Recreation Therapist- Behavioral Health

Job Summary

Evaluates the functional abilities of each patients and designs and facilitates activity and psycho-educational groups to aid in the development and improvement in the social, physical, cognitive and emotional lives of patients. Works cooperatively with other members of the interdisciplinary treatment team to formulate individualized plans of treatment, re-assessing the patient’s progress at regular intervals to ensure maximum therapeutic benefit and supporting findings with written documentation.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Frye Regional Medical Center, located in the beautiful foothills of North Carolina is a 355-bed acute care hospital, 81-bed Behavioral Health facility and more than 70 primary and specialty care providers.

Essential Functions

• In collaboration with the Lead Counselor – Behavioral Health Social Worker, provides oversight of recreation therapy activities and the Health Educators.
• Conducts assessments and establishes recreation therapy goals and objectives to meet the individual needs of patients.
• Evaluates each patient’s progress and effectiveness of recreational therapy interventions.
• Coordinates and facilitates recreation therapy groups to address individualized needs of patients.
• Provides patient and patient’s family with information regarding leisure lifestyles and creates and awareness of recreational resources in their community.
• Participates as an integral professional member of a multidisciplinary treatment team led by the Psychiatrist.
• Consults with the healthcare team to promote, monitor and evaluate compliance with patient’s treatment plan.
• Collaborates with internal hospital departments and outside agencies.
• Provides and participates in trainings and consultations as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits - Wide range of benefits options!

• Here at Frye, you choose your own Medical, Dental, and Vision plans from a variety of competitive options that give you the coverage that best fits your needs.
• HSA
• 401(K) retirement plan contributions
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Accident & Critical Illness Insurance
• Prescription Assistance with OptumRx
• Income protection programs for the entire family such as life insurance, Short/Long-term Disability, and Identity Theft.
• Employee Assistance program at no cost to you to provide emotional, legal, financial, and daily life support for your entire household. Services are available 24 hrs. a day, 7 days a week.
• Free travel and entertainment discount program to ensure you enjoy your time away from work.

Why join our team?

Frye Regional Medical Center employs more than 1500 professional and clinical staff. Our medical center is a 355-bed acute care facility which offers a broad array of inpatient and outpatient care. Frye Regional Medical Center is dedicated to providing patients with a full range of services to meet the healthcare needs of our community. We believe our employees are our most valuable assets in accomplishing this goal and we have made great strides to ensure employee satisfaction. If you are passionate about changing lives, we are looking for you!

Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Therapeutic Recreation or a recreation field from an accredited institution..

Licenses/Certifications

Licensure by the North Carolina Board of Recreational Therapy Licensure as a Licensed Recreation Therapist (LRT or LRTA) and certification, or eligibility to become certified, by the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification as a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS).