ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, FL
Job posting number: #7117106 (Ref:hlj_42005)
Posted: December 1, 2022
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Position Highlights:
The Artist In Residence (Visual) in the Arts In Medicine Program provides a healing environment through a wide range of expressive arts experiences to patients, families, visitors and staff throughout the Cancer Center; conducts the Open Studio; brings various art forms/opportunities to the bedside and public areas; facilitates expressive arts workshops and special performances; oversees volunteers and practicum students; consistently serves as a resource for promotion of the Arts In Medicine Program and for the creation of an aesthetic and artistic environment for patients, families, visitors and staff throughout the Cancer Center.
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have the following:
- Professional Training Certificate in the expressive arts or equivalent
- Experience in teaching/providing one-on-one and group interaction with patients, families, visitors and staff
- Demonstrates knowledge in the expressive arts as an intervention within the healthcare setting
- Experience in a healing arts program
Responsibilities:
- As a healing artist, sensitively serves patients and caregivers by assessing their emotional and physical state and offering appropriate expressive arts interventions.
- Conducts open studio sessions in which patients, families, staff and faculty are provided expressive arts opportunities that enhance their ability to cope with illness and hospital stressors.
- Provides expressive arts experiences at the bedside and in out-patient areas for patients, families, visitors and staff.
- Responds to referrals in a timely manner, setting appropriate priorities regarding referrals for expressive arts intervention at the bedside or in clinics.
- Participates in Moffitt events and celebrations and in Arts in Medicine programs as requested.
Credentials and Qualifications:
- High School Diploma/GED required.
- Minimum one year working in a healthcare setting or comparable experience.
- Visual Artist in Residence: Certificate in Expressive Arts or Arts in Medicine or equivalent is required within 3 years of date of hire.
- Musician Artist in Residence: Certificate in Music for Healing and Transition or comparable education/healing arts certificate is required within 3 years of date of hire.
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s degree
- A Certificate in Expressive Arts or Arts in Medicine or comparable training and experience.
- Professional Training Certificate in the expressive arts or equivalent
- Experience in teaching/providing one-on-one and group interaction with patients, families, visitors and staff
- Demonstrates knowledge in the expressive arts as an intervention within the healthcare setting
Mission To create a Moffitt culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion as we strive to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer. Vision To advance and accelerate a culture of access, equity, and inclusion. Diversity is a priority at Moffitt and is meant "to promote a culture of diversity and inclusion as we contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer." The Enterprise Equity Department focuses its efforts on eliminating those obstacles to an individual’s ability to exist within their personal comfort zone at the cancer center. Everyone is important to meeting this priority. Addressing and responding to diversity and inclusion fosters an environment where mutual respect for diverse cultures, communication styles, languages, customs, beliefs, values, traditions, experiences and other ways in which we identify ourselves, is the expectation.
