Expressive Arts Therapist NE

Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Akron General, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treating our patients as family.    

Expressive Arts Therapy (EXA) is a multi-arts, integrative approach using visual arts, music, drama, dance, writing, and play to promote healing, personal growth, and self-discovery, helping individuals access emotions, build resilience, and find new ways to communicate feelings that are hard to verbalize. As an Expressive Arts Therapist, you will work with patients in both a group setting and one-on-one using various approaches to engage different senses, safely explore difficult emotions, reduce stress, and heal from trauma. Helping patients with their mental health will help them to have a better quality of life. This is a hands-on opportunity that will allow you to advance your skills with each patient interaction. There are also many opportunities to grow within our clinic and the organization.  
 

A caregiver in this position works days from 8:00AM – 4:30PM. No weekends or holidays. 

Floating between Akron General and Stow, Bath and Green Health and Wellness Centers will be required, as needed. 
 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Administer appropriate assessments. 

• Contribute to and participate in the development of the interdisciplinary treatment plan. 

• Develop, administer and adapt programs and treatment procedures to assigned patients on the basis of assessed needs and the interdisciplinary treatment plan. 

• Plan and implement treatment groups that are organized, creative and therapeutic to the group members. 

• Set and maintain appropriate limits and manage disruptive behavior according to Akron General Medical Centers policies and procedures to ensure patient safety. 

• Communicate with appropriate multidisciplinary staff on a timely basis, any significant issues raised during the treatment group. 

• Provide patient education and instruct the patient or family in functional activities. 

• Make necessary adaptations in teaching to facilitate patient understanding. 

• Monitor and document patient comprehension and compliance with treatment. 

• Document pertinent patient information in a concise and legible format and enter it into the medical record in a timely manner. 

• Participate in making referrals, coordinating treatment and discharge planning in the multidisciplinary approach to patient management. 

• Assume responsibility for appropriate mandatory and continuing professional education. 

• Actively contribute to and support interdisciplinary professional cohesion, physical maintenance and material management of the Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. 

• Screen all assigned patients for appropriateness to the partial hospitalization program. 

• Complete intake evaluation and assessments on assigned patients. 

• Identifies appropriate problems, needs and goals of patient and develop an individualized care plan. 

• Provide or direct patient care from admission through discharge. 

• Plan and attend multidisciplinary conferences. 

• Participate in quality assurance activities to evaluate the effectiveness of patient care. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Master’s Degree in Expressive Arts Therapy OR completion of accredited Expressive Arts Therapy program 

• Licensed as a Professional Counselor with eligibility for the Art Therapy Credentials Board registration within 12 months of hire 

• OR current registration to practice as an Expressive Arts Therapist in the State of Ohio 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• One year of Art Therapy experience 

• EPIC experience