Metropolitan Jewish Health System, Inc. is hiring: Creative Arts ...
Metropolitan Jewish Health System, Inc. - New York, NY, United States, 10261
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MJHS is a large not-for-profit health system in the Greater New York area. Our range of health services includes home care, hospice, and palliative care for adults and children, rehabilitation and nursing care at Menorah and Isabella Centers, and the research-based MJHS Institute for Innovation and Palliative Care. We also offer Elderplan/HomeFirst: health plans for Medicare and dual-eligible individuals. As a not-for-profit organization, many of our programs and services are made possible through the generosity of grateful families, corporate donors, grants, and our own employees.
At MJHS, quality care is our mission. We are committed to creating a workforce as diverse as our community. We have a great culture; we offer excellent benefits, including work/life balance and competitive rates.
MJHS attracts individuals who see their work as a calling as well as a job. Professionals in every job category appreciate being empowered to make decisions, encouraged to voice opinions, and given the space to do their work with minimal supervision. Simultaneously, they feel supported by management and colleagues who are accessible and reliable.
The position will cover Queens and Nassau regions.
Our groundbreaking hospice and palliative care programs offer a significant difference when dealing with a life-limiting condition. We provide a broad range of services in the community or facility-based settings to help patients and their families manage the challenges of life-limiting illnesses or end-of-life care.
- In this role, you will utilize creative arts therapy interventions specific to music therapy in providing 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.
- You will participate in the clinical training and supervision of creative arts therapy interns and support programming, research, education, and marketing efforts to promote the organization's mission and growth.
- NY State-licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT)
- ATR-BC certification
- Minimum of one year experience as a creative arts therapist in hospice, palliative care, or acute medical settings (internship hours may be considered toward this experience).
- Availability late afternoons, evenings, and weekends.