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Recreation Therapist - Aquatic Therapy
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-site Brockton, MA $57K – $110K Apply by Sep 25, 2026 Recreation/Creative Arts Therapist ISFP Healthcare
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This Recreation Therapist position is in the Center for Development and Civic Engagement (CDCE), in Voluntary Services at the VA Boston Healthcare Systems, located at the Brockton, MA location. This position will oversee our Aquatic Therapy program.
What You'll Do
- →The Recreation Therapist is a direct patient care position in which the incumbent is responsible for performing the work of a recreation therapist, performing aquatic therapy activities, and aquatic therapy program oversight, which encompasses a variety of different duties and responsibilities.
- →Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Must attain lifeguard certification, lifeguard training, certification, and aquatic therapy certification within 6 months of hire.
- →Conduct, analyze, interpret, and report assessment data based upon functional domains (cognitive, sensory, social, affective, physical, and leisure).
- →Incorporating the four-step process of: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of services delivered.
- →Constructs appropriate and evidence-based recreation therapy interventions for treating patients with complex medical or mental health issues such as Polytrauma (TBI); Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Substance Use Disorder/Addictions; Serious Mental Illness; and Hospice/Palliative Care.
- →Provide direct patient care and receive guidance from higher-level or supervisory staff members for only the most complex patients and require only general supervision.
- →Review recreation/aquatic therapy consults and conduct comprehensive evaluations.
- →Using activity/task analysis, behavioral interventions, and therapeutic procedures, design individualized treatment interventions.
- →Determines effectiveness of protocols, modalities, and programs.
- →Leads and oversees aquatic exercise groups, demonstrates proper use of aquatic equipment.
- →Must attain lifeguard certification, lifeguard training certification, and aquatic therapy certification within 6 months of hire.
- →Work Schedule: Full-Time; Monday - Friday: 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Not Available.
- →Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: PDF06046, PDF06045, and PDF06044 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓May be subject to satisfactory completion of our credentialing process.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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