Recreational Therapist

Responsibilities Recreational Therapist Poplar Springs Hospital is a bed acute care and residential facility. For more than 30 years Poplar Springs Hospital has been guided by its mission of helping those who need the full continuum of behavioral health services.

Our facility offers behavioral and psychological treatment for adults and adolescents through our acute programs, adolescent residential programs, as well as programs for active duty military.

Poplar Springs Hospital is located in Petersburg, Virginia, 20 minutes south of Richmond and 50 minutes north of North Carolina.

Situated on 25 acres, our serene, nature-like setting offers our patients a sense of calm and peace. We offer families hope through a nurturing environment for adults and adolescents to flourish in their environment.

Much more online at : We have a new opening for a Recreational Therapist. This individual will provide ancillary therapy assessments / consults, group activity therapy sessions.

Will carry a case load, develop and implement therapeutic activity sessions, and complete all related documentation. Will assist with development of a related program strategy and monitoring and evaluating patient outcomes.

Interacts with medical, nursing and other program staff members. Provides timely and accurate documentation. Participates in referral development activities as directed.

Cosigns therapy notes as needed to assure timely charting of AT documentation. Assists in providing training and orientation to new activity therapists.

Directly supports staff development training and clinical education. Participates in performance improvement committees and other hospital committees as assigned.

Assists in recruitment and supervision of student interns. Performs continuous quality improvement activities. Orders supplies and utilizes resources in a fiscally responsible manner to provide quality activity programming.

Maintains the environment of care. Actively communicates with AT Director and AT team members as necessary all issues related to AT services.

Performs other duties as assigned. Hours will vary and applicants need to have flexibility with his / her availability. Benefit Highlights : Challenging and rewarding work environment Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan (K) with company match and discounted stock plan SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program Career development opportunities within UHS and its + Subsidiaries! Retention Bonus Program (if applicable) Loan Forgiveness Program (if applicable) As one of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc.

has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune corporation, annual revenues totaled over $11.

6 billion in . In , UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in , UHS ranked # on the Fortune and listed # in Forbes ranking of U.

S. Largest Public Companies. With its headquarters in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 89, employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, 39 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 38 U.

S. states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. If this opportunity is of interest to you,