Certified Therapuetic Recreation Specialist

St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children is one of the nation’s premier providers of intensive rehabilitation and specialized care for children with special needs and life-limiting conditions. The largest pediatric post-acute care provider of its kind in the region, St. Mary's treats 4,000 children each day through our hospital, Home Care and Community Programs in the five boroughs of New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and beyond. Following hospitalizations for complications from premature birth, illness and injury, or when special services are needed, children and their families come to St. Mary's to receive exceptional care, learn to manage their condition, and achieve a better quality of life.

The qualified applicant will provide be responsible for the evaluation, planning and implementation of therapeutic activities for assigned residents ranging in age from 0 - adolescence, provision of staff education in therapeutic activities and completion of delegated assignments. They will possess demonstrated knowledge of the principles of growth and development and be able to assess data reflecting the resident’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each resident's requirements relative to their age-specific needs.

• Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist
• Two years of age appropriate experience within the past five years, one of which was full-time in a patient activities program in a health care setting
• Two years working with children preferred.  Ability to develop therapeutic activities for residents with medical and psychosocial deficits.  Ability to oversee therapeutic activities for residents ranging in age 0 - 18 years.