Creative Arts Therapist Level II

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx seeks a Creative Arts Therapist to provide professional therapy services across assignment levels I–III. The role uses art, music, drama, dance, or poetry to support patient goals and needs within an interdisciplinary team.

Licensure through the New York State Education Department is required; Limited Permit holders must obtain licensure within two years. The department emphasizes compassionate, high-quality care in a diverse community setting.

Qualifications

• Valid License or Limited Permit to practice as a Creative Arts Therapist in NY; Limited Permit holders must obtain Licensure within two years of appointment.
• Assignment II requires NYS license and two years of full-time paid professional experience in creative arts therapy.
• Assignment III requires an additional year of experience beyond Assignment II.

Responsibilities

• Establishes and implements comprehensive therapeutic group/individual therapy programs using creative arts therapy modalities.
• Conducts assessments of patients to evaluate social, cognitive, psychological and physical functioning through creative arts therapy.
• Develops treatment goals based on assessments and uses art, music, drama, dance or poetry to reach goals.
• Participates as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team and contributes to treatment plans.
• Writes progress notes and maintains records, reports, and QA/PI activities.

Skills

Creative arts therapy

Education

License to practice as a Creative Arts Therapist (NY State)

Job description

Marketing Statement
NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx (NCB) is a member facility of the New York City Health + Hospitals system, one of eleven acute care facilities within the City of New York. A 215-bed community hospital, NCBH specializes in women’s and children’s services. It also provides Behavioral Health acute and ambulatory care. Its busy outpatient department has led the way in community-based care delivered in a compassionate and culturally-appropriate manner. It’s Labor and Delivery service safely brings more than 800 babies into the world each year. NCBH is committed to providing safe, high-quality medical care for any and all in need.

Marketing Statement
NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx (NCB) is a member facility of the New York City Health + Hospitals system, one of eleven acute care facilities within the City of New York. A 215-bed community hospital, NCBH specializes in women’s and children’s services. It also provides Behavioral Health acute and ambulatory care. Its busy outpatient department has led the way in community-based care delivered in a compassionate and culturally-appropriate manner. It’s Labor and Delivery service safely brings more than 800 babies into the world each year. NCBH is committed to providing safe, high-quality medical care for any and all in need.
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.
Duties & Responsibilities
Purpose of Position: This class of positions encompasses professional and/or supervisory work of varying degrees of difficulty in the operation of a creative arts therapy department providing therapeutic services through the utilization of various modalities, principles and techniques specific to the creative arts therapy discipline. All personnel perform related work. Under direction, with broad latitude for independent judgment and decision making, performs difficult and responsible professional work in the creative arts therapy discipline.
Examples Of Typical Tasks
At a higher level, performs the duties of Assignment Level I:

• Establishes and implements comprehensive therapeutic group/individual therapy 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 or 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 treatment team by attending meetings and contributing to the formulation of individual patient comprehensive treatment plans.
• Writes regular progress notes on patient’s behavior and responses to treatment goals.
• Prepares and maintains records, progress reports, 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 disciplines.
• May be assigned to instruct and supervise volunteers, interns and students in the areas of creative arts therapy.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Duties: In addition to performing the duties of Assignment Level I at a higher level, as described above, also performs the following typical tasks:

• Serves as a professional resource to Creative Arts Therapists in the development and implementation of specialized treatment interventions utilizing non-verbal, diagnostic and expressive techniques.
• Provides consultation for complex cases in the evaluation of social, cognitive, psychological and physical functioning through the creative arts therapy process.
• Monitors, documents and evaluates the attainment of creative arts therapy goals as part of the therapeutic process.
• May represent the department at conferences, workshops, hospital or community functions; reports actions and findings to department.
• May develop and conduct departmental training programs to introduce new developments and techniques within the creative arts therapy discipline.
• May be assigned to function as a primary therapist, as long as practicing within the boundaries of professional competency, as specified in the New York State Education Law, Article 163, Section 8407.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum QualificationsAssignment Level I

• 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.

Licensure within two years from their date of appointment.
Assignment Level II

• A valid License issued by the New York State Education Department to practice as a Creative Arts Therapist; and
• 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

• One additional year of experience.