Creative Arts Therapist I

C002 Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA); United States; On-site; USD 33,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Medical University of South Carolina seeks a Creative Arts Therapist I to provide art or music therapy across the hospital, designing interventions to meet treatment goals and documenting progress.

The role involves implementing creative/expressive therapies, collaborating with care teams, and ensuring licensure/certification requirements such as MT-BC or ATR are met within specified timelines.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills, creative, flexible, and resourceful.
• Ability to work collaboratively with care team members at all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement creative/expressive arts therapy interventions to meet treatment goals.
• Document patient response and progress towards identified goals.
• Collaborate with care teams to support patient care across the hospital.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Creativity

Flexibility

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor in music therapy

MT-BC certification

Master in art therapy

ATR registration

Job description

Job Description Summary Creative Arts Therapist I provides creative arts therapy (art therapy or music therapy) for patients throughout the hospital as assigned.

These positions design and implement creative/expressive arts therapy interventions to meet the patients' treatment goals and documents the patients' response and progress towards the goals identified.

Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Cost Center CC000271 CHS OH - Arts In Healing Pay Rate Type Hourly Pay Grade Health-23 Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Work Shift

Minimum Training and Education:

Bachelor’s degree in music therapy or music with an equivalency in music therapy, certification by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (MT-BC); or a master’s degree in art therapy; Art Therapist registration (ATR) by the Art Therapy Credentials Board within one year of employment.

Skills:

Strong interpersonal skills, creative, flexible, and resourceful. Ability to work collaboratively with care team members at all levels of the organization.

Required Licensure, Certifications, Registrations:

Certification by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (MT-BC); or Art therapist registration (ATR) by the Art Therapy Credentials Board within one year of employment. Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS), either a certification from an American Heart Association (AHA) BLS for Healthcare Providers (or AHA recognized equivalent) or an American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer and Healthcare Provider and certification in Safety Care within the first 30 days of employment required.

Physical Requirements

• Mobility & Posture Standing: Continuous
• Sitting: Continuous
• Walking: Continuous
• climbing stairs: Infrequent
• working indoors: Continuous
• working outdoors (temperature extremes): Infrequent
• working from elevated areas: Frequent
• working in confined/cramped spaces: Frequent
• Kneeling: Infrequent
• bending at the waist: Continuous
• Twisting at the waist: Frequent
• Squatting: Frequent
• Manual Dexterity & Strength Pinching operations: Frequent
• Gross motor use (fingers/hands): Continuous
• Firm grasping (fingers/hands): Continuous
• Fine manipulation (fingers/hands): Continuous
• reaching overhead: Frequent
• Reaching in all directions: Continuous
• Repetitive motion (hands/wrists/elbows/shoulders): Continuous
• Full use of both legs: Continuous
• Balance & coordination (lower extremities): Frequent

Vision & Sensory

• Maintain corrected vision 20/40 (one or both eyes): Continuous
• Recognize objects (near/far): Continuous
• Color discrimination: Continuous
• Depth perception: Continuous
• Peripheral vision: Continuous
• Hearing acuity (with correction): Continuous
• Tactile sensory function: Continuous
• Gross motor with fine motor coordination: Continuous

Lifting & Force Requirements

• Lift/carry 50 lbs. unassisted: Infrequent
• Lift/lower 50 lbs. from floor to 36”: Infrequent
• Lift up to 25 lbs. overhead: Infrequent
• Exert up to 50 lbs. of force: Frequent

Selected Positions:

• Olfactory (smell) function: Continuous

Respirator use qualification:

• Continuous

Work Environment & Conditions

• Effective stress management: Continuous
• Rotating shifts: Frequent
• Overtime as required: Frequent
• Latex-safe environment: Continuous

Enjoy your career with us: If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

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