Art Therapist

Join Texas Children's Hospital as a Art Therapist – Texas Children's Hospital in Conroe, Texas. We are searching for an Art Therapist -- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will implement and provide Art Therapy to help meet the emotional, developmental, and social needs of children in a health care setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Conducts formal and informal developmental assessments of psychosocial needs of patients and families for inpatients as evidenced by documentation in the medical record

• Assesses coping styles of patient and families during introduction of service to develop therapeutic plan of care that incorporates patient and family needs, interests and abilities

• Provides interventions that increase emotional support to patients and families during identified stress points in order to facilitate adaptive coping

• Plans and implements developmentally appropriate interventions according to the therapeutic plan developed to meet specific patient care goals

Requirements

• Master’s degree required

• BC certification from the Art Therapy Credentials Board required

• 2 years of Art Therapy experience

• Previous employment in health care, a health care specialization in schooling or a field work practicum in health care preferred Responsibilities

Benefits & Compensation

• Communicates the benefits of arts therapy to the health care team, as evidenced by participation in interdisciplinary rounds, unit based projects, and/or daily report

• Reviews Arts Therapy program yearly with leader to determine process or program improvements

Work Schedule

• Full-Time position.

• No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Texas Children's Hospital as a Art Therapist – Texas Children's Hospital.