Creative Arts Therapist Flex

Children's Hospital Colorado; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 66,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Wellness program

Total Rewards package with base pay, (

Job summary

Children's Hospital Colorado is seeking a Creative Arts Therapist to provide therapy across medical units, using art, music, dance/movement, drama or yoga modalities to support children and adolescents and their families.

Preferred candidates are board-certified music therapists with a master’s degree, pediatric clinical experience, and a flexible schedule to cover ICU settings. Involves mentoring interns and fostering collaboration among disciplines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in music therapy or related field.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Completed internship within a pediatric medical or psychiatric setting.
• Board Certified Music Therapist preferred.
• Healthcare Provider BLS/CPR certification and registration with modality national board.
• One (1) year experience of fulltime clinical creative arts therapy experience working with children or adolescents.

Responsibilities

• Leads, monitors and facilitates individual and group creative arts therapy using modality‑specific practices.
• Provides bedside creative arts therapy services to any medical patient by referral.
• Facilitates multi‑family groups in collaboration with other mental health professionals.
• Documents all patient experiences in EPIC and reviews progress in treatment plans.
• Coordinates therapy with internal and external services and participates in clinical rounds.

Skills

Internship in pediatric settings

Empathy and patient-centered care

Crisis management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Board Certified Music Therapist

CPR/BLS certification

Job description

Job Overview

The Creative Arts Therapist provides Creative Arts Therapy services addressing the psychotherapeutic needs of children and adolescents in psychiatric and medical units. The Creative Arts Therapist helps patients and family members gain insight and understanding of themselves and their situations through art, music, dance/movement, drama, or yoga therapy. Works together with the Ponzio Program Manager to provide mentoring and supervision for Creative Arts Therapy Interns placed in these settings. Expands Creative Arts Therapy services through networking, in services, and patient care throughout hospital.

The Creative Arts Therapist FLEX provides coverage across medical units. This role requires advanced clinical skills and the ability to work effectively with diverse ages, diagnoses, and high‑acuity populations, particularly in ICU settings. Preferred candidates are board‑certified Music Therapists with a master’s degree, experience in medical units, and a flexible schedule.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Population Specific Care:
  • Neonate – <30 days
  • Infancy – >30 days to 1yr
  • Toddlers – >1yr to 3yrs
  • Pre‑Schoolers – >3yrs to 5yrs
  • School age – >5yrs to 13yrs
  • Adolescent – >13yrs to 18yrs
  • Adult – >18yrs to 65yrs
• Leads, monitors and facilitates individual and group creative arts therapy using modality‑specific practices.
• Provides bedside creative arts therapy services to any medical patient by referral.
• Facilitation of multi‑family groups in collaboration with other mental health professionals.
• Exhibits mastery of creative arts therapy modality and use of modality to guide treatment process.
• Documents all patient experiences in EPIC.
• Reviews and records progress in patient treatment plans with appropriate documentation.
• Coordinates creative arts therapy treatment with internal and external services.
• Participates in clinical rounds, maintains communication with unit or department leadership.
• Collaborates with other disciplines or departments on patient care and unit safety.
• Exhibits ability to problem‑solve and manage crisis situations effectively.
• Completes required Safety Care training and exhibits mastery.
• Maintains CPR certification through RQI monitoring.

SCOPE & LEVEL

GUIDELINES: Developmental, standard, or intermediate level. Guidelines are generally numerous, well established, and directly applicable to the work assignment. Work assignment and desired results are explained by general oral or written instructions.

COMPLEXITY: Duties assigned are generally repetitive and restricted in scope but may be of substantial intricacy. Employee primarily applies standardized practices.

DECISION MAKING: Decisions or recommendations on non‑standardized situations are limited to relating organizational policies to specific cases. Brings non‑routine issues to supervisor. Problems that are not covered by guidelines or are without precedent are taken up with the supervisor.

COMMUNICATIONS: Contacts with the patients, families, or employees where explanatory or interpretive information is exchanged, gathered, or presented and some degree of discretion and judgment are required within the parameters of the job function.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Under normal supervision, within a standardized work situation, the employee performs duties common to the line of work without close supervision or detailed instruction. Work product is subject to continual review.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degrees
  • Bachelor's
  • Master's Preferred
• Experience
  • Completed internship within a pediatric medical or psychiatric setting.
  • Board Certified Music Therapist Preferred.
• Equivalency
  • One (1) year experience of fulltime clinical creative arts therapy experience working with children or adolescents.
• Licenses & Certifications
  • Healthcare Provider BLS/CPR certification and registration with modality national board.

Schedule / Shift

• Flex – As needed
• Based on department needs

Salary Information

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Hourly Rate of Pay: $32.21

Benefits Information

As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid sick leave and a robust wellness program.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job‑related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non‑job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

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