Recreation Specialist-Part Time

Position: Recreation Specialist-Part Time - No Experience Required
** It's more than a career, it's a calling.*
* MO-SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

** Worker Type:*
* Regular

** Job Highlights:*
* ** _Part Time Position_*
* ** _24 hours per week_*
* ** _8:00AM-4:30PM_*
* ** _Behavioral Health is preferred_*
* ** _Benefit eligible position_*
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* Job Summary:

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* Develops and implements activity therapy treatment plans.

** Job Responsibilities and Requirements:*
* PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Conducts patient assessments and establishes recreational/leisure therapy treatment goals.

+ Evaluates each patient's progress and the effectiveness of recreational/leisure therapy interventions.

+ Coordinates therapeutic recreational/leisure activities for both large and small groups. Observes patient response and encourages socialization.

+ Provides patient with information regarding resources and therapeutic recreational/leisure activities in the community.

+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

+ Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

+ Bachelor's degree in Behavioral Health or related field

EXPERIENCE

+ No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

+ Constant standing.

+ Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

+ Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.

+ Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

+ Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more).

+ Frequent walking, reaching, gripping and keyboard use/data entry.

+ Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, sitting, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

+ Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

+ Occasional lifting/moving patients.

+ Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships and to identify and distinguish colors.

+ Occasional driving.

+ Rare crawling.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

+ None

** Department:*
* BHS Admin Services

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* Work Shift:

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* Variable Shift (United States of America)

** Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

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* 24

** Benefits:*
* SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

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** Paid Parental Leave**  **:
** we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).

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** Flexible Payment Options:
** our voluntary benefit offered through Daily Pay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

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** Upfront Tuition Coverage** : we provide upfront tuition coverage through Flex Path Funded for eligible team members.

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