Certified Recreation Therapist
- Common Spirit Health
- GLENDALE, CA, USA
- Nov 06, 2026
Job Description
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Certified Recreation Therapist, you'll improve patient well-being by designing therapeutic recreation programs, helping them develop skills and enhance quality of life.
Every day, you'll assess needs, plan treatments, and lead engaging activities, collaborating with teams and documenting progress.
To be successful in this role, you need strong therapeutic recreation knowledge, creativity, and interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities:
- Job Knowledge/Productivity: Completes position responsibilities following established guidelines & protocols within the appropriate time frame.
- Completes work within an acceptable time frame, avoiding incidental overtime.
- Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and optimally use work time.
- Ensures accuracy and completeness in job tasks.
- Demonstrates the ability to perform work in an accurate and timely manner in periods of increased workload and high stress.
- Demonstrates good judgement in handling situations not covered by written or verbal instructions.
Required
- Bachelor's degree and 1 year of experience in Mental health in an acute hospital setting.Education, upon hire
- Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, upon hire
- Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1926, Dignity Health - Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center is a 334-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital. Serving over 70,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services, including a Level III NICU, heart care, wound care, and surgical services. Additionally, Glendale Memorial Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and a SRC Center of Excellence for Robotic Surgery and Colorectal Surgery.
One Community. One Mission. One California
Qualifications
- Required
- Bachelor's degree and 1 year of experience in Mental health in an acute hospital setting.Education, upon hire
- Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, upon hire
- Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
Work for Warriors is a no-cost employment program of the California Military Department for Service Members, Veterans, and military family members. The Veteran Staffing Consultant for Common Spirit Health is Tracey Huerta.
Qualifications
State
Immediate Fill
Job Reference
At CommonSpirit Health, we passionately care for the most vulnerable, relentlessly innovate how and where healing can happen and believe in uniting to benefit the common good. Our expansive network spans diverse communities, uniquely positioning us to meet their changing needs, improve population health and help chart the path to health equity.
Our mission, vision and values inform every aspect of our work each day and remind us that we serve our patients, their families, our communities – and each other. Our community health, research and home health programs help us address the primary barriers to healthier communities.
Our mission
As CommonSpirit Health, we make the healing presence of God known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.
Our vision
A healthier future for all – inspired by faith, driven by innovation and powered by our humanity.
Our values
Compassion | Inclusion | Integrity | Excellence | Collaboration