Activities Therapist

Responsibilities

Northeast Specialty Hospital, an extension of Northern Nevada Medical Center, brings expanded services to a new building located at 6225 Sharlands Ave. in Northwest Reno. The facility will offer acute rehabilitation and adult behavioral health services.

Inpatient behavioral health services or residential mental health care is a long-term stay at a residential mental health facility that allows for the maximum structure and treatment for mental health disorders.

From support systems, education and medication management to family, individual and group therapies, patients live at the residential facility while attending treatment. Whether acute care for mental health issues or treatment for substance use disorders, Northern Nevada Health System wants to help you get better.

What we at Northern Nevada Medical Center value:

• Compassion
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  We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.
• Empathy
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  We put ourselves in our patient’s shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.
• Teamwork
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  We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient’s lives.
• Quality
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  We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.
• Ethics
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  We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
• Respect
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  We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.
• Service Excellence
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  We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.
• Innovation
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  We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care.

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This Activity Therapist opportunity is full time at 40 hour per week, offers full benefits and a convenient day shift schedule. This dynamic individual will provide direction of the activity therapy programs and staff. Oversees general recreation activities. Maintains participation in the multidisciplinary team. Supervises and/or administers all activity therapy programming, from assessment, treatment planning, implementation, evaluation, to discharge planning.

• Orient new Activity Therapy staff to all departmental policies, procedures and expectations.

• Ensures that Activity Therapy is in compliance with State and regulatory agencies.

• Trains new Activity Therapy staff in use of recreational, therapeutic, and teambuilding equipment.

• Is able to interpret assessment and develop measurable goals and objectives.

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Tuition Reimbursement/Repayment Program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website:

• Masters degree from an accredited university in Recreation Therapy or related field. Must be a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist with the NCTRC within one year of employment OR
• Degree in program (completion of program in 3 years) or 5 years of Activities/Recreation experience
• CPR Certified.
• Minimum of one year experience working in a psychiatric facility.

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