Creative Arts Therapist - Full Time - Behavioral Health

Hackensack Meridian Health Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking a Creative Arts Therapist to provide assessment, clinical counseling, and therapy services to inpatients across our hospital. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team to support patient goals.

You will facilitate individual and group therapy, using music, art, or dance/movement approaches, and apply your counseling skills to promote recovery in a supportive healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Music, Counseling, Psychology, or a creative arts field.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a healthcare setting.
• Clinical counseling skills.
• Patient population knowledge and skills.
• Advanced language skills.
• Basic mathematical skills.
• Intermediate critical thinking skills.
• Basic computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, clinical counseling, and therapy services to inpatients.
• Facilitate individual and group therapy as part of the multidisciplinary team to achieve treatment goals.

Skills

Clinical counseling

Advanced language skills

Basic math

Critical thinking

Computer literacy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Music, Counseling, Psychology, or creative arts related field (Music Therapy, Art Therapy, and/or Dance/Movement Therapy)

Job description

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives - and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Creative Arts Therapist provides assessment, clinical counseling, and therapy services to patients across the inpatient hospital. The Creative Arts Therapist facilitates individual and group therapy as part of the multidisciplinary treatment team, to assist patients in achieving treatment goals.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Bachelor`s degree in Music, Counseling, Psychology, or creative arts related field (Music Therapy, Art Therapy, and/or Dance/Movement Therapy).
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a healthcare setting.
• Clinical counseling skills (per job competencies).
• Patient population knowledge and skills (per job competencies).
• Advanced Language Skills.
• Basic Mathematical Skills.
• Intermediate Critical Thinking Skills.
• Basic Computer Skills.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Experience in a behavioral health care setting.
• Credentials to supervise student interns and/or team members seeking licensure in art, music, and/or dance and movement therapy.

Licenses and Certifications Required:

• Art Therapy Registration and Board Certification (ATR-BC) or Music Therapist Board Certified (MT-BC).

Licenses and Certifications Preferred:

• Licensed Professional Art Therapist (LPART).
• Licensed Associate Art Therapist (LAART).