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Expressive Therapist - Behavioral Health Acute Care - PRN

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  • Expressive Therapist - Behavioral Health Acute Care - PRN
  • 101 Truman Medical Center
  • Job Location
  • Center for Behavioral Medicine
  • Kansas City, Missouri

Department: Behavioral Health IP

Position Type: Part time

Work Schedule: 8:00AM - 4:30PM

Hours Per Week

4

Job Description

Plans and implements Recreation, Music, Art and/or Dance and Movement Therapy interventions within facility to enhance physical, cognitive, social and affective development and to facilitate daily living and community functioning skills; may participate in the supervision of Expressive Therapy students independently with limited supervision

Minimum Requirements

  • Graduation from college program with major in Recreation Therapy, Music Therapy, Art Therapy or Drama Therapy.
  • Must have current certification or registry in Recreation Therapy, Music Therapy, Art Therapy, Drama Therapy or obtain required certification or registry within 6 months of hire date to maintain employment.
  • Verbal communication skills required to lead Expressive Therapy.
  • Written communication skills required to complete required documentation.

Possess, or obtain within 60 days, RQI certification, and maintain current certification as a requirement for continued employment.

Must obtain Complex Behavior Management Training (CBMT) within 90 days of hire and maintain training during employment.

Preferred Requirements

One year experience in Artistic Expressive Therapy

Key Responsibilities

Plans and delivers recreation, music, art, and/or dance and movement therapy interventions to support patients’ physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development. Helps patients build daily living and community functioning skills and may supervise expressive therapy students.

Requirements

Requires graduation from a college program with a major in recreation therapy, music therapy, art therapy, or drama therapy, plus current certification or registry in the relevant field or completion within six months of hire. Candidates must obtain RQI certification within 60 days and Complex Behavior Management Training within 90 days; one year of artistic expressive therapy experience is preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Student Supervision

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 36% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedMental Health Therapy median $91k (middle half $67k–$101k)14 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingMissouri index 90.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Missouri131 active7,857 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 34% remote · 36% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 1.5
Below most Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,851 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Kansas City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$251k
Typical market rent
$1,428/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.5
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Kansas City, MO-KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.