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The Behavioral Health Clinician is responsible for direct patient care and safety including diagnostic, assessment, treatment, and discharge planning for children, adolescents, and their families in Outpatient, Inpatient or Emergency Department settings.

The Creative Arts Therapist Behavioral Health Clinician (CAT BHC) features a master's in art therapy, drama therapy or expressive arts therapy focused on the mental health population.

This position is responsible for delivering direct patient care and ensuring patient safety through assessment, diagnosis, and the implementation of creative arts therapy interventions. As a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team, the CAT BHC provides services within the Pediatric Mental Health Institute, specifically through the Ponzio Creative Arts Therapy Program and the Integrative & Creative Care Division. This role includes working in both inpatient and outpatient settings and offering individual, group, and multi-family creative arts therapy sessions.
This position is responsible for delivering direct patient care and ensuring patient safety through assessment, diagnosis, and the implementation of creative arts therapy interventions. As a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team, the CAT BHC provides services within the Pediatric Mental Health Institute, specifically through the Ponzio Creative Arts Therapy Program and the Integrative & Creative Care Division. This role includes working in both inpatient and outpatient settings and offering individual, group, and multi-family creative arts therapy sessions. This position is responsible for delivering direct patient care and ensuring patient safety through assessment, diagnosis, and the implementation of creative arts therapy interventions. As a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team, the CAT BHC provides services within the Pediatric Mental Health Institute, specifically through the Ponzio Creative Arts Therapy Program and the Integrative & Creative Care Division. This role includes working in both inpatient and outpatient settings and offering individual, group, and multi-family creative arts therapy sessions.

Duties & Responsibilities

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE
* Neonate - <30 days
* Infancy - >30 days to 1yr
* Toddlers - >1yr to 3yrs
* Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs
* School age - >5yrs to 13yrs
* Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

* Provides direct patient care and management of children and adolescents by developing and implementing treatment and intervention plans and conducting needs assessment to gather patient information.
* Provides crisis intervention to families and provides interventions with families to support discharge to home and stabilization. Also develops a therapeutic relationship with patients and families to assist with psychological problems.
* Completes diagnostic behavioral health assessments for treatment or crisis intervention. Compiles and analyzes data and prepares case records, reports, and documents that comply with state and federal standards in providing case notes, treatment plans, and evaluations.
* Collaborates with other disciplines or departments on patient care and unit safety and serves as a liaison with multi-disciplinary care teams and external community agencies to identify, implement, and monitor treatment goals. Presents case presentations and provides consultation to medical teams and callers.
* Coordinates admissions to programs within the Pediatric Mental Health Institute or community programs and coordinates treatment with internal and external services.
* Leads, monitors, evaluates, and collaborates educational and therapeutic groups for patients; participates in clinical rounds and maintains communication with unit or department leadership.
* Attends educational in-services for Behavioral Health Clinicians
* Participates in unit committees and educational offerings; complies with all policies and procedures related to the Pediatric Mental Health Institute and the hospital; and provides customer service as related to the Mental Health field.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degrees
  • Master's Degree
    
• Area of Study
  • Psychology, social work or related field.
    
• Experience
  • 2 years in a mental health setting/agency
    
• Licenses & Certifications
  • American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider or American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer or ASHI Basic Life Support for Health Providers
  • State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) Licensed Professional Counselor or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Marriage and Family Counselor; Credentialing must be completed by the Medical Staff Office (MSO) within 3 months of employment
  • ATR or ATR-BC (Art Therapist Registered or Board Certified) by the Art Therapy Credentials Board (AATA) or RDT (Registered Drama Therapist) by the North American Drama Therapy Association and or REAT (Registered Expressive Arts Therapist) by the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association preferred

Schedule/Shift

• Based on dept needs

Salary Information
Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $68,066.41 to $102,099.61

Benefits Information
Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement
It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

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