kansas based caregivers (http://www.sclhealthbenefits.org) ; and our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/working-for-intermountain/diversity/) .

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.