About this role
Company Overview
Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.
All employees are eligible for medical coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a FT or PT status (40+ hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans and a Health Savings Account (HSA) if a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) is elected. Additional benefits available to FT and PT employees include tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law.
Job Overview
Shriners Children's Lexington has an opportunity for a part time Recrational Therapist to join our Child Life/Recreational Therapy team.
The Recreational Therapist provides comprehensive, purposeful, developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive family-centered recreation programs. The programs promote and maintain social, emotional, cognitive and physical skill development of the patient while promoting positive attitudes, confidence, and independence; thereby enhancing a child’s ability to lead a fulfilling lifestyle.
Responsibilities
As a part of the interdisciplinary team, the Recreational Therapist provides individual therapeutic recreation services and group recreation programs for children and adolescents hospitalized for orthopedic and/or burn surgical intervention or long term rehabilition programs. In this position, you'll provide abudnant play and normal life expleriences to promote development, understanding and to alleviate misconceptions to allow an opportunity for positive growth experiences by the patient.
Qualifications
Education
Bachelors degree required
Master's degree in Recreational Therapy preferred
Certification/Licensure
Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) required
Licensed or eligible to sit for licensure in state of practice (in states where applicable)CPR/BLS (per facility policy)Valid driver’s license (per facility policy)
Skills
1 years Pediatric Recreational Therapy experience preferred
Shriners Children’s is an EOE/Drug-Free, Smoke-Free Workplace.
Other facts
About Shriners Children's
Établi à Montréal (Québec) depuis 1925, l’Hôpital Shriners pour enfants – Canada est un centre de soins de courte durée, bilingue, dont les soins pédiatriques orthopédiques ultraspécialisés traitent des troubles complexes tels que, l’ostéogenèse imparfaite et les anomalies graves de la colonne vertébrale ou des membres. Il offre également la chirurgie reconstructive et la réadaptation. Des enfants du Canada, des États-Unis et du monde entier ont bénéficié des recherches d’avant-garde et des traitements novateurs de l’hôpital. Dans sa pratique clinique, en enseignement et en recherche, l’hôpital est entièrement dédié à la poursuite de l’excellence et de l’innovation tout en veillant à ce que les patients et leur famille évoluent dans un environnement empreint de compassion et qui soit centré sur la famille. Grace à la télémédecine et à ses cliniques satellites, l’hôpital est également bien enraciné dans les diverses communautés du Canada.
Built in 1925 in Montreal, Quebec, the Canada Shriners Hospital is a bilingual, short term, acute care centre providing pediatric orthopedic ultraspecialized care for complex disorders such as osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease), severe spinal and limb anomalies, reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation. Children from across Canada, the U.S. and around the world have benefited from the hospital’s groundbreaking research and innovative treatments. The hospital is committed to excellence and innovation in clinical practice, research and education and to ensuring patients and their families are treated in a caring, family-friendly environment. The hospital is also present in communities across Canada thanks to telemedicine, outreach clinics.
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• Scoliose et déformations vertébrales
• Spasticité et paralysie cérébrale
• Pied Bot
• Malformations de la main
• Arthrogrypose
• Blessures sportives
• Troubles métaboliques et héréditaires des os
• Conditions neuromusculaires
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What you'll do
- The Recreational Therapist provides individual therapeutic recreation services and group recreation programs for children and adolescents. These programs aim to promote social, emotional, cognitive, and physical skill development.
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