Dance/Movement OR Art Therapist-Full Time Days

Expressive Therapist

Start the day excited to make a difference…end the day knowing you did. Come join our team.

Job Summary: This position is responsible for providing clinical therapeutic patient care services in a professional, timely, and effective manner to ensure compliance with hospital, regulatory, government, and program goals and requirements. The Expressive Therapist improves patients' overall mental, emotional, and physical well-being by applying the techniques of various art forms to increase social function, improve coordination and communication, and enable expression of feelings. Expressive Therapists generally specialize in a particular area, such as dance and movement, music, or art therapies.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Provides direct service to adolescent and adult inpatient and outpatient patients.
• Performs assessments to determine therapeutic and functional goals for the patients.
• Develops treatment plans with varied interventions based on assessment, interests and objectives of therapy.
• Assess patients' development, abilities, personality, interests and conflicts through their medium.
• Prepares and submit patients' reactions and progress reports and confers with treatment team.
• Maintains and completes required clinical documentation.
• Attends multi-disciplinary team meetings.
• Provides in-service programs to educate staff and volunteers about expressive therapy.
• Attends clinical in-service programs and continuing education opportunities.
• Maintains expressive therapy supplies and equipment.
• Oversees interns and shadowing experiences for students as appropriate.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited school of Expressive Therapy; Master's degree in Art, Music, Dance, Movement Therapy or related field required.
• If Art Therapist – Board certified in Art Therapy (ATR-BC) required within six months of hire.
• If Music Therapist – Board certified in Music Therapy (MT-BC) required within six months of hire.
• If Dance/Movement Therapist – Board certified in Dance/Movement Therapy (DMTCB) required within 6 months of hire.
• Previous inpatient/outpatient mental health/substance abuse experience required.
• CPR (AHA Healthcare Provider) required.
• CPI certification required within 90 days of hire.

As an EOE/AA employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.

Physical Requirements: Constant (67-100% of workday) use of arms and hands; frequent (34-66% of workday) standing, walking, and sitting; occasional (0-33% of workday) bending, stooping, and squatting; ability to lift 35 lbs.; ability to push and pull up to 20 lbs.; auditory and visual skills to include color determination.

Mental Requirements: Possesses critical thinking and analytical skills. Ability to multi-task. Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team. Capacity to cope with difficult situations. Ability to tolerate irregular hours including evenings, nights, and weekends.

Environmental Requirements and Exposure Hazards: Potential risk of exposure to radiation and toxic chemicals. Potential for exposure to bloodborne pathogens; must be able to wear appropriate personal protective equipment.

It is the policy of Mary Washington Healthcare to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability who are applicants for employment or Associates.