Full time
St. Joseph Medical Center
Yonkers, NY, USA
Saint Joseph's Medical Center in Yonkers, NY 29-bed Inpatient Psychiatric Unit provides a comprehensive treatment program for adults who need hospitalization. Admission to the unit can be voluntary or involuntary. Many patients requiring inpatient psychiatric hospitalization are admitted through the Emergency Department, which is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for psychiatric evaluation. Patients are treated by a multi- disciplinary team of psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, behavioral techs, and creative arts therapists in addition to providing administration of psychiatric medications to stabilize acute and chronic conditions. The Creative Arts Therapist will provide individual and group treatment for patients in order to facilitate their recovery and return to the community. In this role, the Creative Arts Therapist documents initial assessments, weekly notes, and multi-disciplinary treatment plans of assigned patients in order to develop a psychotherapeutic...


