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Universal Health Services

Manages hospitals and behavioral health facilities

Lead Recreation Therapist

Mental & Behavioral HealthConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTequesta, FL, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) credential or a degree in Recreation Therapy is preferred.
  • Experience in Expressive Arts Therapy is preferred.
  • ROPES experience is preferred.
  • Prior experience working with children and adolescents is preferred.
  • Ability to manage detail-oriented work and multitask in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Customer service and organizational skills.
  • Effective listening skills.

Responsibilities

  • Instruct patients in activities and techniques designed for their specific physical or psychological needs.
  • Assist the treatment team in developing treatment plans with varied interventions based on assessment, interests, and therapy objectives.
  • Encourage residents to acquire new skills and participate in leisure activities.
  • Create and maintain unit schedules that include all programming, and distribute the schedules to the social services department, charge nurses, the CNO, and the CEO.
  • Assist with advance planning of artistic, expressive, creative, safe, age-appropriate, and developmentally appropriate group activities for residents on each unit.
  • Facilitate artistic, expressive, or creative therapy groups as planned, at least once weekly for assigned residents, according to the Master Group Schedule and each resident's treatment plan.
  • Ensure group activity content is not repetitive.
  • Research resources on creative expressive therapies and use resources such as books, internet suggestions, instruments, workbooks, and play therapy materials to plan and facilitate unique group topics.
  • Generate enthusiasm and excitement when facilitating creative and expressive therapy groups with residents, as evidenced by direct observation or self/staff report.
  • Document group interventions accurately and promptly, ensuring individualized treatment plan problems are stated and addressed and activity notes are relevant to individualized treatment issues.
  • Assist with departmental coverage as directed.

Desired Qualifications

  • A Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) credential or a degree in Recreation Therapy.
  • Experience in Expressive Arts Therapy.
  • ROPES experience.
  • Prior experience working with children and adolescents.

About the Company

Universal Health Services

Manages hospitals and behavioral health facilities

Universal Health Services operates a network of acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and ambulatory centers across the United States. It generates its services by acquiring and managing healthcare facilities, then integrating them under centralized operating practices to deliver patient care. The company’s offering is the management and provision of hospital and behavioral health services, with a focus on standardized clinical operations, economies of scale, and nationwide coverage. What sets UHS apart is its long history of growth through acquisitions, its size and scale in both acute and behavioral health markets, and its ability to integrate new facilities while maintaining consistent care quality. Its goal is to provide high-quality healthcare across a broad network, improve patient outcomes, and sustain long-term value for shareholders by expanding access and efficiency in hospital and behavioral health services.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania
Founded
1978

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