Recreation Therapist Reactivation Care Unit

Recreation Therapist Reactivation Care Unit (Job ID: 8135)

St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto, is proud to announce the opening of a new 21-bed Reactivation Care Unit located on 4G. This unit is dedicated to providing collaborative care for adult and geriatric patients who require therapy, reactivation, and transition planning to successfully transfer to their community or other supportive environments. Additionally, the recreation therapist will be required to support the Transitional Care Unit located on 6G, as needed.

The Reactivation Care Unit focuses on patients who no longer need acute care but still require restorative care to aid their transition home or to other settings. As a member of our dedicated interprofessional team, you will deliver patient-centered care based on best practice principles. Our team will work closely with patients, families, and caregivers to provide reactivation therapy aimed at enhancing and optimizing patients' functional abilities and engagement in daily routines.

Note: This unit is not operable until March 2025 (subject to change).

Job Profile:

The Therapeutic Recreationists at St. Joseph's Reactivation Care Unit provide services which utilize assessment, treatment, education, and recreation participation to enable persons with physical, cognitive, emotional and/or social limitations to acquire and/or maintain the skills, knowledge and behaviors that will allow them to enjoy their leisure optimally, function independently with the least amount of assistance and participate as fully as possible in society.

The Therapeutic Recreationist will provide these services following the Standards of Practice for Therapeutic Recreation in Ontario (TRO). Therapeutic Recreation is directed toward functional intervention, leisure education and participation opportunities, which includes community integration. These processes support the goal of assisting the individual to maximize independence in leisure, optimal health and promote the highest possible quality of life.

The recreation therapist is responsible for the following:

• Asses the physical, cognitive, emotional and/or social functioning of patients/clients as it relates to leisure through administration of formal and informal assessments.
• Formulate individualized patient/client centered goals based on the analysis and assessment findings and that are consistent with team goals.
• Identify measurable outcomes related to patient/client identified goals and the overall intervention plan, demonstrating patient/client progression toward their goals.
• Develop and implement an individualized treatment plan based on the assessments and goals.
• Ensure the intervention plan supports an interdisciplinary team approach to treatment.
• Document and report treatment plans and progress with team members.
• Communicate effectively with team members.
• Reassess and monitor change and adjust therapy programs as appropriate.
• Assess and determine appropriate adaptive leisure equipment as required.
• Facilitate patient/client community leisure linkages.
• Consult in pre-discharge plans and provide recommendations related to such.
• Formulate plan regarding patient/client discharge plans.
• Write clear, concise and comprehensive program plans.
• Adhere to the Standards of Practice of Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO).
• Educate and provide recommendations to promote an independent, healthy, enjoyable leisure lifestyle.
• Organize and facilitate patient program on both facility wide and program specific basis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts Degree in Therapeutic Recreation from a recognized University, or health-related undergraduate degree and Georgian post-graduate certificate in Therapeutic Recreation.
• Minimum 2 years' experience working within a hospital, rehabilitation program or Long Term Care, as a Therapeutic Recreationist
• Knowledge of Therapeutic Recreation assessment and therapeutic skills, interventions, various leisure activities, activity analysis, community integration resources and planning, individual and group facilitation techniques, protocol development, documentation, and volunteer utilization.
• Knowledge of various Therapeutic Recreation assessment tools and techniques.
• Knowledge of an individualized and systematic process to gather, analyze and interpret data.
• Understanding of documentation and outcome measures.
• Knowledge of Therapeutic Recreation program evaluation measures and outcome measures.
• Knowledge of current Therapeutic Recreation models and Standards of Practice for provincial and national affiliations.
• Knowledge of current Therapeutic Recreation literature, resources, standards, trends and research.
• Possess understanding of the needs of adult and geriatric populations, including but not limited to disease and disability related to setting.
• Understanding of the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and spiritual impacts of Therapeutic Recreation and how they relate to overall health. Knowledge of relevant adaptive leisure equipment for adults with disabilities.
• Ability and experience required to work cooperatively and collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team setting.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Knowledge and experience in research development and applications.
• Basic computer knowledge and skills.
• Demonstration of on-going professional development activities.
• Ability to select, administer, implement, score, analyze and interpret standardized and non-standardized assessments.
• Ability to select goal-directed and outcome-oriented interventions aimed at maintenance and/or enhancement of individual leisure status and functional level.
• Ability to write comprehensive program protocols.
• Ability to convey program protocols, goals and objectives, and criteria to patients/clients and interdisciplinary team members.
• Ability to adapt to changing environments.
• Ability to maintain Therapeutic Recreation documentation.
• Ability to evaluate individual/group process and apply modifications as necessary.