Wellness Director
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
About NYC Health + Hospitals
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi is a 457-bed teaching hospital affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The facility has earned numerous Center of Excellence designations, accreditation, and recognition for its renowned Level 1 Trauma Center, Burn Center, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, regional Stroke Center, Snakebite Treatment Center, Breast Health Center, Bariatric Surgery Center, and Cancer Service. The facility also offers the region’s only multi-person hyperbaric chamber, allowing up to nine patients to dive together at one time. Jacobi’s Ambulatory Care Pavilion is a stunning complement to its inpatient acute care, allowing staff to provide patients with high-quality service in a modern, state-of-the-art environment.
At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.
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Job Description
Encompasses professional and/or supervisory work of varying degrees of difficulty in the operation of a creative arts therapy department providing therapeutic services through the utilization of various modalities, principles and techniques specific to the creative arts therapy discipline.
Coordinates and implements therapeutic programs that utilize advanced creative arts techniques and principles for an assigned area of a health care facility. Monitors and guides Creative Arts Therapists in the establishment and provision of these programs. Provides clinical supervision for Creative Arts Therapists practicing under a Limited Permit as required by the New York State Education Law, Article 163. Reviews the quality and quantity of the clinical case records of Creative Arts Therapists for accuracy and completeness. Provides direct creative arts therapy services, including facilitating groups and documentation of same in patient medical records.
Minimum Qualifications
A valid License or Limited Permit issued by the New York State Education Department to practice as a Creative Arts Therapist. Three years of full-time, paid, professional experience in creative arts therapy.
How To Apply
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NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week Retirement Savings and Pension Plans Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities Multiple employee discounts programs
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