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Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist

Medical City Healthcare
Fort Worth, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 11/17/2025 CLOSED ON 12/17/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist position at Medical City Healthcare?

Description

Introduction

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist with Medical City Alliance Mental Health you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

***$5,000 SIGN ON BONUS FOR QUALIFYING CANDIDATES***

Benefits

Medical City Alliance Mental Health offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

  • Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
  • Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
  • Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  • 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  • Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  • Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  • Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  • Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  • Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  • Colleague recognition program
  • Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  • Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Would you like to unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues? Join the Medical City Alliance Mental Health family! We will give you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization. We are looking for an enthusiastic Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential!

Job Summary And Qualifications

Your goal as a mental health professional is to create discharge plans that address my patients' psychological, social, cultural, and financial needs. This helps them recover and maintain their overall well-being. This Role works as a mediator between clinical teams, patients, families, and next-level care providers to ensure seamless and comprehensive care.

What will you do in this Role:

  • Conducts individual, group, and family psychoeducational groups.
  • Contributes to treatment plan development and attends treatment planning meetings and reviews on an ongoing basis.
  • Assesses environment and patient’s safety status and reports/responds to actual and potential safety issues or changes in the patient's condition.
  • Identifies risk factors, screening criteria, and interventions for patients with special precautions (e.g., suicide, homicide, falls, elopement).
  • Completes relevant assessments, group notes and all other documentation promptly and in compliance with requirements, as appropriate to scope.
  • Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to assess and coordinate patients’ discharge planning needs and readiness for discharge.
  • Conducts post-discharge follow-up as indicated.

What qualifications you will need:

  • Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
  • Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
  • Bachelors Degree
  • Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist - REQUIRED

Committed to the care and improvement of human life, Medical City Healthcare aims to deliver excellence - providing the highest quality, cost-effective healthcare in the communities it serves. With the resources and experience of HCA Healthcare, including 186 hospitals in the United States and England, Medical City Healthcare is one of the North Texas region's largest and most comprehensive healthcare providers and includes 16 hospitals, about 5000 working physicians, and more than 17,000 employees in Dallas-Fort Worth.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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