Creative Arts Therapist (Per Diem)

About the role

Our groundbreaking hospice and palliative care programs offer a significant difference when dealing with a life-limiting condition. We offer a broad range of services in the community or facility-based to help patients and their families ease the burden of managing a life-limiting illness or end of life care.

Responsibilities

• Utilize creative arts therapy interventions specific to the discipline of music therapy in providing the clinical assessment and treatment of physical, psychosocial, and spiritual end-of-life issues for patients, caregivers, and bereaved persons of all ages in accordance with the interdisciplinary plan-of-care.
• Participate in the clinical training and supervision of creative arts therapy interns.
• Support special programming, research, education & marketing efforts to promote the organization's mission and growth.
• Effectively accept, triage, and follow-up on all referrals for creative arts therapy services.
• Follow professional and regulatory visit procedures for home and facility-based health care, including office-based counseling and groups.
• Provide a comprehensive clinical assessment at the initial visit, and update accordingly.
• Execute a variety of appropriate creative arts therapy interventions to meet the client’s needs.
• Provide clinical documentation according to agency guidelines and medical record standards.
• Promote the mission and growth of the organization and the creative arts therapy program.

Requirements

• Currently NY-State licensed or practicing under permit in the field of creative arts therapy, and nationally board certified in the field of music therapy through the Certification Board for Music Therapists.
• Minimum of one year experience working as a creative arts therapist in either hospice, palliative care, or acute medical settings (academic internship placement hours may be considered as a portion of this experience).