Recreational Therapist
Location: Washington
Posted on: June 23, 2025
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Job Description:
Come work with a great team! Signet Health, manages the
Behavioral Health Services for MedStar Washington Hospital Center
and is looking for a Full-time Recreational Therapist (CTRS). This
person will design and implement a variety of activity therapies
focusing on individualized needs with the specific objective of
fostering effective interactions, to enhance coping skills and
cognitive functioning, reality orientation and prioritizing
independence in caring for self. Participates in interdisciplinary
treatment planning, when necessary. Participates in agency-wide
training programs and in-services. Assists with the adherence that
the programming schedules are being conducted as required. Provides
quality and timely clinical documentation, per Joint Commission and
other regulatory agencies’ requirements. Other duties as assigned.
Requirements/Qualifications Proficiency in interpersonal
communication and interdisciplinary teamwork. Experience and skill
in providing leisure activities to patients with various types and
presentations of psychiatric/behavioral health disorders.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs. Candidates should have a
minimum of two (2) years experience. Must be flexible to adjust to
the needs of a fast-paced environment, demonstrate effective
problem solving skills and display excellent oral/written
communication skills. Previous adult behavioral health experience
is preferred. Bachelor’s degree is required and must have active
District of Columbia Recreation Therapy license. Salary Range:
$56,852 to $69,000 Annually EOE Hospital/Program Description For
more than a half a century, MedStar Washington Hospital Center has
set the highest standard for health care—and reached and surpassed
it year after year. MedStar Washington Hospital Center is a
not-for-profit, 926-bed academic medical center in the center of
the nation’s capital—and every day, hundreds of people in the
region depend on us for their care. In 2013 alone, the hospital
opened its door for nearly 500,000 inpatient and outpatient visits
by residents from throughout the Mid-Atlantic. We are the busiest
and largest hospital in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding
area—and serve as referral center and the central hub for the
region’s most advanced acute medical care. But we are much more.
Our primary and secondary health services help our community’s
residents get and stay healthy, and help to improve patients’
quality of life by managing chronic illness. Our inpatient
services, education and research programs, outpatient care and
community outreach initiatives are all aimed at meeting today’s
health care needs—and at leading the way to meet the future health
needs of the nation.
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