Therapeutic Recreation Specialist

MU Healthcare is looking for a dynamic and compassionate Therapeutic Recreation Specialist to join our team. As a vital member of our interdisciplinary healthcare family, you will play a crucial role in enhancing the lives of our patients through engaging and personalized therapeutic recreational activities. Your role will involve not only conducting and supervising various therapeutic recreation programs but also fostering an environment that promotes patient reintegration, ensuring progress is documented and shared during team rounds and conferences. If you are a motivated individual who thrives on making a positive impact, we invite you to bring your creativity and expertise to MU Healthcare, where you will play a pivotal role in enhancing the well-being of our patients through the power of therapeutic recreation.

Location: Columbia, Missouri

Shift: Monday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm, Rotating Saturdays (every 4th or 5th Saturday depending on staffing)

Department: MUPC Therapy

Salary Range: $19.15 to 30.23 (Pay based on experience)

ABOUT US

MU Health Care is a growing academic health system in mid-Missouri comprised of multiple hospitals - including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital - and over 50 specialty clinics located throughout the region.

As an MU Health Care employee, you'll be part of an exceptional team committed to our mission of saving and improving lives. Our core values of inclusion, respect, service, discovery, responsibility and excellence foster a collaborative work environment where you can grow your career.

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Employee Benefits

• Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one.

• Generous paid leave and paid time off, including nine holidays.

• Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years.

• Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%).

• Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more.

See a comprehensive list of benefits here.

Essential Functions:

• Evaluate patient therapeutic recreational needs, develop individual goals and objectives, and follow up on patient progress. Assess through observation patient group and social skills, use of communication, and problems, which would hinder re-integration.

• Work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team (such as physicians, nurses, occupational therapists, and social workers) to develop and implement patient treatment plans. Work with other departments to coordinate services.

• Document patient progress towards goals and objectives and report progress in team rounds and conferences.

• Plan, conduct, coordinate, and supervise a variety of therapeutic recreation programs, including programming in leisure skills, social skills, diversional activities, and fitness.

• Provide educational and/or in-service training/programs as necessary to staff, volunteers, allied health professionals, community and patient families.

• May complete unit/department specific duties as outlined in department documents.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor of Science in Recreational Therapy or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities can be acquired.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) certification, or certification eligible, by the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC).

• Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and may require ambulating, remaining in a stationary position and positioning self to reach and/or move objects above the shoulders and below the knees. The employee may frequently lift and/or move objects up to 10 lbs and occasionally move objects up to 25 lbs.