Provides direct care for patients through purposeful activity, optimizing each patients level offunctioning. Assesses and documents patients functional abilities and needs, plans treatment goalsand objectives, and tracks patient progress as per the regulatory codes for the assigned level of care.Actively participates in unit and departmental meetings toward the goal of improving patient care andthe service as a whole.

• Maintains confidentiality of records relating to patients treatment.
• Fosters a therapeutic environment that is physically and emotionally safe, non-judgmental, andculturally sensitive and supports patient expression and social connection thereby developingtherapeutic rapport with and among patients.
• Assesses each patient as to their functional ability and the level of care and type of contactneeded (individual or group therapy).
• Develops and provides services (individual and group) that are responsive to the needs of eachpatient.
• Plans treatment appropriate the patients needs that is objective and measurable, carries outtherapeutic interventions that are patient-centered, identifies patient response and re-evaluatespatient needs and goals.
• Documents the direct care planned and provided following the timeline set per the regulatorycodes for the assigned area of care.
• Participates actively as a member of the multi-disciplinary team:
  • Contributes clinically relevant information regarding patient functioning, patientstrengths and confer about aftercare placement.
  • Participates in discussions and activities regarding individual and communal patientcare.
• Maintains documentation of therapeutic services including group protocols, attendance sheetsand patient participation in group or individual sessions and, when relevant, group excursionsor field trips.
• Maintains current information about related psychiatric rehabilitation services, creative arts andrecreational supports in the community and provides educational materials to patients and/orfamily members regarding these services.
• Attends regularly scheduled clinical supervision with his or her assigned supervisor.
  • Brings relevant clinical issues to supervision,
  • Gives and receive constructive feedback,
  • Discusses issues that impede or support clinical growth.
• Provides a current schedule of unit programming for the patients and interdisciplinary team.
  • Revises the schedule as needed based on client-centered and clinical reasons.
  • Confers with the Clinical Coordinator and Director of Psychiatric Rehabilitation regarding changes to the schedule that are more long-lasting.
  • Reviews the schedules quarterly with the Clinical Coordinator and Director of Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
• Attends and actively participates in regularly scheduled unit and discipline meetings and quality improvement projects.

Education & Experience:

• Masters Degree in either one of the Creative Arts: Drama, Movement, Dance, Art or Music Therapy
• Preferably a current license as a Creative Arts Therapist, or has applied for a limited permit for Creative Arts therapy, or has other credentialing (e.g. Certified Recreational Counseling) allowing him or her to adequately provide group and individual therapeutic activity for people with mental illness and/or substance addiction.
• The Creative Arts Therapist has clinical experience with adults who have a psychiatric illness and/or have substance addiction.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Must be a competent clinician and be able to directly treat patients and to supervise the work of staff members in providing treatment.
• English speaking with fluency is required. Bilingual is preferred.
• Must be able to manage crisis situations calmly and competently.
• Ability to effectively communicate in English, both verbally and written.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficient usage, and operations of PCs, or laptops, and applicable softwares to include, but not limited to, Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.

Physical Requirements:

• Involves standing, walking, sitting, talking, hearing and bending.
• May include some repetitive motions.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position without compromising patient care.
• Perform other duties as required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of Interfaith Medical Center (IMC).

IMC is an equal opportunity employer, it is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, marital status, military status, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability or handicap or other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.