Job Description

Position # 190752

Expected Start Date: June 22, 2026

Union: HSAS

Facility: Irene & Les Dube Centre for Mental Health

City/Town: Saskatoon

Department: Mental Health and Addiction Services Combined Nursing Unit - Dube Centre

Type: Full-time temporary

Expected Up to Date: February 09, 2027

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days

Number of Hours per Rotation: 14 shifts of 8 hours per 3 weeks

Relief: No

Float: No

Hours of Work: Standard Hours

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Recreation Therapist - Degree $36.826 to $45.031

Travel Required: No

The Staff Recreation Therapist works as a member of the collaborative health care team and provides services with specific clients and/or client groups. The Therapist focuses on enhancing life-long leisure skills/attitudes, eliminating barriers to leisure and optimizing leisure participation for clients with chronic illness or disabling conditions. The Therapist utilizes assessment, intervention planning, evaluation and documentation of services. Services are provided to groups/individuals in inpatient, outpatient or community settings, relating to the client's leisure needs, interests and abilities and treatment plan. The incumbent oversees the delivery of the Recreation Therapy service for a program/team and supervise Recreation Coordinators and Therapy Assistants. "Preference for this position will be given to HSAS members in accordance with the terms and conditions of the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement"

Human Resources Exemption: No

Education

• Bachelor of Recreation Studies
• Bachelor of Therapeutic Recreation (BTR)

Licenses

• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certificate (CPR)

Memberships

• Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association (CTRA)
• Saskatchewan Association of Recreational Professionals (SARP)

Competencies

• Basic - Conflict resolution skills
• Basic - Leadership skills
• Basic - Problem solving skills
• Basic - Facilitation skills
• Basic - Organizational skills
• Basic - Decision making skills
• Basic - Interpersonal skills
• Basic - Assessment skills
• Basic - Verbal communication skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Knowledge in marginalized populations
• Knowledge in applicable Acts
• Knowledge in local leisure service and health related delivery systems

Other Information

• Registered/eligible for registration with the appropriate licensing body
• For more information on the city of Saskatoon please visit https://www.saskatoon.ca/

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is the largest employer in Saskatchewan, employing more than 45,000 staff in a dynamic healthcare environment. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is committed to providing coordinated quality services that are seamless, safe and patient-centred.