Artista - Humanidades en Medicina

Receives direction from and works closely with Center for Humanities leadership or designee. Integrate the arts into a wide variety of settings to enhance the healthcare experience and provide creative opportunities for patients, visitors, learners, and staff. The artist will provide visual, literary, and/or performing arts interventions that are individualized to meet the interest and needs of the patient, visitors, learners and/or staff. Artists will collaborate with colleagues and clinical partners to create an unparalleled healthcare experience. Artists will prepare reports on activities. **Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Also, Mayo Clinic DOES NOT participate in the F-1 STEM OPT extension program. Minimum Education and/or Experience Required: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field, Associate Degree plus 2 years’ experience, or High School diploma plus four years experience. Additional Experience and/or Qualifications: • Must demonstrate knowledge and proficiency in sharing the expression of chosen art form. • Must demonstrate cultural competencies and possess interpersonal and interprofessional communication skills with a focus on customer service. • Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Demonstrates knowledge of good hand hygiene and infection control practices. • Demonstrates knowledge of and adheres to privacy policies and HIPAA regulations governing confidentiality and security of protected health information for both manual and electronic patient records, charts, other confidential information. • Some degree of familiarity with the hospital environment. • Must be adaptable and flexible in a changing work environment. • Must exhibit good time management skills and ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a service-oriented work culture. • Must be able to move throughout the hospital for several hours performing as a musician or working as an artist at the bedside. • Additional duties as described. Preferred: Experience teaching adult and children at diverse levels of physical or artistic abilities, OR, counseling or social work experience.