Therapeutic Recreation Specialist PRN
Listed on 2026-02-03
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Healthcare
Rehabilitation, Mental Health
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Your job is more than a job.
Who knew games, crafts, dancing, sports and music could be the prescription for reducing stress and anxiety to promote the healing process? Well, obviously, you did and that’s why you’re a walking, talking billboard for the value of therapeutic recreation. As a Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, you improve quality of life utilizing everyday socialization and recreational activities in your patient’s rehabilitation journey.
Your work is crucial in the physical, social and emotional well-being of patients living with a disability or overcoming an injury or illness.
You celebrate the ordinary and never give up on achieving the extraordinary. Giving that little something extra in everything you do is what sets you apart. We love that kind of spirit!
Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you will bring to this therapeutic recreation specialist role.
Your Everyday
- Evaluate, develop, and implement individualized treatment plans following age-appropriate guidelines.
- Conduct community outings.
- Communicate and document all patient-related information in staffing and medical records.
- Provide education regarding modification of leisure activities.
- Perform discharge planning which includes recommendations and resources for continued participation in leisure activities.
- Maintain compliance and records all services performed on rehab van.
- Assist with development and revision of policies and procedures.
- Coordinate programs and supervise therapeutic recreation students.
Minimum
- BS in rehabilitation, recreation therapy physical education, music therapy, art therapy, drama therapy, horticultural therapy or psychology.
- 1 year experience in behavioral health care hospital.
- Heart Saver or Basic Life Support, Required. CPI, Required at or before Orientation.
- CTRS Certification
Days (United States of America)
LCMC Health is a community.
Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary.
Lakeview Hospital, the center of LCMC Health’s extraordinary community of care on the Northshore, provides the only Level II trauma center in St. Tammany Parish. Along with our signature healthcare and wellness services, we continuously adopt the latest treatments, technologies, and medical innovations to better serve our patients. Learn more about Lakeview Hospital and our nationally recognized standards of excellence for heart, stroke, orthopedic, and women’s care.
Your extras
- Deliver healthcare with heart.
- Give people a reason to smile.
- Put a little love in your work.
- Be honest and real, but with compassion.
- Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
- Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
- See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
- Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
- Love what makes you, you - because we do.
LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational…
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