Recreation Therapist 2

Recreation Therapist 2

Harborview Rehab Therapy has an outstanding opportunity for a Recreation Therapist 2.

Part‑Time / 34 hours per week Day Shifts

Provide therapeutic recreational services to patients with complex conditions or injuries in a specialty service such as burns, brain injury, pain, and mental health. Under general direction, assess, plan, develop, and implement therapeutic recreation services for patients with complex physical and/or mental disabilities. Direct the work of and evaluate recreation therapy students and/or volunteers.

• Perform complex assessments of patients in a specialty service; plans, organizes and implements therapeutic recreation plan of care to meet individual patient needs; implements intervention techniques to bring about specific behavioral change or improvement in patients
• Facilitate improvement of social, cognitive, emotional and physical functional abilities
• Instruct the patient in adapting to the recreational and community environment
• Organize and lead recreational therapy activities both in and outside of the hospital environment
• Confer with the interdisciplinary team, individual patients, and family members to develop and recommend patients’ therapeutic recreational program
• Direct, train and coordinate the work of recreation therapy students and/or volunteers in therapeutic recreational procedures such as patient assessment and community integration; provides feedback to students on progress and completes evaluation for educational program

Graduation from an accredited Therapeutic Recreation Program AND 18 months of professional therapeutic recreation experience OR equivalent education/experience.

As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading‑edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.

Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region. Challenge. Collaboration. Compassion.

UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top‑rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals. All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored.

Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes:
Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center – Montlake, UW Medical Center – Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest. Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

• Pay Range Minimum: $42.20 hourly
• Pay Range Maximum: $60.37 hourly
• Shift: First Shift (United States of America)
• Temporary or Regular? This is a regular position
• FTE (Full Time Equivalent): 85.00%
• Union/Bargaining Unit:
  Not Applicable
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