Recreational Therapist

Certified Recreation Therapist

A certified recreation therapist is responsible for the delivery of services to patients within the recreation therapy department's scope of service. The recreation therapist is responsible for the assigned patient's plan of care within the domain of recreation therapy. The recreation therapist must maintain standards of a professional therapist and must be able to provide care as described in the department's policies and procedures. Reports to the inpatient therapy supervisor.

Required:

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited school in therapeutic recreation preferred.

Eligible for, or currently certified as a certified therapeutic recreation specialist by the national council for therapeutic recreation.

Licensure

Recreational therapist licensure in the state of Virginia.

Some benefits of working at Augusta Health include:

• Insurance package including health, dental, and vision
• Retirement savings helping you to plan for your future
• Generous paid time off to promote work life balance
• Free onsite parking
• 24/7 armed security to ensure your safety
• Shift and weekend differentials
• Flexible scheduling
• Clinical ladder career path program
• Shared governance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Onsite child care
• Augusta Health fitness reimbursement program
• Individualized orientation with dedicated preceptor
• Onsite credit union
• Employee discounts including the cafeteria, gift shop, pharmacy, and movie tickets

Company Information Augusta Health is a mission-driven, independent, nonprofit, community health system located in Fishersville Virginia in Virginia's scenic Shenandoah Valley. Augusta Health offers a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient which includes Augusta Medical Center a 255 bed inpatient facility and Augusta Medical Group which is comprised of 40 practice locations and four urgent care locations.

Equal Opportunity

Augusta Health recruits, hires and promotes qualified candidates for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran or military discharge status, and family medical or genetic information.