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Art Therapist
Job ID: 82667
Location: Butner, NC
Facility/Division: UNC Medical Center
Status: Full Time
Shift: Day Job
Job Description
Description
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
Summary:
Art Therapist needed for UNC Health Youth Behavioral Health (YBH), in Butner, North Carolina.
Youth Behavioral Health Hospital (YBH) is a 56-bed, 24-hour, locked psychiatric facility located in Butner, North Carolina. There will be four units dedicated to serving children and adolescent with mental health diagnoses, dual diagnosis, substance misuse and complex behaviors. YBH philosophy is grounded in a milieu-based, trauma-informed and therapeutic setting. This facility aims to serve patients with a complex history, including aggression and psychosis. Safety is the key component of the care provided as well as introduction of positive coping skills, healthy living and positive leisure activities. Therapy services will work among a large interdisciplinary team including Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, and Nursing Services.
We are seeking dynamic, motivated and team-oriented Art Therapist with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with multidisciplinary providers and teammates in effective, collaborative practice.
The Art Therapist shall also demonstrate accountability for and contribution to program development, quality improvement, problem solving and productivity enhancement in a flexible team fashion.
This position is 40 hours/week, Monday through Friday, with occasional weekend and holiday coverage requirements.
Highly Preferred:
Experience in hospital based mental health therapy services
Experience with children and adolescent mental health
Responsibilities:
1. Serves as an integral member of a large interdisciplinary team providing direct clinical care to pediatric and adult patients in both 1:1 and group settings.
2. Demonstrates knowledge of therapeutic creative/expressive arts principles, techniques, and methods and their application to the population being served.
3. Analyzes comprehensive data from assessments and develops individualized treatment plans in compliance with departmental policies, protocols, standards of regulatory agencies, and professional standards of practice.
4. Educates colleagues and service providers on the role of creative arts therapy in the treatment of medical and mental illness.
5. Develops and document’s patient’s progress and modifies treatment plans with varied interventions based on assessments, interests, objective, and subjective information from patients.
6. Exemplifies quality service provision and manages professional practice through ensuring accountability of exceptional patient care, and compliance with departmental policies, protocols, standards of regulatory agencies, and professional standards of practice.
7. Develops, coordinates and evaluates specialized creative arts programs for specific clinical service areas and engages in evaluation/research and quality improvement activities for the clinical service team and department. Participates in the acquisition and maintenance of supplies, equipment and facility planning.
8. Provides supervision to student interns and volunteers as assigned.
Other Information
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
- Graduation from AATA (American Art Therapy Association) approved program or related field.
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Current board certification in Art Therapy (ATR-BC)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- Experience in the field of creative art therapy is preferred.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIREMENTS
Job Details
Legal Employer: STATE
Entity: UNC Medical Center
Organization Unit: UNCH YBH Recreational Therapy
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: Butner:NC:27509
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
Salary Range: $19.43 - $24.28 per hour (minimum to midpoint)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System.
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