Job Description
NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan is the community hospital of choice for residents of East Harlem, northern Manhattan, and neighboring communities. The hospital provides culturally-sensitive care in a welcoming and hospitable setting, emphasizing primary care medicine and utilizing the latest advances in medical science. Metropolitan delivers high quality health services with compassion, dignity, and respect to all, without exception. Since its founding in 1875, the hospital has been affiliated with New York Medical College, representing the oldest partnership between a hospital and a private medical school in the United States. Metropolitan is a part of the NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal hospital and health care system in the country.
At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.
Job Description •Establishes and implements comprehensive therapeutic group/individual programs utilizing principles and practices of creative arts therapy.
•Conducts individual assessments of patient's strengths and weaknesses to evaluate social, cognitive, psychological, and physical functioning through the creative arts process.
•Develops treatment goals and objectives based on initial and ongoing assessments designed to improve functioning through the utilization of the techniques unique to the creative arts therapy discipline.
•Implements therapeutic interventions utilizing, art, music, drama, dance, and poetry as a modality to facilitate the patient's attainment of goals articulated in the patient treatment plans.
•Participates as an active member of the interdisciplinary team by attending meetings and contributing to the formulation of individual patient comprehensive treatment plans.
•Writes regular process notes on patient's behavior and responses to treatment goals.
•Prepares and maintains records, progress notes, statistical information, and participates in departmental and facility-wide quality assurance performance improvement (QA/PI) activities.
•Prepares supply requisitions and maintains inventories of equipment and supplies as designated.
•May be assigned to coordinate and supervise the activities of auxiliary staff in related therapeutic activities.
•May be assigned to instruct and supervise volunteers, interns, and students in the areas of creative arts therapy.
•Performs other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications Assignment Level I
1. A valid License or Limited Permit issued by the New York State Education Department to practice as a Creative Arts Therapist. Employees working with a Limited Permit must obtain
Licensure within two years from their date of appointment.
Assignment Level II
1. A valid License issued by the New York State Education Department to practice as a
Creative Arts Therapist; and
2. Two years of full-time, paid, professional experience in creative arts therapy.
Assignment Level III
In addition to meeting the requirements for Assignment Levels II, Assignment Level III
requires:
1. One additional year of experience.
In addition, you can submit your resume to METCareers@nychhc.org with the Job Title and Job ID # of the job posting that you applied to in the subject line of the email.
NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
- Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
- Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
- Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
- Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
- College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
- Multiple employee discounts programs
Job Tags
Holiday work, Full time, Work visa,