Description

Introduction

Are you looking for a work environment where diversity and inclusion thrive? Submit your application for our Expressive Therapist opening with Dominion Hospital today and find out what it truly means to be a part of the HCA Healthcare team.

Benefits

Dominion Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

• Colleague recognition program

• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

We are seeking a(an) Expressive Therapist for our team to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. Did you get into our industry for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The expressive arts therapist is responsible for providing expressive therapy services to patients, as a member of a multidisciplinary team and in accordance with Dominion Hospital’s activity therapy work policy. Expressive therapy interventions are focused on helping the patient develop a stronger sense of self by promoting the identification and expression of feelings through participation in the creation and sharing of personal work, to include visual art, dance/movement, poetry, writing, drama or music.

Specific Job Functions:

• Complete activity therapy assessments.

• Provide group and individual expressive therapy sessions appropriate to client needs.

• Display professionalism in dealing with customers, staff and clinicians.

• Complete assignments in a timely manner.

• Complete documentation in a timely manner.

• Follow all hospital policies and procedures.

• Attend and participate in monthly activity therapy staff meetings.

• Attend and participate in weekly clinical supervision.

• Work with the interdisciplinary team in meeting treatment goals

• May perform other duties as assigned.

What qualifications you will need:

• Education: Master’s Degree from an accredited expressive therapy program in art, dance/movement, music, or drama (incl. Psychodrama) therapy.

• Licensure: Not Applicable Certifications: Expressive Therapy certification by the professional organization in the area(s) of expertise.

• Registrations: Candidate to be registered or registry-eligible and actively pursuing clinical registry with one of the expressive therapy national associations.

• Experience: At least the equivalent of 2 years’ experience, which can include a graduate level practicum/internship (20 hours per week for 2 semesters or 40 hours per week for 3 months) is preferred. Experience must include work with the psychiatric inpatient population.

• Expressive Therapist will receive individual, clinical supervision and, with supervisor, will participate in establishing an educational plan. The plan will include specific training, teamwork with other activity therapy staff, and close supervision for on the job training when in a new area.

Dominion Hospital (https://dominionhospital.com/) has provided quality healthcare services for close to 50 years! Our 116-bed hospital is one of the region's leading mental healthcare facilities in Northern Virginia. Our convenient location in suburban Falls Church, VA, offers a full range of treatment options with a distinctive focus on crisis intervention and stabilization through our inpatient, partial hospitalization programs (PHP), and intensive outpatient (IOP). Our inpatient programs are comprised of five distinct units. These units include Child, Adolescent, Adult, Eating Disorders, and Complex Trauma and we maintain complementary PHPs and IOPs to match. We maintain an excellent outpatient referral network. Our patients receive the best quality care through specialized services in safe, healthy, confidential, and trauma-informed environments.

At Dominion Hospital, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people, and our community. We are committed to each other. When we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Across HCA Healthcare’s more than 2,000 sites of care, our nurses and colleagues have a positive impact on patients, communities and healthcare.

Together, we uplift and elevate our purpose to give people a healthier tomorrow."- Jane Englebright, PhD, RN CENP, FAAN

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Expressive Therapist opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.