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.

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 coordinates 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.