Psych Recreational Therapist - Inpatient Behavioral Health

Employment Type:Part timeShift:Rotating ShiftDescription:An Opportunity to Join our Remarkable Care Team!Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, one of the nation's top health care services providers, spanning five counties in Southeastern Michigan. SJMHS represents more than 2,700 physicians and 14,000 nurses and staff, and includes 5 Hospitals, 5 Outpatient Health Centers, 8 Urgent Care Facilities and over 25 Specialty Centers.SJMHS is part of Trinity Health a national Catholic health system with an enduring legacy and a steadfast mission to be a transforming and healing presence within the communities we serve.As a mission-driven innovative health organization, we will become the national leader in improving the health of our communities and each person we serve. We will be the most trusted health partner for life. Our Core Values, Reverence, Commitment to the Poor, Justice, Stewardship, and Integrity guide our behaviors to help us achieve our Vision.DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION:1 East is a locked and secured 24-bed unit and services patients 18 through older adult. Services criteria includes the presence of life threatening and/or severely incapacitating symptoms and Potential of harm to self or others is considered serious. Patients are admitted Through Psychiatric Access department in the Emergency Department at SJMHS. In most cases face to-face assessments will be required and in other cases transfers or direct admissions from other locations may occur.SUMMARY:Coordinates a program of activity/activity/recreation therapy services in order to assist patients in recovering from, or adjusting to illness or disability, and in dealing with specific social problems. Confers with physicians and other treatment team members in planning, developing and implementing therapeutic activity/recreational treatment programs. Observes and studies patients' reactions to activity/activity/recreation therapy activities for signs of progress or regression. Budgets program funds and are responsible for inventory, storage and replacement of equipment and supplies. Provides quality patient care considering age-specific, developmental, and cultural needs of the psychiatric patient through competent practice and application of the treatment process. Demonstrates unit/area-designated competencies.EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:Education:Requires Bachelor's degree in Therapeutic Recreation OR Music Therapy.Maintains appropriate current certification (i.e Recreation therapy from the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC) OR certification and registration from the National Association for Music Therapy and the certification board for Music TherapistsExperience:Six to twelve months related experience.Why this position What can it do for you!

Located in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti, Michigan with easy access to US-23, M-14, and I-94.

Full benefits package

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid Time Off

Retirement Savings Plan with employer contribution option

Tuition Reimbursement

Life Insurance

Short/Long Term Disability

Opportunity for growth and advancement throughout Trinity Health in 18 different states!

Free close proximity parking!

For more information regarding career opportunities with Saint Joseph Mercy Health System please visit www.stjoeshealth.org/careers .Successful candidate will be subject to mandatory vaccinations/immunizations unless they qualify for an available exemption.This document is intended to describe the generalized duties and responsibilities, the specialized job functions, and the essential requirements of this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive statement of all supplemental duties, responsibilities, or non-essential requirements or reflect any accommodations made under the American’s with Disability Act, the Michigan Handicapper’s Act, or SJMHS’s Return to Work Program.Trinity Health's Commitment to Diversity and InclusionTrinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of health centers in 22 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.Trinity Health's dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.Trinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation, serving diverse communities that include more than 30 million people across 22 states. Trinity Health includes 94 hospitals, as well as 109 continuing care locations that include PACE programs, senior living facilities, and home care and hospice services. Its continuing care programs provide nearly 2.5 million visits annually.Based in Livonia, Mich., and with annual operating revenues of $17.6 billion and assets of $24.7 billion, the organization returns $1.1 billion to its communities annually in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. Trinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues, including 7,800 employed physicians and clinicians.Committed to those who are poor and underserved in its communities, Trinity Health is known for its focus on the country's aging population. As a single, unified ministry, the organization is the innovator of Senior Emergency Departments, the largest not-for-profit provider of home health care services — ranked by number of visits — in the nation, as well as the nation’s leading provider of PACE (Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly) based on the number of available programs. For more information, visit www.trinity-health.org at http://www.trinity-health.org/ . You can also follow @TrinityHealthMI on Twitter.