Expressive Arts Therapist - FT

UHS; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Medical coverage

401(k) match

Student loan refinancing

Career development

Job summary

Friends Hospital, part of Universal Health Services (UHS), in Philadelphia, PA, seeks an Expressive Arts Therapist to join the inpatient treatment team. This full-time role requires creation of therapeutic milieus and coordination of expressive therapies for individuals and groups within a multidisciplinary setting.

The position involves planning and delivering age-appropriate expressive therapies, contributing to treatment plans, and supporting student affiliations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts required; Master of Arts preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct patient care as part of the Treatment Team.
• Create a therapeutic milieu on the inpatient service.
• Plan and coordinate treatment programs for individual patients and groups.
• Apply age-appropriate expressive therapies modalities to treatment.
• Organize and direct unit-based psychotherapeutic services in a milieu context.
• Contribute to development and implementation of treatment plans and goals.
• Support development, customer service and community relations activities.
• Oversee coordination of clinical affiliations for expressive therapies students.

Education

Bachelor of Arts

Master of Arts

Job description

Responsibilities

Friends Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

Expressive Arts Therapist

Ftull-time

Friends Hospital is the nation's oldest private psychiatric hospital, located on a beautiful 100-acre campus in Philadelphia, PA. Friends Hospital offers a continuum of care including level of care assessments; specially designed inpatient units for adolescents, adults, and older adults; and a private residential rehabilitation program. Friends Hospital is easily accessed via public transportation and has free, safe, on-site parking.

Visit us online at: https://friendshospital.com/

The Expressive Arts Therapist performs duties and responsibilities as required as a member of the Treatment Team in delivering direct patient care services. Under the direction of the Director of Recreational Therapy, creates a therapeutic milieu on the inpatient service; plans and coordinates the implementation of specific treatment programs for individual patients and patient groups; assures the application of age-appropriate expressive therapies modalities to group or individual treatment; identifies and utilizes specific theoretical framework to guide and integrate care within the milieu; organizes and coordinates or directs unit-based psychotherapeutic services delivered in a group (milieu) context; contributes to the development and implementation of treatment plans & goals as determined by the unit team; functions as a member of the Clinical Services team. Participates in the support of patient care through indirect care functions including clerical duties; participates in Performance Improvement and in-service education; oversees the coordination and conduct of clinical affiliations for expressive therapies students; supports development, customer service and community relations activities.

We are hiring for Music Therapists, Art Therapists, and Recreation Therapists at this time.

Benefit Highlights

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Tuition Reimbursement and Loan Forgiveness Program
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $13.4 billion in 2022. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

www.uhs.com

Qualifications

Education Requirement :

Bachelors of Arts required, Masters of Arts preferred.

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We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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