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Landmark Medical Center
Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Recreation Therapy Assistant - Behavioral Health

Behavioral HealthPart-Time

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Job Description

At Landmark Medical Center, our dedicated team of professionals is committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community. As a member of Prime Healthcare, Landmark Medical Center is actively seeking new members to join its award-winning team!

Landmark Medical Center is a 214-bed acute care hospital in Woonsocket, RI. The hospital has been “A”rated for patient safety by The Leapfrog Group and has received numerous Healthgrades awards for patient safety excellence, heart care, and orthopedics. Originally known as the "Woonsocket Hospital," Landmark Medical Center has been serving the communities of northern Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts since 1873. Learn more at landmarkmedical.org.

  • 24hrs/week
  • 3:00 - 9:30pm w/ day rotation

Responsibilities

Conducts therapeutic recreational activities under the direction of the Activity Therapist, within the program to facilitate rehabilitation of the physically and mentally disabled.

The Activity Therapy Assistant directs patient participation in selected activities such as games, social activities, sports or music to create an atmosphere of sociability, to provide a means of creative expression and to facilitate the learning skills for recreating during hospitalization and after discharge in the community.

Creates an environment that allows the patient to explore his/her own potential, cultivate positive morale and minimize distress of illness.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1. High School Diploma or Associates Degree in Activity, Recreational therapy or other related field.

2. Recreational Therapy Assistant (RTA) or Activity Therapy Assistant Certificate preferred.

3. Minimum one (1) year experience in Behavioral Healthcare, rehabilitative or SNF setting preferred.

Employment Status: Part Time < 60

Shift: Evenings

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: eeoc.gov

Qualifications

Education
Associate degree

Key Skills

Patient rehabilitationActivity planningSocial facilitationClinical documentationTherapeutic activitiesMental health support

Behavioral Health Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Rhode Island is 102.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.1% of Rhode Island clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is down 20.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

What does the Behavioral Health market look like in Rhode Island?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedBehavioral Health median $73k (middle half $62k–$85k)290 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingRhode Island index 102.3US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Behavioral Health listings in Rhode Island5 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All behavioral health listings in Rhode Island8 active2,006 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
New Behavioral Health listings839 in the last 30 days472 the 30 days before (+78%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Behavioral Health pay trend (all specialties)−20.0% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Rhode Island figures use all behavioral healths: too few Rhode Island Behavioral Health postings state pay.

Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in Woonsocket

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$406k
Typical market rent
$1,577/mo
Residents’ average commute
29 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.8
State income tax
Up to 6%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.