Expressive Arts Therapist - PRN

UHS•Philadelphia, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Friends Hospital is the nation's oldest private psychiatric hospital, located on a beautiful 100-acre campus in Philadelphia, PA. Friends Hospital offers a continuum of care including level of care assessments; specially designed inpatient units for adolescents, adults, and older adults; and a private residential rehabilitation program. Friends Hospital is easily accessed via public transportation and has free, safe, on-site parking. Visit us online at: https://friendshospital.com/ The Expressive Arts Therapist performs duties and responsibilities as required as a member of the Treatment Team in delivering direct patient care services. Under the direction of the Director of Recreational Therapy, creates a therapeutic milieu on the inpatient service; plans and coordinates the implementation of specific treatment programs for individual patients and patient groups; assures the application of age-appropriate expressive therapies modalities to group or individual treatment; identifies and utilizes specific theoretical framework to guide and integrate care within the milieu; organizes and coordinates or directs unit-based psychotherapeutic services delivered in a group (milieu) context; contributes to the development and implementation of treatment plans & goals as determined by the unit team; functions as a member of the Clinical Services team. Participates in the support of patient care through indirect care functions including clerical duties; participates in Performance Improvement and in-service education; oversees the coordination and conduct of clinical affiliations for expressive therapies students; supports development, customer service and community relations activities. We are hiring for Music Therapists, Art Therapists, and Recreation Therapists at this time. About Universal Health Services One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $13.4 billion in 2022. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

Requirements

Bachelors of Arts required, Masters of Arts preferred.

Responsibilities

Delivering direct patient care services as a member of the Treatment Team.
Creating a therapeutic milieu on the inpatient service.
Planning and coordinating the implementation of specific treatment programs for individual patients and patient groups.
Assuring the application of age-appropriate expressive therapies modalities to group or individual treatment.
Identifying and utilizing specific theoretical framework to guide and integrate care within the milieu.
Organizing and coordinating or directs unit-based psychotherapeutic services delivered in a group (milieu) context.
Contributing to the development and implementation of treatment plans & goals as determined by the unit team.
Functioning as a member of the Clinical Services team.
Participating in the support of patient care through indirect care functions including clerical duties.
Participating in Performance Improvement and in-service education.
Overseeing the coordination and conduct of clinical affiliations for expressive therapies students.
Supporting development, customer service and community relations activities.